Spelling Rule - 1: When a word ends with a short vowel followed by a consonant double the last consonant before addig 'ed'
Rule - 1 : āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ ā§§
Rule (āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ)
When a word ends with a short vowel + one consonant, double the last consonant before adding -ed.
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻļā§āώāϤ short vowel + āĻāĻāĻž consonant āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠-ed āϝā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻāĻāϤā§
āĻļā§āώ⧰ consonantāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Ex (āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ) : skip → skipped, drop → dropped, admit → admitted, occur → occurred, trim → trimmed
Prctice – Answers
1. trip → ? Ans: tripped
Explanation: “i” short vowel + “p” → double p → tripped. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “i” short vowel, āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§ “p” āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖāĨ¤
2. mop → ? Ans: mopped
Explanation: short vowel “o” + consonant “p” → double p. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “o” short vowel, “p” āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖāĨ¤
3. submit → ? Ans: submitted
Explanation: last syllable stressed → double “t” . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻļā§āώ āĻ
āĻāĻļāϤ āĻā§ā§° āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, “t” āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖāĨ¤
4. trot → ? Ans: trotted
Explanation: short vowel “o” + “t” → double t. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “t” āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋ trottedāĨ¤
5. rub → ? Ans: rubbed
Explanation: short vowel “u” + “b” → double b . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “b” āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋ rubbedāĨ¤
6. prefer → ? Ans: preferred
Explanation: stress on last syllable → double “r” . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻļā§āώ āĻ āĻāĻļāϤ āĻā§ā§°, āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§ “r” āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖāĨ¤
Quick Tip (āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻ)
Remember: 1 vowel + 1 consonant → double the consonant . āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž: ā§§āĻāĻž vowel + ā§§āĻāĻž consonant → consonant āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖ