Double the final
letter …
or not?
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Double the final
letter …
or not?
It’s no mystery.
There is a rule.
And it works!
First you need to know:
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Which letters are vowels?
 a,
e, i, o, u
 You pronounce them with your
mouth open
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Which letters are consonants?
 All
the rest: b, c, d, and so on
 You pronounce them with your
mouth closed
Rule #1
When a one-syllable word
 ends in a single vowel
 followed by a single consonant,
 double the consonant
 before adding a suffix.
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Examples
Single vowel
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hop
Single consonant
hopping
 hopped
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whip
whipping
whipped
Rule #2
The same rule holds true
 for multi-syllable words,
 but only if
 the final syllable is accented.
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Examples
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begin
beginning
beginner
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control
controlling
controlled
controller
Rule #3
However, if there are two vowels
 before the final consonant,
 Leave the consonant as it is.
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Examples
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seat
seated
seating
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Look
Looked
Looking
Rule #4
Of course,
 if a word ends
 in two consonants,
 leave them as they are.
 help
 helping
 helped
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Quiz Time
hop + ing
hopping
scar + ed
scarred
submit + ing
submitting
steam + ing
steaming
feel + ing
feeling
fool + ed
fooled
sleep + ing
sleeping
form + ation
Formation
Two consonants,
Leave them alone
shop + ing
shopping
The List
hop
whip
scar
stop
shop
sit
cut
begin
control
submit
hopping
whipped
scarred
stopping
shopping
sitting
cutter
beginner
controller
submitted
seat
steam
leap
stoop
loom
seem
roof
fool
feel
steal
seating
steamed
leaping
stooped
looming
seemed
roofer
fooled
feeling
stealing
Now you know it all
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