Page 70 - Specialised First Foreign Language 2
P. 70

Work              →        working



                                                             Play              →        playing




                                                             Assist            →        assisting



                                                             See               →        seeing



                                                             Be                →        being



                                              Exception  If the base verb ends in consonant +

                                                             stressed vowel + consonant, double the
                                                             last letter:


                                                              s  T               O           p



                                                                 consonant  stressed  consonant
                                                                                 vowel



                                                             vowels = a, e, i, o, u



                                                             Stop              →        stopping



                                                             Run               →        running













                                                                           70
   65   66   67   68   69   70   71   72   73   74   75