So we just add ED to the end and it now becomes OPENED. Since the first syllable is stressed ( O-pen) and not the last syllable (we do not say o-PEN), we do not double the final N. When a word has two or more syllables and the last syllable is NOT stressed, we do NOT double the final letter before adding ED. These words end in a consonant, a vowel and a consonant, BUT they also end in W, X, or Y so we do not double the final letter. She enjoyed the massage because it relaxed her.What do we do? We just add ED to the end. But since the final consonant is a Y, we do NOT double that letter. Notice how there is a vowel before each letter.įor example: the verb PLAY is a verb that ends a consonant L a vowel A and a consonant Y. When a word ends in a W, X or Y, we do NOT double that final letter before add ED. We don’t double the final consonant when it is W, X or Y. The teacher referred her students to the Woodward English website.So, we double the final consonant R of REFER and it becomes REFERRED with two Rs. REFER has two syllables though the last syllable is stressed … re FER. So, we double the final consonant T of ADMIT and it becomes ADMITTED with two Ts. We double the final consonant N of PLAN and it becomes PLANNED with two Ns.ĪDMIT has two syllables though the last syllable is stressed … ad MIT. We double the final consonant and add -ED to the end of them. Let’s see some examples of words ending in a consonant + vowel + consonant: stop, plan, admit and refer So now STOP becomes STOPPED with two Ps in the middle. What do we do? We double the final consonant P which now gives us two Ps. STOP ends in a consonant T, a vowel O, and a consonant P. This includes words that only have one syllable. When a verb ends in a consonant + vowel + consonant AND the final (or only) syllable is stressed, we double (make two of) the final consonant and add ED. Verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant What do we do? We just add the letter D to the end. When a word ends in a consonant + E, we just add D to the end of it.įor example: LIVE ends in the consonant V followed by the letter E. InfinitiveīUT there are some exceptions! -ED Spelling Exceptions Verbs ending in Consonant + E In general, you just add -ED to the end of a regular verb or word.įor example: with the verb play, just add ED to the end and it becomes played. In this English lesson, we are going to learn the correct spelling of words ending in ED.įor now we will mostly use regular verbs in the past tense as examples though the same rules apply to all words ending in ED. Regular past participles (which have the same form as the past simple tense form): In English there are many words that end in ED.
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