11.4 Table: spelling of –ing forms

The majority of verbs add -ing
borrow		borrowing
eat		eating
grow		growing
hear		hearing
load		loading
say		saying
teach		teaching
train		training

die, lie
die		dying
lie		lying

Verbs that end in –e: eliminate –e + add -ing
change		changing
live		living
ride		riding
take		taking

NOT be, see
be		being
see		seeing

Verbs of one syllable ending in 1 vowel + 1 consonant Double final consonant + add -ing
drop		dropping
fit		fitting
jog		jogging
run		running
zap		zapping

Verbs with: two syllables + accent on FIRST syllable ending in 1 vowel + 1 consonant Add -ing

listen		listening

visit		visiting

Verbs with: two syllables + accent on SECOND syllable ending in 1 vowel + 1 consonant Double final consonant and add -ing

omit		omitting

refer		referring

Verbs with: two syllables + accent on FIRST syllable ending in el In British English, double final consonant + add -ing in American English, add -ing

cancel		cancelling (British) canceling (American)

travel		travelling (British) traveling (American)

panic, pícnic: add -king
panic		panicking
picnic		picnicking