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Spelling Quiz - ED & ING Endings #2

Choose the form you think is correct, then check your answer.
VERB + ED = VERB + ING =
walkedwalkked
walkkingwalking
countedcountted
countingcountting
erassederased
erasingeraseing
wasshedwashed
washiingwashing
laughedlaughhed
laughinglaughhing
droppeddroped
dropingdropping
askkedasked
askkingasking
watchedwattched
watchingwattching
sneezedsneezzed
sneezingsneezeing
playyedplayed
playyingplaying

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.