PhonicsYear 2Phase 6 – Spelling Conventions & Fluency

Adding -ing and -er to verbs

Add the suffixes -ing and -er to verbs: jumping, running, helper, singer; understand how these suffixes change meaning

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you have a word like 'jump'. Now you want to say 'jumping' or 'jumper' — that's where -ing and -er come in!

  2. 2

    What do we add to 'jump' to make 'jumping'?

  3. 3

    Tap the letters to build 'jumping' from 'jump' and '-ing'.

  4. 4

    Let's do one together: 'play' + '-ing' = ?

  5. 5

    What is 'play' + '-er'?

  6. 6

    Build 'helper' from 'help' and '-er'.

  7. 7

    Which word means 'someone who jumps'?

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