Classroom Materials: Spelling -ED and -ING Words 2

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Spelling -ED and -ING Words 2 ANSWER KEY

-GROUP 1B- 2 or more syllable words with a Consonant-Vowel-Consonant pattern:
1) See if the word ends in a C-V-C pattern: visit cvc 2) Determine if the word stress on the first syllable or the second syllable: VISIT: VI-sit or vi-SIT? VIsit has the stress on the FIRST syllable, so it gets ONE consonant = visited/visiting
ADMIT: AD-mit or ad-MIT? ad-MIT has the stress on the SECOND syllable, so it gets TWO consonants = admitted/admitting
IN SUMMARY: Look for the CVC pattern, then.... 1) Stress on FIRST syllable = ONE consonant 2) Stress on SECOND syllable = TWO consonants
***NOTE: The CVC rule does not work for words ending in w, x, y, z

Now it's your turn...look for CVC! and word stress	-ED	-ING
1) open	opened	opening
2) permit	permitted	permitting
3) happen	happened	happening
4) demand	demanded	demanding
5) replay	replayed	replaying
6) listen	listened	listening
7) begin	xxxxx(began)xxxxx	beginning
8) enjoy	enjoyed	enjoying
9) prefer	preferred	preferring
10) occur	occurred	occurring
11) suffer	suffered	suffering
12) rehearse	rehearsed	rehearsing
13) control	controlled	controlling
14) travel	traveled	traveling
15) ladle	ladled	ladling
16) offer	offered	offering
17) admit	admitted	admitting
18) visit	visited	visiting
19) vanish	vanished	vanishing
20) select	selected	selecting

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