Find the Base Word

Ask your child to look at the end of each base word and decide whether to just add, double or drop the e. Do the doubling and drop the e pages on different days. Check with the answer key.

Take the ending off 15 words ending in s, ed or ing and write each base word. A base word has no ending. Take off s, ed, or ing to find the base word. The directions on the page read: Read each word. Take off the ending s, ed, or ing. Then, write the base word on the line. The answer key shows every answer.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade spelling, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with adding endings. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Add es when a word ends in s, x, z, ch or sh, like box and boxes or brush and brushes. Most other words just add s, like dog and dogs.

When a short word has one short vowel and ends in one consonant, like stop or clap: stopping, clapped. Words like jump, which end in two consonants, just add the ending.

The e in bake and ride is silent. Ing starts with a vowel, so the e drops: baking, riding. The long vowel sound stays the same.

Yes. All six adding endings sheets have an answer key that shows every spelling.

6 printable worksheets, all free to preview. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 2nd Grade students, roughly ages 7-8. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Each one shows the Common Core code it covers on its own page, so you can check the alignment yourself rather than taking our word for it.