They’re watching TV right now.

Rule number 1
Look at the Next List of Words

What do you notice?

There is something the
same about each one…
Look…

come
hope
joke
fake
slide
hide
take
tune
Look…

come
hope
joke
fake
slide
hide
take
tune
 Rule
If it ends in ‘e’, drop the ‘e’
when adding ‘-ing’.

Use this song to help you

remember: ‘Take off the e,
add i-n-g.’
Look…

Come
Look…

Come
 Look…

Come + ing
 Look…

Come + ing
 Look…

Com + ing = coming

 Look…

hope
joke
slide
take
Rule number 2
lap
beg
hit
nod
put
Do you know what are vowels and
consonants in English?
Vowel
Vowel
Consonants
Consonants are all the other letters,
such as: b, d, t, s, etc.

bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz
lap
beg
hit
nod
put
Vowel + consonant

lap
beg
hit
nod
put
Rule
If you have one vowel with
one consonant after it, then
double the consonant in the
spelling.
One vowel + one consonant

put
 If the vowel is a short sound with only one
consonant after it, then double the consonant
in the spelling.

put ing
then double the consonant in the
spelling.

Putting
 ing
lap
beg
hit
nod
put
 ing
lap
beg
hit
nod
put
lap lap p ing
beg beg g ing
hit hit t ing
nod nod d ing
put put t ing
 If a word ends in ‘e’, drop
1 the ‘e and add ing ‘-ing’.
Come coming

If the vowel is a short sound with only one

2 consonant after it, then double the

consonant in the spelling.

put putting
 Add ing

sing

Singing singging
 Add ing

sing

Singing singging
 Add ing

listen

listenning listening
 Add ing

listen

listenning listening
If the last letter consonant is
W , X , Y don’t double
consonant . Just add -ing
play
play
playing
playing

draw
playing

draw
playing

drawing