Monday, March 29, 2010

present participle: Spelling

  • Consonant + e
    • drop e and add ing (take....taking)
  • one vowel + one consonant
    • double the consonant and add ing (sit....sitting)
  • two vowels + one consonant
    • add ing (rain....raining)
  • two consonants
    • add ing (fetch...fetching)
  • Exceptions:
    • do not double 
      • w,y,x

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