A Walk in the DesertSpelling Words

Inflected –ed and –ing

Dropping and Doubling Rule

What do you know about reading these words?

rainedraining

-both of these have a base word and an ending

-ed means it happened in the past-ing means it is happening now

The Doubling Rule

shop (base word)shop + ed = shoppedshop + ing = shoppingThe last consonant in shop, p, was doubled before

the endings were added. This happens in short-vowel words such as shop that end in just one consonant.

If a one-syllable word ends with one vowel and one consonant, double the final consonant.

Dropping Rule

like (base word)like + ed = likedlike + ing = likingThe e was dropped before these endings were

added. This happens if a base word ends with e, and the ending starts with a vowel.

If the base word ends with a sneaky e, drop the e and add –ed or –ing.

What would you do?

planWould you just add –ed and –ing?Would you double the final consonant?

The correct answer is…double the final consonant

plannedplanning

What would you do?

tradeWould you just add –ed and –ing?Would you double the final consonant?Would you drop the sneaky e?

The correct answer is…drop the sneaky e

tradedtrading

Add –s, -ed, and –ingTell why or if the spelling changed

base word -s -ed -inggrab

excite

face

talk

Add –s, -ed, and –ingTell why or if the spelling changed

base word -s -ed -inggrab grabs grabbed grabbing(double)excite excites excited exciting(drop)face faces faced facing(drop)talk talks talked talking(just add)