Present continuous spelling rules

Cook – cooking

Start – starting

Do – doing

Stay – staying

Fix – fixing

• Most verbs ended with -y, add -ing

Examples:

Buy – buying

Enjoy – enjoying

Play – playing

Say – saying

Try – trying

• Verbs that ended with -e, drop the -eand add -ing

Examples:

Make – making

Write – writing

Drive – driving

Take – taking

Have – having

Shave – shaving

Share – sharing

Shake – shaking

• Verbs that ended with -ee, add -ing

Examples:

See – seeing

Agree – agreeing

• Verbs ended with a consonant preceded by a vowel, double the consonant and add -ing

Present Continuous Spelling Examples:

Swim – swimming

Run – running

Get – getting

Stop – stopping

Sit – sitting

Put – putting

Skip – skipping

Travel – travelling

Regret – regretting

• Do not double the letter if the words ends in two consonants

Examples:

Help – helping

Talk – talking

Work – working

• Two-syllable verbs: the last consonant is doubled when the last syllable is stressed

Examples:

Forget – forgetting

Upset – upsetting

Prefer – preferring

• Do not double the letter if the word has two or more syllables and the last part is not stressed.

Examples:

Visit (first part is stressed) – visiting

Benefit (first part is stressed) – benefiting

• Do not double the letter if the word ends in -y or -w

Examples:

Buy – buying

Enjoy – enjoying

Snow – snowing

• Verbs ended with -ie, change -ie to -y, add -ing

Examples:

Lie – lying

Die – dying

• Verbs ended with -c, change -c to -ck

-ING Rules Examples:

Picnic – picnicking

• Exceptions:

Age – ageing

Dye – dyeing

Singe – singeing

Budget – budgeting

Enter – entering