Year 5 

Adding -ing, -ed to words of one syllable ending in vowel consonant

shrug, sob, blog, grab, thud, plod, skid, jog, rub

Adding -ing, -ed to words of one syllable ending in vowel consonant (Y2*) including those with more than one syllable and the suffix (Y3/4*)

Key spelling rule: If the last syllable of a word is stressed and ends with one consonant letter which has just one vowel letter before it, the final consonant letter is doubled before -ed or -ing e.g. submitting. The consonant letter is not doubled if the last syllable is unstressed e.g. marketing.

(stress at end)
admitted
allotted
conferred
controlled
occurred
referring
regretting
submitted
transferring
(stress at beginning) lengthen
happening
marketed
picketed
profiting
straightening
strengthened
ticketing

Year 6

Adding -ed, -ing, -er, -est, -en to words with more than one syllable

Key spelling rule: If the last syllable of a multi-syllable word is stressed and ends with one consonant letter which has just one vowel letter before it, the final consonant letter is doubled before -ed or -ing, e.g. beginning. The consonant letter is not doubled if the last syllable is unstressed, e.g. considering.

acquitting
allotting
beginning
controlling
forget/forgotten
incurring
galloping
omitted
regretted
transmitting

benefiting
bickering
considered
disheartened
forfeited
interpreting
opening
profited
travelling
worshipping

Words taken from the Y5/6 Spelling List:

• aggressive
• cemetery
• convenience
• criticise
• desperate
• immediately
• necessary
• neighbour
• occupy
• prejudice
• queue
• recognise
• restaurant
• sacrifice
• soldier
• symbol