d Skills: Adding -ing

write verbs in the present continuous and past continuous tenses, you use the ending -ing. Here are some rules to help you add th

Rule 1: For words that end in a silent (not pronounced) -e, drop the -e and add -ing.
Example: smile → smiling
Rule 2: For one-syllable words that end in consonant-vowel-consonant (except x and
w), double the last letter and add -ing.
Examples: sit → sitting run → running
Rule 3: For most other words (including words that end in -y), add -ing with no
changes.
Examples: rain → raining send → sending

A Use these rules to add -ing to the following words:

1. shave Shaving 16 hop Hoping 31 save Saving

. e .
2. comb Combing 17 jum Jumping 32 tap Tapping
. p .
3. make Making 18 jok Joking 33 carr Carrying
. e . y
4. feed Feeding 19 mar Marrying 34 buy Buying
. ry .
5. do Doing 20 put Putting 35 sew Sewing
. .
6. empty Emptying 21 say Saying 36 eat Eating
. .
7. jog Jogging 22 talk Talking 37 writ Writing
. . e
8. take Taking 23 sto Stopping 38 drea Dreaming
. p . m
9. Vacuuming 24 typ Typing 39 cut Cutting
vacuum . e .
10. go Going 25 use Using 40 roar Roaring
. .
11. sleep Sleeping 26 wor Worrying 41 sna Snapping
. ry . p
12. wax Waxing 27 loo Looking 42 dig Digging
. k .
13. Changing 28 bat Batting 43 bury Burying
change . .
14. fry Frying 29 dan Dancing 44 see Seeing
. ce .
15. get Getting 30 hurr Hurrying 45 skat Skating
. y . e
 B Now write a sentence in your notebook for each of the -ing words you made. If you
wish, you may use more than one -ing word in a single sentence. For example:
While Dad was ing, Lee was ing on the telephone, and I was upstairs ing.

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SKILL OBJECTIVES: Constructing gerunds; applying rules for spelling changes. Review the rules for spelling changes with the
class. Do several examples together, then assign the page for independent written work. After Part B has been completed, ask
each student to read his/her favorite sentence aloud to the class.

1. They are praying, they always do it before eating. 

2. She is speaking with her boyfriend while He is jogging at park.
3. I am walking at this moment, I call you later.
4. I am writing a new book about the humanity.
5. Marta is crying for her boyfriend.
6. The dog is playing with the cat.
7. David isn’t eating an ice cream.
8. He is taking a shower.
9. We are asking you something.
10.You are playing video games.