1. Added ‘ed’ to words

2. What happens to the following words when we add ‘–ed’ onto the end? Try to think of a reason for the different changes.

3. look ed

4. help ed

5. When we add ‘ed’ to words ending in two consonants, we generally just add the letters ed hand – handed post - posted

6. wish ed

7. miss ed

8. What would happen with these words?

9. *wink *cough *watch *miss *bath *mash *mend *laugh Jot the past tense of these words down on your piece of paper.

10. What do you notice about about the following words?

11. fan ned

12. shop ped

13. fitted

14. When we add ‘ed’ to words with a short vowel ending with one consonant, we usually have to double the last letter. hop - hopped beg – begged Can you think of some examples? Jot them down.

15. knot hug hum ted ged med

16. Now look carefully at words ending in ‘e’

17. like liked

18. time timed

19. dance danced

20. With words ending in ‘e’, we simply take away the ‘e’ and add ‘ed’, otherwise it would read: Danceed Likeed

21. Review On your paper, can you write 5 new words that fit each column? Word type: Ends in 2 or 3 consonants (e.g. help) Ends in short vowel followed by one consonant (e.g. tap) Ends in ‘e’ (e.g. love) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

22. Investigation Are there any letters that we NEVER double at the end of words when adding -ed? Try to note 3 or 4 examples of words as evidence.

23. Well done!