Doubling Consonants

When to double final consonants: stop → stopping, big → bigger

beginner

When to Use

•One-syllable words ending in consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC): stop → stopping, big → bigger.
•Two-syllable words stressed on last syllable: begin → beginning, prefer → preferred.
•Don't double if ending in w, x, y: show → showing, fix → fixed, play → playing.
•Don't double if two vowels before consonant: rain → raining, meet → meeting.
•Don't double if two consonants at end: help → helping, want → wanted.

How to Form

Affirmative (+)

CVC + double consonant + suffix

Negative (-)

Same rules apply

Question (?)

Same rules apply

💡 British English doubles l more: travel → travelling (UK) vs traveling (US).

Examples

✓running, stopped, bigger

✗runing, stoped, biger

CVC pattern: double the consonant.

✓opening, visited, longer

✗openning, visitted, longger

Stress not on last syllable: don't double.

✓playing, fixed, snowing

✗playying, fixxed, snowwing

Don't double w, x, y.

Common Mistakes

💡 Practice Tips

• CVC + stress on last syllable = double (stop → stopping).
• Two vowels before consonant = don't double (rain → raining).
• Two consonants at end = don't double (help → helping).
• W, X, Y = don't double (play → playing).

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Doubling Consonants

When to double final consonants: stop → stopping, big → bigger

beginner

When to Use

•One-syllable words ending in consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC): stop → stopping, big → bigger.
•Two-syllable words stressed on last syllable: begin → beginning, prefer → preferred.
•Don't double if ending in w, x, y: show → showing, fix → fixed, play → playing.
•Don't double if two vowels before consonant: rain → raining, meet → meeting.
•Don't double if two consonants at end: help → helping, want → wanted.

How to Form

Affirmative (+)

CVC + double consonant + suffix

Negative (-)

Same rules apply

Question (?)

Same rules apply

💡 British English doubles l more: travel → travelling (UK) vs traveling (US).

Examples

✓running, stopped, bigger

✗runing, stoped, biger

CVC pattern: double the consonant.

✓opening, visited, longer

✗openning, visitted, longger

Stress not on last syllable: don't double.

✓playing, fixed, snowing

✗playying, fixxed, snowwing

Don't double w, x, y.

Common Mistakes

💡 Practice Tips

• CVC + stress on last syllable = double (stop → stopping).
• Two vowels before consonant = don't double (rain → raining).
• Two consonants at end = don't double (help → helping).
• W, X, Y = don't double (play → playing).

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Doubling Consonants

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How to Form

Examples

Common Mistakes

💡 Practice Tips

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