When to double the consonant...

when changing a verb into its past tense.

Dear children,

This video helps to tell us when to double the consonant! It is when there is a short vowel sound in the word that makes us double the consonant at the end. 

More notes: 

If a regular verb ends in a single vowel and a single consonant (except x), double the consonant before
you add -ed:

beg / begged; clap / clapped; fan / fanned;
hop / hopped; jog / jogged; 
pin / pinned; rip / ripped; slam / slammed;
tan / tanned; whip / whipped; zip / zipped

Compare these verbs:

hop / hopped and hope / hoped;
pin / pinned and pine / pined

file / filed and fill / filled;
like / liked and lick / licked

*Please take note that in this video, the teacher pronounces the word 'wag' differently from us. I believe it is how they read it in their country, which is different from us.

I'll touch on it more tomorrow! See you then!

Sincerely,

Mrs Soh