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 āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻļ⧇āώāϤ short vowel + āĻāϟāĻž consonant āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ -ed āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āφāĻ—āϤ⧇


āĻļ⧇āώ⧰ consonantāĻŸā§‹ āĻĻ⧁āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤


Ex (āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°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§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: “i” short vowel, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ “p” āĻĻ⧁āϗ⧁āĻŖāĨ¤


2. mop → ? Ans: mopped
Explanation: short vowel “o” + consonant “p” → double p. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: “o” short vowel, “p” āĻĻ⧁āϗ⧁āĻŖāĨ¤


3. submit → ? Ans: submitted
Explanation: last syllable stressed → double “t” . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϤ āĻœā§‹ā§° āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, “t” āĻĻ⧁āϗ⧁āĻŖāĨ¤


4. trot → ? Ans: trotted
Explanation: short vowel “o” + “t” → double t. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: “t” āĻĻ⧁āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋ trottedāĨ¤


5. rub → ? Ans: rubbed
Explanation: short vowel “u” + “b” → double b . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: “b” āĻĻ⧁āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋ rubbedāĨ¤


6. prefer → ? Ans: preferred


Explanation: stress on last syllable → double “r” . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϤ āĻœā§‹ā§°, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ “r” āĻĻ⧁āϗ⧁āĻŖāĨ¤


Quick Tip (āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻ›)


Remember: 1 vowel + 1 consonant → double the consonant . āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻž: ā§§āϟāĻž vowel + ā§§āϟāĻž consonant → consonant āĻĻ⧁āϗ⧁āĻŖ