Spelling Quiz - ED & ING Endings #1

Choose the form you think is correct, then check your answer.

VERB + ED =	VERB + ING =
waitedwaitted	waittingwaiting
studyedstudied	studyingstuding
smilledsmiled	smilingsmileing
enjoiedenjoyed	enjoingenjoying
rainnedrained	rainningraining
stoppedstoped	stopingstopping
rubedrubbed	rubbingrubing
foldedfoldded	folddingfolding
stayedstaied	stayingstaieing
helppedhelped	helppinghelping

Why do some words have double consonants while others have only one?
Copyright (C) 1998 by Kaye Mastin Mallory
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.