Adding the Endings ed, ing to Verbs
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The ending ED is added to
regular verbs to form the simple past tense and the past participle. The
ending ING is added to verbs to form the present participle and the gerund,
which are the same in form (-ing form) but different in meaning and function.
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The final vowel letter of
the verb (E, Y) may change before adding ED or ING. The final consonant
letter of the verb does not change when these endings are added (except C).
In certain cases the final consonant letter is doubled when ED or ING is
added.
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Note: In
this material, the ing-form is translated into Russian with the meaning of
the present participle. Russian translation is approximate.
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Pronunciation
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The ending ED has three
variants of pronunciation depending on the sound or letter after which it
stands. (The mute letter E at the end of the word is not taken into
consideration in this rule.)
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After a voiceless
consonant: [t] – baked, looked, lacked, jumped, stopped, laughed, puffed,
passed, fixed, hatched, flashed.
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After a voiced consonant
or after a vowel: [d] – robbed, begged, saved, called, learned, occurred,
boomed, bathed, judged, seized, played, lied, toed, studied, mowed, weighed.
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After the letters
"t, d": [id] – wanted, hated, started, counted, patted, added,
needed, faded, folded.
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Adding
to final E
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Rule: If
the verb ends in the silent letter E, the letter E is usually dropped before
adding ED or ING.
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live – lived – living;
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use – used – using;
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dine – dined – dining;
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hate – hated – hating;
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name – named – naming;
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move – moved – moving;
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note – noted – noting;
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care – cared – caring;
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cure – cured – curing;
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hire – hired – hiring;
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bore – bored – boring;
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notice – noticed –
noticing;
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manage – managed –
managing;
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judge – judged – judging;
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breathe – breathed –
breathing;
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seize – seized – seizing;
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argue – argued – arguing;
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sue – sued – suing;
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issue – issued – issuing.
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Exceptions:
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singe – singed –
singeing;
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toe – toed – toeing;
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dye – dyed – dyeing.
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Note: Verbs
that end in EE have the following spelling patterns for adding ED or ING.
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agree – agreed –
agreeing;
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free – freed – freeing;
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see – seeing;
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flee – fleeing.
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Note: Verbs
like TIE drop the final letter E before adding ED. Verbs like TIE drop the
final letter E and change I to Y before adding ING.
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lie – lied – lying;
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die – died – dying;
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tie – tied – tying;
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vie – vied – vying.
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Adding
to final Y
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Rule: If
the final letter Y forms a syllable (Y stands alone after a consonant), Y
changes to I before adding ED but doesn't change before adding ING.
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cry – cried – crying;
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try – tried – trying;
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fry – fried – frying;
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pry – pried – prying;
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deny – denied – denying;
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reply – replied –
replying;
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signify – signified –
signifying;
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copy – copied – copying;
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study – studied –
studying;
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bury – buried – burying;
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carry – carried –
carrying;
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worry – worried –
worrying.
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Rule: If
the final letter Y doesn't form a syllable (Y stands after a vowel), Y
doesn't change before adding ED or ING.
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play – played – playing;
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stay – stayed – staying;
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delay – delayed –
delaying;
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betray – betrayed –
betraying;
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buy – buying;
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toy – toyed – toying;
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destroy – destroyed –
destroying;
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employ – employed –
employing;
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key – keyed – keying;
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convey – conveyed –
conveying.
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Note: The
other final vowel letters and the combinations "ow, aw, ew" do not
change before adding ED or ING.
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taxi – taxied – taxiing;
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ski – skied – skiing;
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veto – vetoed – vetoing;
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radio – radioed –
radioing;
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moo – mooed – mooing;
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show – showed – showing;
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allow – allowed –
allowing;
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saw – sawed – sawing;
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thaw – thawed – thawing;
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sew – sewed – sewing.
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Adding
to final C
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The final consonant
letter C, usually in the suffix IC, is pronounced [k]. But the letter C is
pronounced [s] before the vowel letters E, I. So, before adding ED or ING,
final C changes to CK to keep the sound [k].
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panic – panicked –
panicking;
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frolic – frolicked –
frolicking;
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picnic – picnicked –
picnicking;
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mimic – mimicked –
mimicking;
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traffic – trafficked –
trafficking.
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(Spelling and
pronunciation rules for the letter C as [s] or [k] are given in Spelling Patterns for Consonants in the
section Writing.)
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Doubling
the final consonant
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Rule: The
final single consonant letter that stands after a short stressed vowel sound
represented by a single vowel letter in writing is doubled before adding ED
or ING.
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rob – robbed – robbing;
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stop – stopped –
stopping;
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tap – tapped – tapping;
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plan – planned –
planning;
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beg – begged – begging;
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hum – hummed – humming;
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rub – rubbed – rubbing;
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pit – pitted – pitting;
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permit – permitted –
permitting;
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regret – regretted –
regretting.
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Rare spelling:
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rev, revved, revving –
informal verb "to rev": to increase the speed of an engine sharply;
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trek, trekked, trekking –
to travel slowly or with difficulty, on foot or by ox wagon.
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Rule: The
final single consonant letter that stands after a short unstressed vowel
sound represented by a single vowel letter in writing is not doubled before
adding ED or ING.
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open – opened – opening;
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happen – happened –
happening;
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shorten – shortened –
shortening;
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exit – exited – exiting;
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limit – limited –
limiting;
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visit – visited –
visiting;
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pocket – pocketed –
pocketing;
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budget – budgeted –
budgeting;
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cover – covered –
covering;
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answer – answered –
answering;
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offer – offered –
offering;
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focus – focused –
focusing (BrE also: focussed, focussing).
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Exceptions:
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kidnap – kidnapped –
kidnapping;
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handicap – handicapped –
handicapping;
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worship – worshipped –
worshipping (AmE also: worshiped, worshiping).
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Rule: The
final single consonant letter standing after a combination of vowel letters
(stressed or unstressed long or short vowel sound or diphthong) is not
doubled before adding ED or ING.
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crawl – crawled –
crawling;
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treat – treated –
treating;
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heal – healed – healing;
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conceal – concealed –
concealing;
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break – breaking;
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shout – shouted –
shouting;
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group – grouped –
grouping;
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cool – cooled – cooling;
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look – looked – looking;
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complain – complained –
complaining;
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remain – remained –
remaining;
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diet – dieted – dieting;
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fear – feared – fearing;
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tour – toured – touring;
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repair – repaired –
repairing;
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pour – poured – pouring;
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roar – roared – roaring.
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Rule: The
final single consonant letter R that stands after the long stressed sound
[a:], [o:], or [ə:] represented by a single vowel letter in writing is
doubled before adding ED or ING.
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scar – scarred –
scarring;
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star – starred –
starring;
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bar – barred – barring;
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abhor – abhorred –
abhorring;
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occur – occurred –
occurring;
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blur – blurred –
blurring;
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stir – stirred –
stirring;
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refer – referred –
referring;
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prefer – preferred –
preferring.
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Final L
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In British English, the
final single consonant letter L is doubled before adding ED or ING regardless
of whether the preceding single vowel letter represents a stressed or
unstressed vowel sound. Final single L in British English may also be doubled
before ED or ING after some combinations of vowel letters.
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In American English, the
final single consonant letter L after a short unstressed vowel sound
represented by a single vowel letter is generally not doubled before adding
ED or ING. But British spelling variants exist as secondary variants in
American English. (See British and American Spelling in the
section Writing.)
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BrE / AmE: excel –
excelled – excelling;
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BrE / AmE: compel –
compelled – compelling;
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BrE / AmE: control –
controlled – controlling;
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BrE / AmE: parallel –
paralleled – paralleling;
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signal: BrE signalled,
signalling; AmE signaled, signaling;
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travel: BrE travelled,
travelling; AmE traveled, traveling;
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cancel: BrE cancelled,
cancelling; AmE canceled, canceling;
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equal: BrE equalled,
equalling; AmE equaled, equaling;
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dial: BrE dialled,
dialling; AmE dialed, dialing;
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initial: BrE initialled,
initialling; AmE initialed, initialing.
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Note: Not doubled
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The final consonant
combination is never doubled before adding ED or ING: bang, banged, banging;
pack, packed, packing; wish, wished, wishing; attach, attached, attaching;
stretch, stretched, stretching.
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The final consonant
letter that stands after another consonant is never doubled before adding ED
or ING: mend, mended, mending; help, helped, helping; jump, jumped, jumping;
act, acted, acting; curl, curled, curling; turn, turned, turning.
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The final single
consonant letter "x" is not doubled before adding ED or ING: fix,
fixed, fixing; mix, mixed, mixing; box, boxed, boxing; vex, vexed, vexing;
tax, taxed, taxing.
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