jumps, jumped, jumping
hugs, hugged, hugging
shaves, shaved, shaving
looks, looked, looking
shops, shopped, shopping
shows, showed, showing
stops, stopped, stopping
behave, behaved, behaving
dive, dived, diving
Spelling toolkit for verbs with regular endings (ed, ing, s)
◆ For most verbs you just have to add the ed, ing, s ending without changing the spelling of the
original word. (play becomes played or playing)
◆For words which end in a short vowel sound followed by a single consonant (e.g. drag) the final
consonant is doubled when adding the ed or ing ending (note that we don’t say the a in drag as its
letter sound of A). (drag becomes dragging or dragged)
◆For words ending in e we take off the e and add ed or ing. (save becomes saved or saving)
jumps, jumped, jumping
hugs, hugged, hugging
shaves, shaved, shaving
looks, looked, looking
shops, shopped, shopping
shows, showed, showing
stops, stopped, stopping
behave, behaved, behaving
dive, dived, diving
Spelling toolkit for verbs with regular endings (ed, ing, s)
◆ For most verbs you just have to add the ed, ing, s ending without changing the spelling of the
original word. (play becomes played or playing)
◆For words which end in a short vowel sound followed by a single consonant (e.g. drag) the final
consonant is doubled when adding the ed or ing ending (note that we don’t say the a in drag as its
letter sound of A). (drag becomes dragging or dragged)
◆For words ending in e we take off the e and add ed or ing. (save becomes saved or saving)
jumps, jumped, jumping
hugs, hugged, hugging
shaves, shaved, shaving
looks, looked, looking
shops, shopped, shopping
shows, showed, showing
stops, stopped, stopping
behave, behaved, behaving
dive, dived, diving
Spelling toolkit for verbs with regular endings (ed, ing, s)
◆ For most verbs you just have to add the ed, ing, s ending without changing the spelling of the
original word. (play becomes played or playing)
◆For words which end in a short vowel sound followed by a single consonant (e.g. drag) the final
consonant is doubled when adding the ed or ing ending (note that we don’t say the a in drag as its
letter sound of A). (drag becomes dragging or dragged)
◆For words ending in e we take off the e and add ed or ing. (save becomes saved or saving)
inflation
vibration
dictation
temptation
education
expectation
decision
division
supervision
explosion
corrosion
confusion
Spelling toolkit for words ending in the suffixes tion and sion
◆ A suffix is a group of letters that appear at the end of words that change the meaning
of the root word. For example, the word decide can become the word decision, changing the
word from a verb to a noun.
◆ tion words are far more common than sion words.
◆ The tion suffix generally follows the letter a, such as in the word vibration.
◆ Words ending in the sion suffix are generally formed from verbs that end in d or de, for
example decide becomes decision.
inflation
vibration
dictation
temptation
education
expectation
decision
division
supervision
explosion
corrosion
confusion
Spelling toolkit for words ending in the suffixes tion and sion
◆ A suffix is a group of letters that appear at the end of words that change the meaning
of the root word. For example, the word decide can become the word decision, changing the
word from a verb to a noun.
◆ tion words are far more common than sion words.
◆ The tion suffix generally follows the letter a, such as in the word vibration.
◆ Words ending in the sion suffix are generally formed from verbs that end in d or de, for
example decide becomes decision.
inflation
vibration
dictation
temptation
education
expectation
decision
division
supervision
explosion
corrosion
confusion
Spelling toolkit for words ending in the suffixes tion and sion
◆ A suffix is a group of letters that appear at the end of words that change the meaning
of the root word. For example, the word decide can become the word decision, changing the
word from a verb to a noun.
◆ tion words are far more common than sion words.
◆ The tion suffix generally follows the letter a, such as in the word vibration.
◆ Words ending in the sion suffix are generally formed from verbs that end in d or de, for
example decide becomes decision.
circulation
cistern
circus
disciple
cemetery
celebrity
cent
recent
cynic
cyst
mercy
lacy
Spelling toolkit for words containing the soft ‘c’ sound, e.g. city
◆ This soft ‘c’ sound almost makes the word sound like it should begin with an ‘s’. However, the
above words contain this soft sound beginning with a ‘c’ followed by the either the letter ‘i’, ‘e’ or ‘y’.
◆ These letters give the ‘c’ its soft sound. For example, in the word city the ‘c’ is followed by ‘i', so
we almost pronounce it as ‘sity’ and not ‘kity’ (if we were to use the letter sounds).
◆ Note how the ‘c’ sounds different in the word calendar; this is because it is not followed by an ‘i’,
‘e’ or ‘y’, and is therefore not a soft ‘c’ sound.
circulation
cistern
circus
disciple
cemetery
celebrity
cent
recent
cynic
cyst
mercy
lacy
Spelling toolkit for words containing the soft ‘c’ sound, e.g. city
◆ This soft ‘c’ sound almost makes the word sound like it should begin with an ‘s’. However, the
above words contain this soft sound beginning with a ‘c’ followed by the either the letter ‘i’, ‘e’ or ‘y’.
◆ These letters give the ‘c’ its soft sound. For example, in the word city the ‘c’ is followed by ‘i', so
we almost pronounce it as ‘sity’ and not ‘kity’ (if we were to use the letter sounds).
◆ Note how the ‘c’ sounds different in the word calendar; this is because it is not followed by an ‘i’,
‘e’ or ‘y’, and is therefore not a soft ‘c’ sound.
circulation
cistern
circus
disciple
cemetery
celebrity
cent
recent
cynic
cyst
mercy
lacy
Spelling toolkit for words containing the soft ‘c’ sound, e.g. city
◆ This soft ‘c’ sound almost makes the word sound like it should begin with an ‘s’. However, the
above words contain this soft sound beginning with a ‘c’ followed by the either the letter ‘i’, ‘e’ or ‘y’.
◆ These letters give the ‘c’ its soft sound. For example, in the word city the ‘c’ is followed by ‘i', so
we almost pronounce it as ‘sity’ and not ‘kity’ (if we were to use the letter sounds).
◆ Note how the ‘c’ sounds different in the word calendar; this is because it is not followed by an ‘i’,
‘e’ or ‘y’, and is therefore not a soft ‘c’ sound.