[Jill Malcolm]

<h1>Word extension and final consonants</h1>
These  are often wrongly written. 

When  one-syllable word ends in a single vowel and  single consonant double the consonant eg big =bigger or fat = fatter

Hot  = hotter

Words of more than one syllable….

If the word ends with a single vowel with accent on final syllable it take a double. Eg dispel = dispelling, concur = concurred

If the word ends with a single vowel with the accent on the first or second syllable it stays single. Eg: benefit =benefited, fidget =fidgeting, happen = happened.