Curriculum › Spelling ›Grade 3

Grade 3 Spelling · Level 3, Your child adds endings that change the base word: doubling (sitting), dropping the e (smiled) and changing y to i (cries, happier).

Double, Then Add -ing

Practises doubling the last consonant of a short-vowel word before adding -ing, as in digging and winning.

The words

dig + ing = digging

  • digging
  • winning
  • petting
  • chopping
  • spinning
  • planning
  • dripping
  • humming
  • tapping
  • napping
  • wagging