Curated OER
ESOL Telephone Communication
Students discuss the importance of leaving an appropriate message on an answering machine or voice mail system. They write a message for a friend and in pairs take turns reading their message while their partner writes it down.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ing Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ing" ending words. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Verb Endings
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn to spell regular verb endings s, ed, ing (link to grammar work on tenses).
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Woodward English: Spelling Rules: Ing
Rules, exceptions, and examples of how to add -ing to verbs, dependent on the ending of the original word.
Quia
Quia: Inflectional Endings (S, Ed, and Ing)
Decide which inflectional ending matches the verb in each sentence.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Adding Ing to Verbs
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses how the spelling of verbs changes when ing is added.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Inflected Endings
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed for students to practice adding -s, -ed, and -ing to words.
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Free Phonics Lessons: Lesson 17 Suffixes Ed, Ing
Practice the suffixes -ed and -ing with this colorful worksheet.
Better English Lessons
Better English: Adjectives With Ing and Ed
A quiz on adjectives with -ing and -ed endings is to be found at this site. Choose the right word from the drop down list provided. Check your answers by clicking on the box at the bottom of the page.
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Jump Start: Suffix Search [Pdf]
Learners practice making words with -ed, -ing, and -er suffixes. [PDF]
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Using Hyphens
Do you know when to use hyphens? Here's a resource that lists when to use hyphens in adjectives, in compound numbers, after prefixes, and in between line breaks with examples of each.