Adding -ing/-ed

Often we need to add -ing or -ed to a verb to make other forms of the verb, for example: I was talking when John arrived. Spelling Rule Just add -ing or -ed to the end of the base verb:

work > working > worked play > playing > played open > opening > opened

x!eptions If the base verb ends in: and add:

do this:

"or example: stop > stopping > stopped begin > beginning tap > tapping > tapped $ut, for example: open > opening > opened %be!ause no stress on last syllable of open& phone > phoning > phoned dan!e > dan!ing > dan!ed make > making rake > raking > raked lie > lying die > dying lie > lied die > died

!onsonant # vowel # !onsonant and a stressed syllable

double the final !onsonant

-ing -ed

!onsonant # -e

remove the -e

-ing -ed -ing -d

!hange the -ie to -y -ie nothing