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Base Word +ed or +ing

1) Drop the final 'e' before adding -ed or -ing.
2) 1+1+1 words have one vowel, one syllable, and one end consonant these words require you to double the end consonant before adding -ed or -ing.
3) Change "lonely y" to 'i' before adding -ed, but not when adding -ing. Never change a 'y' that is part of a vowel team (oy, ay, ey, uy).
4) Make no change.
AB
complete + ing1) completing
thread + ing4) threading
wage + ed1) waged - waged a protest
employ +ed4) employed
pressure + ing1) pressuring
quit + ing2) quitting
engage + ed1) engaged
wag + ed2) wagged
bereave + ed1) bereaved - The bereaved family sobbed quietly.
decay + ed4) decayed
skimp + ed4) skimped
struggle + ing1) struggling
slice + ed1) sliced
ferry + ed3) ferried - The boat ferried the people across the swollen river.
grapple + ing1) grappling - We are grappling with the decision.
split + ing2) splitting
simplify + ing4) simplifying
transfer + ed!! transferred - RULE BREAKER!
trim + ed2) trimmed
suspend + ed4) suspended
cackle + ing1) cackling
dismay + ed4) dismayed
determine + ing1) determining
obey + ing4) obeying
receive + ed1) received
bury + ed3) buried
quibble + ing1) quibbling - Stop quibbling about who started it.
vary + ed3) varied
reappear + ed4) reappeared
party + ing4) partying
squat + ed2) squatted
rely + ed3) relied
regret + ing!! regretting - RULE BREAKER
obey + ed4) obeyed
measure + ing1) measuring
simplify + ed3) simplified
congratulate + ed1) congratulated
dismay + ed4) dismayed
perpetuate + ing1) perpetuating - The perpetuating circumstances are making change difficult to achieve.
ready + ed3) readied - We have readied the boat for departure.


Lynnette Ryan

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