spelrule


1. Double the last letter of a word before adding ing, ed, er or est

a. if the last three letters are consonant-vowel-consonant (C-V-C)

DOUBLE

run running runner

big bigger biggest

step stepping stepped stepper

bus bussing bussed

DO NOT DOUBLE

eat eating eater

fast faster fastest

kick kicking kicked kicker

b. if the stress (accent) is on the last syllable

DOUBLE

prefer preferring preferred

forget forgetting

begin beginning beginner

DO NOT DOUBLE

offer offering offered

market marketing marketed marketer

listen listening listened listener

c. never double w, x or y

show showing showed shower

fix fixing fixed fixer

play playing played player

d. treat the qu combination like one consonant

quit quitting quitter

equip equipping equipped

2. Drop the final e of a word before adding ing, ed, er or est

love loving loved lover

write writing writer

hide hiding hider

large larger largest

hope hoping hoped

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NOTE: IF YOU DROP A FINAL E, DONT DOUBLE ANYTHING!!!

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2. (cont) Drop the final e EXCEPTIONS

EXCEPTIONS: DO NOT DROP final e for these ing forms

see seeing

canoe canoeing

be being

dye dyeing (to dye means to color hair or clothes)

MORE EXCEPTIONS: Here are three special ing forms

lie lying

die dying (to die means to stop living)

tie tying

3. Change y to i before adding MOST endings

a. CHANGE y if there is a consonant before y

dry drier dries dried

happy happier happiness happily

city cities citification

study studies studied

carry carries carried carrier

b. DO NOT CHANGE y if there is a vowel before y

toy toys

play playing played player

buy buying buys buyer

monkey monkeying monkeyed monkeys

c. DO NOT CHANGE y if you add ing!!!

study studying

carry carrying

try trying

Spelling Rules Rick Shur Page 1 of 2

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