END OF VERB DOUBLE CONS SIMPLE FORM   – ING    -ED - E NO smile smiling    smiled hope hoping    hoped - ing form: drop the –e, add – ing. -  ed form: just add –d. Two consonants NO help helping    helped learn learning learned If the verb ends in two consonants, just add –ing, or –ed. Two vowels + One consonant NO Rain   raining  rained Heat  heating  heated If the verb ends [...]