Rule 1

When word has a short vowel sound followed by one consonant e.g. dig (consonant, vowel, consonant or CVC) you must double the last letter (consonant)

e.g. dig -digging

put - putting

nod - nodding

put - putting

shop - shopping

Rule 2

If the vowel has a short sound but has more than one consonant after it then just add ing.

sing - singing

(cvcc)

Rule 3

If the word ends in e - drop the e then add ing

come - coming

dance - dancing

Rule 4

Words with a long vowel sound, just add ing

e.g. break - breaking

float - floating

Here are some of the words that you can learn.

I have colour coded them so that you can choose how many you want to do. Start off with green and then continue to yellow and red if you want more of a challenge.

If you wanted further practice you could sort them into the different rules.

walk - walking

sleep - sleeping

run - running

hope - hoping

jump - jumping

sail - sailing

hop - hopping

come - coming

paint - painting

feel - feeling

skip - skipping

smile - smiling

dress - dressing

speak - speaking

shut - shutting

divide - dividing

Ifthe vowel is a short sound with only one consonant after it, then you must double the consonant