Spelling Adding Ing (1) 6j3b5x

What happens when we add ‘ing’ to verbs?

Adding ‘ing’

Look how easy it is to add ‘ing’ to these words. seeing

go

+ ing + ing

eat

+ ing

eating

look

+ ing + ing

looking

see

say

going

saying

Have a go at adding ‘ing’ to these words help say meet

walk

helping saying meeting walking

sulk

sulking

Here are some more words that end with ‘ing’.

talking

pushing

buying

pulling

playing jumping

Adding ‘ing’ to words that end in e If a word ends in an e you must drop the e before adding ‘ing’.

make + ing

making

take

+ ing

taking

bake

+ ing

baking

give

+ ing

giving

Have a go at adding ‘ing’ to these words write smile come

love

writing smiling coming loving

live

living

Adding ‘ing’ to verbs that have a short vowel Vowels are (a, e, i, o, u) If the word has a short vowel in the middle, then you must add a double letter before the ‘ing’.

+ ing shop + ing

running

put

+ ing

putting

hop

+ ing

hopping

run

shopping

The last letter is doubled before ‘ing’ is added to these words:

shut slip win

sit

shutting slipping winning sitting

hit

hitting

Most words just add ‘ing’ Words ending in e … drop the e before adding ‘ing’ Words with a short vowel need a double letter before adding ‘ing’

All Mixed Up! type sip kiss be walk

typing sipping kissing being walking

throw throwing love loving hop hopping eat eating