Common Spelling Rules

Spelling Rules for Present Continuous

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• Vowels = a, e, i, o , u

• Consonants = b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z

Most verbs we just add -ing

eat – eating

speak – speaking

cook – cooking

start – starting

do – doing

stay – staying

fix – fixing

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• Verbs that end with -e, drop the -e and add -ing

make – making

write – writing

drive – driving

take – taking

have – having

shave – shaving

share – sharing

shake – shaking

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• Verbs ending with -y, add -ing

buy – buying

enjoy – enjoying

play – playing

say – saying

try – trying

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• Verbs that end with -ee, add -ing

see – seeing

agree – agreeing

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• Verbs ending with a single vowel and a consonant, double the consonant and add -ing

swim – swimming

run – running

get – getting

stop – stopping

sit – sitting

put – putting

skip – skipping

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• Do not double the letter if the words ends in two consonants

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​help – helping

talk – talking

work – working

• Two-syllable verbs: the last consonant is doubled when the last syllable is stressed

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forget – forgetting

upset – upsetting

prefer – preferring

• Do not double the letter if the word has two or more syllables and the last part is not stressed.

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visit (first part is stressed) – visiting

benefit (first part is stressed) – benefiting

• Do not double the letter if the word ends in -y, -w, -x

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buy – buying

enjoy – enjoying

snow – snowing

fix - fixing

• For verbs ending in ie, change the ie to y and add ing.

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die – dying

tie – tying

• For verbs ending in oe or ye, add ing.

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shoe– shoeing

toe – toeing

dye - dyeing

• For verbs ending in c, change the c to ck and add ing.

  
  

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panic – panicking

traffic- trafficking

​Exception:

quit = quitting