Consonants and Vowels
Veronica’s Notes
Veronica’s Notes
Vowels are the letters:
a, e, i, o, u
and sometimes y.
Consonants are all the
other letters,
such as: b, d, t, s, etc.
a e i
o u
abcdefg
hijklmno
pqrstuv
wxyz
Adding ‘-ing’
Look at and read this word.
Listen to the vowel sound.
Is it long or short?
put
The vowel sound is
short.
Adding ‘–ing’ to one consonant
Veronica’s Notes
If the vowel sound is:
put
A short sound
with only one
consonant after it…
to add ‘–ing’, we:
double the consonant in the
spelling and add ‘–ing’.
putting
Adding ‘–ing’ to one consonant
lap
beg
nod
lapping
begging
nodding
Adding ‘–ing’ to two consonants
back
How do we add ‘–ing’ to this word?
Adding ‘–ing’ to two consonants
back
ing
If the vowel is a short sound but has
more than one consonant after it,
then just add ‘-ing’.
Adding –ing to two consonants
lift
stand
peck
lifting
standing
pecking
Can you think of any more words like these?
Look at these words.
How would we add ‘–ing’ to these?
comeing
hideing
hopeing
jokeing
If it ends in ‘e’, drop the
‘e’ when adding ‘-ing’.
fake
slide
faking
sliding
Use this rhyme to help you remember:
‘Take
off the e, add i-n-g.’
fake
slide
faking
sliding
How do you think we add ‘-ing’ to
these words?
Veronica’s Notes
break
leap
chew
sleep
cheat
float
boil
sail
breaking
leaping
chewing
sleeping
cheating
floating
boiling
sailing
These words have
a long vowel
sound, so we just
add ‘-ing’.
These are the rules for adding ‘-ing’.
Short vowel sound with one consonant –
double the consonant and add ‘-ing’
hit t ing
Short vowel sound with two consonants –
add ‘-ing’
jump ing
Ending in ‘e’ –
drop the ‘e’ then add ‘-ing’
Long vowel sound –
just add ‘-ing’
jok eing
sail ing
Quiz
How much do you remember
about adding ‘-ing’?
Incorrect.
Correct!
1
How do we add ‘-ing’ to the
word ‘fan’?
Well
Try again!
done!
a
fannin
b
fannning
c
faning
d
fanning
Next
Quiz
How much do you remember
about adding ‘-ing’?
Incorrect.
Correct!
2
How do we add ‘-ing’ to the
word ‘drive’?
Well
Try again!
done!
a
drivving
b
dring
c
driving
d
driveing
Next
Quiz
How much do you remember
about adding ‘-ing’?
Incorrect.
Correct!
3
How do we add ‘-ing’ to the
word ‘skip’?
Well
Try again!
done!
a
skipping
b
skiping
c
skippping
d
skiing
Next
Quiz
How much do you remember
about adding ‘-ing’?
Incorrect.
Correct!
4
How do we add ‘-ing’ to the
word ‘wash’?
Well
Try again!
done!
a
washhing
b
washin
c
washing
d
washeing
Next
Quiz
How much do you remember
about adding ‘-ing’?
Incorrect.
Correct!
5
Which of these words doubles the
consonant when adding ‘-ing’?
Well
Try again!
done!
a
hit
b
drink
c
snow
d
name
Finish