Grammar The CVC Rule and Continuous Verbs   The CVC Rule is used to help you to remember whether you have to double or not consonants in situations like continuous verbs, past tense or comparative. The acronym CVC means Consonant Vowel Consonant.   Consonants are: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z Vowels are: A, E, I, O, U   Observe and analyze the examples below:   CVC-Rule verbs: Infinitive Continuous Example To AdMIT Admitting The man is admitting he loves her To BeGIN Beginning The teacher is beginning a new lesson To DIG Digging The dog is digging a hole to bury the bone To DROP Dropping The sales are dropping because of the financial crisis To FIT Fitting These shoes are fitting very well To ForGET Forgetting The girl is forgetting her bad day To GET Getting It is getting very cold here To HIT Hitting The man is hitting the nail with his hammer To LET Letting They are letting the babies sleep To PerMIT Permitting She is permitting her daughter to go to France To PLAN Planning They are planning to visit New York City To PUT Putting The woman is putting the baby to sleep To ReFER Referring I am referring to your new book To ROB Robbing The man is robbing a blue car To RUB Rubbing The woman is rubbing the brown table To RUN Running The boy is running to catch the yellow ball To SHOP Shopping Women love shopping shoes To SHUT Shutting The doorman is shutting the entrance door To SIT Sitting They are sitting down to watch TV To SLIP Slipping The sand is slipping through his big fingers To STOP Stopping The policeman is stopping the fast car To SWIM Swimming The man is swimming with the dolphin To WIN Winning The athlete is winning the competition   Non-CVC-Rule verbs:   Infinitive Continuous Example To Cancel Canceling They are canceling the concert To Differ Differing The mother is differing the twin babies To End Ending The day is ending with a beautiful sunset To Happen Happening What is happening here? To Listen Listening I am listening to my favorite song To Offer Offering The boy is offering his toy to the poor child To Open Opening That little girl is opening the door to the dog To Show Showing He is showing the pictures to his father To Suffer Suffering The little boy is suffering because he doesn´t have friends To Travel Traveling You are traveling to Germany tomorrow To Visit Visiting The mother is visiting her young daughter   Globalized English School English in English   2009 - 2010 Globalized English School  - All rights reserved