Spelling Rules
Rule number – 1
The end consonant is usually doubled when there is one vowel letter before it.
While adding “ed” or “ing”
- Stop Stopped Stopping
- Spot Spotted Spotting
- Admit Admitted Admitting
- Regret Regretted Regretting
- Recur Recurred Recurring
- Plan Planned Planning
- Beg Begged Begging
- Worship Worshipped Worshipping
- Kidnap Kidnapped Kidnapping
- Travel Travelled Travelling
- Equip Equipped Equipping
- Slap Slapped Slapping
- Level Levelled Levelling
- Quarrel Quarrelled Quarrelling
- Signal Signalled Signalling
- Model Modelled Modelling
Exceptions
- Suffer Suffered Suffering
- Offer Offered Offering
- Differ Differed Differing
- Benefit Benefited Benefitting
- Focus Focused Focusing
- Listen Listened Listening
- Answer Answered Answering
- Parallel Paralleled
While adding “er” or “est”
For making comparative and superlative
- Thin Thinner Thinnest
- Big Bigger Biggest
- Sad Sadder Saddest
- Fat Fatter Fattest
- Mad Madder Maddest
While making “Noun” of a “Verb”
- Cut Cutter
- Swim Swimmer
- Run Runner
- Sin Sinner
- Rub Rubber
- Rob Robber
- Travel Traveller
- Control Controller
Rule number – 2
The end consonant is not doubled When there are two Vowels before it.
While adding “ed” or “ing”
- Reap Reaped Reaping
- Heap Heaped Heaping
- Team Teamed Teaming
- Shout Shouted Shouting
- Cool Cooled Cooling
- Fear Feared Fearing
- Equal Equaled Equaling
Rule number – 3
The Noun and Adjectives ending in “y” change to “i” while adding any suffix like “er, est, ly, full, ness”
Example:-
- Tidy Tidier Tidiest
- Sunny Sunnier Sunniest
- Happy Happier Happiest
- Fly Flier
- Plenty Plentiful
- Pity Pitiful
- Beauty Beautiful
- Mercy Merciful
Rule number – 4
The Verbs ending in “y” change to “i” while adding “ed”
but remained unchanged while adding “ing”
Example:-
- Rely Relied Relying
- Marry Married Marrying
- Try Tried Trying
- Carry Carried Carrying
Words ending in “y” with the vowel do not change
- Obey Obeyed Obeying
- Pray Prayed Praying
- Enjoy Enjoyed Enjoying
Exceptions: –
- Say Said Saying
- Pay Paid Paying
- Lay Laid Laying
Rule number – 4
When Words ending in “ll” are compounded both become single “I”
Or when words are converted into adjectives
But when Adjectives which end in “I” are converted into Adverbs by using “ly” then “ll” is used
Example:-
- Will + Full = Wilful – Wilfully
- Full + Fill = Fulfil
- Beauty – Beautiful – Beautifully
- Peace – Peaceful – Peacefully
- Use – Useful – Usefully
- Help – Helpful – Helpfully
- Meaning – Meaningful – Meaningfully
- Soul – Soulful – Soulfully
- Joy – Joyful – Joyfully
- Hope – Hopeful – Hopefully
- Mercy – Merciful – Mercifully
Rule number – 5
The letter “c” is followed by “ei”, In all other cases it is written as “ie”
Examples: –
Receive
Perceive
Deceive
Conceive
Ceiling
Examples: –
Niece
Siege
Belief
Achieve
Exceptions: –
Leisure Counterfeit Freight Their Height Heir Reign