Fundamentals Of English Grammar

0 EXERCISE 6. Pronunclatlon of ID endings. (Chart 2-4)

Directions: Practice saying these words. Use them in sentences.

1. answered 6. finished 11. worked


2. arrived 7. fixed 12. invited


3. continued 8. helped 13. suggested


4. ended 9. looked 14. smelled


5. explained 10. planned 15. crossed

1 2-5 SPELLING OF -ING AND -ED FORMS

IND Oi DOUBLE THE I SIMPLE

iKo

:onsonants

ko vowels

• One
  :onsonant
  he Vowel


• One
  :onsonant

CONSONANT? FORM -ING -ED

NO (a) smile smiling smiled

hope hoping hoped

helping helped

learn learning learned

NO (c) rain raining rained

heat heating heated

YES ONE-SYLLABLE VERBS

(4 stop stopping stopped

plan planning planned

lW0-SYLLABLE VERBS

NO visiting visited

offering offered

YES (0 pref+ preferring preferred

admit admitting admitted

(g) play leg played

enjoy enlww enjoyed

(h) WOW worrying worried

study studying studied

(i) die dying died

tie wb tied

-ing form: Drop the -e,

add -ing.

-ed form: Just add -d.

If the verb ends in two

consonants, just add -ing

or -ed.

If the verb ends in two

vowels + a consonant, just

add -inn or -ed.

If the verb has one syllable

and ends in one vowel +

one consonant, double the

consonant to make the -ing

or -ed form.'

If the first syllable of a two-

syllable verb is stressed, do

not double the consonant.

If the second syllable of a

two-syllable verb is suessed,

double the consonant.

If the verb ends in a vowel

+ y, keep the y. Do not

change the -y to 4.

If the verb ends in a

consonant + -y, keep the

-y for the -in8 form, but

change the -y to -i to make

the -ed form.

-ing form: Change the -ie

to -y and add -ins.

-ed form: Just add -d.

*Bxceptions: Do not double "w" m "x": may mowing, maurd,j%%,/i+ing,fi*sd