APPENDIX 6: SPELLING: -ing FORMS
USUALLY
word + -ing
work - working
sleep - sleeping
BUT
IF WORD ENDS WITH CONSONANT + e (Appendix 4) do not write the e.
come - coming
decide - deciding
freeze - freezing
give - giving
have - having
hope - hoping
lose - losing
manage - managing
make - making
owe - owing
shine - shining
write - writing
IF WORD ENDS WITH ie, ie y + ing
die - dying
lie - lying
but note that ee and ue are regular:
agreeing, queueing
IF WORD ENDS WITH ONE VOWEL + ONE CONSONANT (Appendix 4) double the consonant.
cut - cutting
get - getting
prefer - preferring
put - putting
run - running
ship - shipping
stop - stopping
travel - travelling
win - winning
but do not double if the last part of the word does not have any stress (Appendix 4):
enter - entering
offer - offering
(travel is a special case);
and do not double if word ends with
two vowels + one consonant:
keep - keeping
meet - meeting
one vowel + two consonants:
walk - walking
help - helping
one vowel + x:
box - boxing
fix - fixing