Review: Double Consonants

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Choose the correct spelling of the following words.

1. Which is correct?

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Answer:
The answer admited is not correct.
Explanation:
Because the t in admit ends a stressed syllable and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

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Answer:
The answer admitted is correct.
Explanation:
Because the t in admit ends a stressed syllable and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

2. Which is correct?

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Answer:
The answer admiting is not correct.
Explanation:
Because the t in admit ends a stressed syllable and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

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Answer:
The answer admitting is correct.
Explanation:
Because the t in admit ends a stressed syllable and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

3. Which is correct?

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Answer:
The answer stoping is not correct.
Explanation:
Because the p in stop ends a one-syllable word and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

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Answer:
The answer stopping is correct.
Explanation:
Because the p in stop ends a one-syllable word and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

4. Which is correct?

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Answer:
The answer stoped is not correct.
Explanation:
Because the p in stop ends a one-syllable word and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

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Answer:
The answer stopped is correct.
Explanation:
Because the p in stop ends a one-syllable word and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

5. Which is correct?

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Answer:
The answer robbing is correct.
Explanation:
Because the b in rob ends a one-syllable word and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

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Answer:
The answer robing is not correct.
Explanation:
Because the b in rob ends a one-syllable word and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

6. Which is correct?

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Answer:
The answer robed is not correct.
Explanation:
Because the b in rob ends a one-syllable word and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

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Answer:
The answer robbed is correct.
Explanation:
Because the b in rob ends a one-syllable word and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

7. Which is correct?

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Answer:
The answer returnning is not correct.
Explanation:
Although the n in return ends a stressed syllable, it is not preceded by a single vowel and should not be doubled.

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Answer:
The answer returning is correct.
Explanation:
Although the n in return ends a stressed syllable, it is not preceded by a single vowel and should not be doubled.

8. Which is correct?

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Answer:
The answer returnned is not correct.
Explanation:
Although the n in return ends a stressed syllable, it is not preceded by a single vowel and should not be doubled.

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Answer:
The answer returned is correct.
Explanation:
Although the n in return ends a stressed syllable, it is not preceded by a single vowel and should not be doubled.

9. Which is correct?

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Answer:
The answer unwrapping is correct.
Explanation:
Because the p in unwrap ends a stressed syllable and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

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Answer:
The answer unwraping is not correct.
Explanation:
Because the p in unwrap ends a stressed syllable and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

10. Which is correct?

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Answer:
The answer unwrapped is correct.
Explanation:
Because the p in unwrap ends a stressed syllable and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

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Answer:
The answer unwraped is not correct.
Explanation:
Because the p in unwrap ends a stressed syllable and is preceded by a single vowel, it is doubled.

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