SPELLING RULES FOR ADDING -ING ONE SYLLABLE VERBS ENDING IN 1 VOWEL + 1 CONSONANT DOUBLE THE LAST CONSONANT. RUN RUNNING SWIM SWIMMING CUT CUTTING VERBS ENDING IN L, DOUBLE THE L TRAVEL TRAVELLING CANCEL CANCELLINGBASE FORM Work - Catch - Sleep Study - Play - Buy Go - Do Write - Take - Drive Lay - Lie Swim* - Run* — Stop* ING” ‘ORM Working — Catching —- Sleeping Studying — Playing - Buying Final letter “Y” is in the same place Going — Doing Writing — Taking — Driving Final letter “E” is eliminated Lying — Lying (Yes, equal!) Swimming — Running — Stopping * The final three letters are “consonant - vowel = consonant” that’s why we have double consonant “mm - nn - pp“