In this objective, children will learn how to add the vowel suffix -ing to bases to show that a verb is "continuing". Over three 20-minute lessons, they will:

Recap verb bases
Revisit learning on the past tense suffix -ed
Review learning on verb phrases and the auxiliary verb ‘to be’
Implement verbs with the suffix -ing into verb phrases
Differentiate between ‘ing’ as a spelling pattern and ‘-ing’ as a suffix
Learn how to add the suffix -ing to regular verbs
Solve word sums
Revisit vowel suffixing rules
Reinforce learning with practical games

Resources included:

Editable PowerPoint covering five lessons (20 minutes each)
Supporting worksheets, including suffix -ing cue cards and a say and spell activity
2 fluency activities (with answers)
A reasoning activity (with answers)
Optional homework tasks
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