Add Suffix ING Worksheet
This Add Suffix ING Worksheet gives 2nd graders five drop-the-e word equations and three sentences that use the new ing words. An answer key is included, so checking takes seconds.
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Description
The suffix ing is one of the first word endings a young reader has to spell as well as read, and it comes with a rule that trips almost everyone up: when the base word ends in a silent e, the e has to go. This Add Suffix ING Worksheet teaches that one rule and nothing else. Five base verbs, one suffix, one thing to remember — drop the e, then add ing — so a second grader can practice the pattern until it is automatic instead of guessing at it word by word.
The page opens with five word equations. Each one shows a base word and the suffix in bright pills with a wide writing line beside them, so the child physically builds waving, riding, baking, dancing and sliding one at a time. Part B then puts three of those new words to work inside real sentences, which is where the spelling has to stick. Because two of the five words are never needed in Part B, a student cannot finish by elimination — they have to read each sentence and decide. Print the Add Suffix ING Worksheet, hand it out, and check it against the answer key on page two.
What’s Included
- Five “base word + ing = ____” equations, every one a drop-the-e word
- Three fill-in-the-blank sentences that use the new words in context
- Two extra ing words that fit no sentence, so guessing does not work
- A full answer key on page two with every answer written in
- An original illustration tied to one of the sentences on the page
Three Reasons This Helps Kids
- One rule per page. Every base word ends in a silent e, so the child practices a single pattern five times instead of sorting between three competing rules at once.
- Spelling, then meaning. Part A builds the word and Part B makes the child use it, which is how a spelling pattern turns into real reading and writing.
- It rewards reading, not matching. The two leftover words make elimination useless, so each sentence has to be understood.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Before handing out this 2nd grade suffixes worksheet, write hope and hoping on the board and ask the room what went missing. Read Part A aloud together the first time so students hear the e disappear as they say the new word. At home, hunt for ing words on cereal boxes and street signs and sort them into two piles: the ones that dropped an e and the ones that did not. Fast finishers can turn the two unused words into sentences of their own on the back of the page, or add three more silent-e verbs to the list and build those too.
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