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Listen to the stressed syllable
1 · Learn
Adding a vowel-starting suffix sometimes doubles a final consonant. In forget, the stress is on get: forgetting doubles t. In visit, the stress is at the beginning: visiting does not double t.
Say each word carefully and look at a reliable example. This is one spelling pattern, not a rule to double every last letter. Notice final-e changes too: make becomes making.
2 · Worked example
I spell visiting with one t after the i because the final syllable is not stressed. I check the whole word after adding -ing.
3 · Your turn
Choose the correct spelling: forgetting or forgeting; visiting or visitting.
Check your answer
Forgetting and visiting.
4 · Apply your learning
An adult dictates: 'We are visiting the park.' Write it, then compare letters, capital and full stop with the model.
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