1. What is the rule for adding the -ing suffix in the present continuous tense?
In addition to memorizing words, there are also various inflections of words, among which the various inflections of verbs make many people messy.
No, someone asked, why isn't lishtening a lishtenning?
Before answering this question, I think it is necessary to talk about the rules of inflection of the present continuous tense of the verb.
There are five cases: in general, the vast majority of verbs add ing directly at the end; In the second case, when the verb ends with an unpronounced e, remove the e and add ing; In the third case, when the verb ends with an accented closed syllable, and presents the structure of "auxiliary, yuan, auxiliary", it is necessary to double write the consonant letter at the end, and then add ing, such as "run" or "stop", these two words need to double write the last consonant letter when forming the present continuous tense, and then add "-ing", that is, "running" and "stopping"; In the fourth case, when the verb ends with ie, ie must be changed to y, and then ing; In the fifth case, when the verb ends in c, it is necessary to change c to ck first, and then add ing.
2. Why doesn't lishtening double write n?
With the above rules in mind, let's answer this question.
The reason is simple, because the word "listen" does not conform to the above rule of double letters. Although it ends with a consonant letter "n", since "listen" is a verb with an accent on the first syllable, and its last syllable ends with a vowel phoneme (i.e., "-en"), we do not need to double write "n" in the present continuous tense, but directly add "-ing" to the end of the word to form "listening".
3. How can I remember so many rules?
To learn is to discover, remember, and master the rules.
If you don't want to memorize anything, then what else do you want to learn?
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