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As you will recall their are three rules for adding -ing:
1) drop the e and add -ing (for words which end in a single e)
2) double the final consonant (for words which end with a
single vowel followed by a single consonant)
3) just add -ing (this rule works for MOST words)
hike hiking
swim swimming
laugh laughing
write writing
hit hitting
fly flying
Plural Nouns
We discussed two ways of pluralizing nouns in this unit:
1) Just add s (this works for most nouns)
2) drop the y and add -ies (works for MOST nouns that end in y)
city cities
boy boys
battery batteries
fly flies
stone stones
key keys
jelly jellies