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Drop the e or Double the Letter is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on adding -ing and -ed to words ending in e or in one short vowel and a consonant, aligned to Common Core standard L.3.2. It prints 10 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Drop the e or Double the Letter

L.3.2

NameDate

Choose the right spelling from the box.

1.clap + ing = ___

Choose: clapping · claping · clapeing

2.plan + ed = ___

Choose: planned · planed · planeed

3.make + ing = ___

Choose: making · makeing · makking

4.hope + ing = ___

Choose: hoping · hopping · hopeing

5.run + ing = ___

Choose: running · runing · runeing

6.stop + ed = ___

Choose: stopped · stoped · stopeed

7.dance + ed = ___

Choose: danced · danceed · dancced

8.bake + ed = ___

Choose: baked · bakeed · bakked

9.shine + ing = ___

Choose: shining · shineing · shinning

10.begin + ing = ___

Choose: beginning · begining · beginneing

LessonPrint · L.3.2 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Drop the e or Double the Letter

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.clapping
  2. 2.planned
  3. 3.making
  4. 4.hoping
  5. 5.running
  6. 6.stopped
  7. 7.danced
  8. 8.baked
  9. 9.shining
  10. 10.beginning

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.3.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.