Learning Objective

We will be able to spell words with…

Two syllables and a double consonant

SyllablesListen to the words below. Try to count

the number of beats (syllables) in the words.

YellowYe - llowPuddlePu – ddle

Can you spot the double consonant in each word?

Odd one out. Can you spot the word below that doesn’t have two

syllables?

marrow orange hopperdull buzzing

Can you spot the word that doesn’t have a double consonant?

Adding er, ed and ing ed or ing has been added to the words below. How else have the words changed? What do the first words have in common?

bat battedlet lettingtip tippingstop stopperrub rubbing

Did you find the rule?When a word with a short vowel sound

before a single consonant is suffixed, the last consonant is doubled.

hopAdd the suffix ing

Remember to double the last consonant.

hop + p + ing

Word sums add the suffix ing

top

top + p + ing = topping

bed

bed + d + ing = bedding