1. Adding ‘ing’ to words
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2. What happens to the following words when we add ‘–ing’ onto the end
What happens to the following words when we add ‘–ing’ onto the end? Try to think of a reason for the different changes.

3. milk
ing

4. help
ing

5. When we add ‘ing’ to short vowel words (a,e,i,o,u) ending in two consonant phonemes we simply add the letters
i, n and g.
hand – handing
post - posting

6. wish
ing

7. miss
ing

8. When we add ‘ing’ to words with a short vowel which end with 2 or 3 consonants, we simply add the letters
i, n and g.
fetch – fetching
rock - rocking

9. What would happen with these words?

10. * find * buy
* watch * miss

11. fan
ning

12. shop
ping

13. fit
ting

14. When we add ‘ing’ to words with a short vowel ending with one consonant, we have to double the last letter.
hop - hopping
beg - begging

15. What would happen with these words?

16. knot
hug
hum
ting
ging
ming

17. drive
driving

18. time
timing

19. dance
dancing