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True or false: Two-syllable verbs ending in a vowel +consonant always double the consonant and add -ing or -ed

False: It depends on where the stress is. If the stress is on the first syllable, you do not double the consonant. If it is on the second one, you do double it.

True or false: If a verb ends in -ie drop the -e and add -ing.

False: Change the -ie to -y and add -ing

True or false: -ing and -ed are called inflections.

True

True or false: If a verb ends in -ee, the final -e is not dropped.

True

Add -ing and ed to the word "carry"

carrying and carried

Add -ing and -ed to the verb "invite"

inviting and invited

True or false: Most of -ing and -ed spelling rules are the same.

True

Add -ing and -ed to the verb "lock"

locking and locked

Add -ing to the word "dream"

dreaming

Add -ing and -ed to the verb "free"

freeing and freed

Add -ed to the word "dry"

dried

Verbs ending in -w and -x follow the rule about duplicating the consonant when the consonant is next to a vowel.

False: They are exceptions to the rule.

Add -ing and -ed to the verb "destroy"

destroying and destroyed

Add -ing to the word "exchange"

exchanging

Add -ing to the word "drop"

dropping

Add -ing and -ed to the verb "land"

landing and landed

True or false: Verbs that end in "y" always add -ing or -ed without any changes.

False: In the case of -ed, if the "y" is preceded by a consonant, change the "y" to "i"

Add -ing to the word "cry"

crying

True or false: If the word ends in two consonants, just add the ending (-ing or -ed)

True

Add -ing and -ed to the word "clean"

cleaning and cleaned