Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Three, Lesson Two: Adding -ing


  1. think
  2. plank
  3. thank
  4. blank
  5. dunk
  6. chlorine
  7. oxygen
  8. nitrogen
  9. carbon
  10. helium
  1. hydrogen
  2. vapor
  3. mountains
  4. valleys
  5. desert
  6. great
  7. basin
  8. plateau
  9. canyon
  10. plate
Adding -ing

Adding -ing is not always as easy as just adding -ing to the end of a verb. There are still two rules to consider:

WORDS THAT END WITH THE LETTER E:


	hike			  hiking
	dine			  dining
	write			  writing
	care			  caring
	brake			  braking

  RULE: Drop the e and add -ing.

WORDS THAT END WITH ONE VOWEL FOLLOWED BY A CONSONANT:


	hit			hitting
	bat			batting
	trek			trekking
	swim			swimming
	stun			stunning

  RULE: Double the last letter and add -ing.


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