Came across this super cool chart that’s a godsend for those of us who have trouble spelling (credit to Betty Schrampfer Azar):
- Verbs that end in a consonant & œe (hope)
- ING “ drop the œe and add œing (hoping)
- ED “ add œd (hoped)
- Verbs that end in a vowel and consonant AND are one-syllable (stop):
- ING “ duplicate the consonant and add œing (stopping)
- ED “ duplicate the consonant and add œd (stopped)
- Verbs that end in two vowels and consonant AND are one-syllable (rain):
- ING “ add œing (raining)
- ED “ add œd (rained)
- Verbs that end in two consonants (start):
- ING “ add œing (starting)
- ED “ add œd (started)
- Verbs that end in œy and a vowel is before the œy (pray):
- ING “ add œing (praying)
- ED “ add œd (prayed)
- Verbs that end in œy and a consonant is before the œy (study):
- ING “ add œing (studying)
- ED “ change the œy to an œie and add œd (studied)
- Verbs that end in œie (lie):
- ING “ change œie to œy and add œing (lying)
- ED “ add œd (lied)
This is going to take some time to memorize, but as a chart/list, it all seems so easy and makes sense¦