The Elementary Spelling Book, being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book · No. 150 · Part 11: Rules for spelling, numbers and marks
128. Rules for -ed and -ing, continued: travel, abdicate, carry
Goal: Your child adds -ed and -ing to verbs ending in e, in y, and in ay, oy, ow, ew and ey.
You'll need
- The book, open to this table
- A slate, small whiteboard, or paper and pencil
What's in the book
Rules 6 to 10. Words like rival, model, travel, quarrel, profit, benefit (the last syllable is not accented); verbs ending in e after d or t (abdicate, degrade, corrode, delude); verbs ending in e after other consonants (pronounce, manage, rejoice); verbs ending in ay, oy, ow, ew and ey, which simply add ed and ing (array, renew, employ, convey, destroy, follow, annoy); and verbs ending in y (cry, dry, defy, carry, marry).
The lesson, step by step
Review
Your child adds -ing to hop, help and begin, and says why.
Silent e
When a verb ends in silent e, drop the e before -ing and just add d for the past: manage, managed, managing; rejoice, rejoiced, rejoicing. The book's lists show each kind.
ay, oy, ow, ew, ey
These keep their letters and just add -ed and -ing: employ, employed, employing; follow, followed, following.
Ending in y
After a consonant, y changes to i before -ed but stays before -ing: carry, carried, carrying; cry, cried, crying.
Read the table aloud
Read the word lists for each rule. Some of the words:
rival, model, travel, quarrel
abdicate, degrade, corrode, delude
array, renew, employ, convey, destroy
cry, dry, defy, carry, marry
Practice
Your child writes the -ed and -ing forms of: manage, employ, carry, follow, travel, cry. Check each with the right rule.