HOW TO ADD -ING / -ED

SPELLING RULES

VERBS: -ING / -ED

-ING	-ED
Consonant + -y: -y + ing TRY = trying	Consonant + -y: -y = -i + ed TRY = tried
Vowel + -y: -y + ing PLAY = playing	Vowel + -y: -y + ed PLAY = played
Silent “e”: -E + ing                MAKE = making
Exceptions: TO DIE = dying TO LIE = lying
WHEN TO DOUBLE THE LAST CONSONANT
1 syllable words: CVC. STOP = stopping HELP = helping	1 syllable words: CVC. STOP = stopped HELP = helped
2 syllable words: CVC + stress on the last syllable. ADMIT = admitting OPEN = opening	2 syllable words: CVC + stress on the last syllable. ADMIT = admitted OPEN = opened
Exception: 2 syllable words ending in - L or - P (British English only): TRAVEL (CVC but stress on the first syllable) = travelling / travelled KIDNAP (CVC but stress on the first syllable) = kidnapping / kidnapped Exception: words ending in - X or - W: BOX = boxing / boxed SHOW = showing / showed