This week, we’ve been practising adding ed or ing to the end of words to change their tense. Because the English language is really tricky, there’s lots of ways to do this. Complete the table that shows you some different ways to do this (one has been done for you. Then, use some of our ‘super spelling strategies’ form this week’s post (go to the St James’ website, learn more, spelling, Year 3 & 4). There’s more than usual but when you can spell the root word you just need to apply the rule to spell it correctly.
| rule | root word | -ed | -ing |
| Just add ed / ing | help | helped | helping |
| laugh | |||
| calling | |||
| Double up and add ed / ing | begged | ||
| shrug | |||
| rubbing | |||
| Drop the e and add ed / ing | smile | ||
| surprised | surprising | ||
| notice |
Children should practise in preparation for a test on Thursday 10 December 2020.