SPELLING OF VERB

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SPELLING OF VERB

• Avtor Renata Bok Zelenak, prof.

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SPELLING OF VERB -S
1. The normal rule is to add s to the base form
of the verb.
wants eats
helps drives
2. Add es to verbs that end in ss, -sh, -ch, -x
and o.
kisses washes watches
fixes goes
3. Verbs that end in a consonant y change to
ies.
carries flies worries
tries
4. Verbs which end in a vowel y only add s.
buys says plays
enjoys
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SPELLING OF VERB -ING
1. The normal rule is to add ing to the base
form of the verb.
going wearing visiting
eating
2. Verbs that end in ONE e lose the e before
ing.
smoking coming hoping
writing
3. But the verb that end in ee dont lose
anything before the ing ending.
agreeing seeing
4. In verbs in one syllable, with one vowel and
one consonant, the consonant is doubled.
stopping travelling running
planning beginning
5. But if the final consonant is y or w it is
not doubled
playing showing
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SPELLING OF THE VERB -ED
1. The normal rule is to add ed to the base form
of thr verb.
worked wanted helped
washed
2.When the verb ends in e, just add d.
liked used hated
cared
3. If the verb has only one syllable, with one
written vowel one written consonant, the
consonant is doubled.
stopped planned
robbed tinned
4. The consonant is not doubled if it is y or w.
played showed
5. In most two-syllable verbs, the end consonant
is doubled if the stress is on the second
syllable.
preferred admitted
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6. But we write entered and visited because the
stress is on the first syllable.The exception is
the final consonant l,as in travelled (BE)
traveled (AE).
7. Verbs that end in a consonant y change to
ied.
carried hurried buried
8. But we write enjoyed, because it ends in a
vowel y.