This worksheet helps students practice adding ing to verbs using the 3 rules. The difference is in their functions in a sentence. Infinitive ing form to live living to have having to make making to take taking verbs ending with ee. A verb ending in ing is either a present participle or a gerund.
Spelling rules ing base form infinitive ing form to feel feeling to go going to work working to sleep sleeping spelling exceptions 1. Bbc learning english grammar challenge grammar challenge bbc learning english ed ing adjectives practice page 3 of 7. Our best sellers digital books in pdf form stories and exercises to practice the perfect tenses a series of illustrated stories and exercises to practice the perfect tenses. Jun 1, 2016 students have to add the ing ending to the following verbs esl worksheets. A fun and engaging product that will help your students understand suffix ed and suffix ing. Before adding ing, the consonant at the end is doubled. Gerunds are formed like the present participle by adding ing to the infinitive. Spelling elementary an elementary grammar worksheet from anna grammar the present continuous tense is. A great activity for students to work on during centers for additional practice with verb endinged and ing. Students will add the endings ed and ing to the verbs. Students have to add the ing ending to the following verbs. All english tenses active voice complete grammarguide in a chart format with form, use, examples and time phrases 4 pages for all levels. Adding ing 1 remove e from the clues and add ing p.
Adding suffixes ed and ing suffix pronunciation meaning example word vowel suffix ed. Ed and ing adjectives exercise 1 choose the correct adjective. Im feeling depressed depressing, so im going to go home, eat some. Stories and exercises to practice the present progressive 75 pages stories and exercises to practice the past progressive 76 pages. Grammar for grade 1, add ing worksheet with images. The present downloadable handout is a great resource for elementary school at beginner prea1 level. And these are some verbs which are followed by gerunds hate,like,avoid,finish,suggest,mind,keepmeaning continue,enjoy,risk,stop. Solution taking believing changing choosing pleasing surprising shaking circling making closing having moving writing caring loving driving. When you write verbs in the present continuous and past continuous tenses, you use the ending ing. Adding ing onto words english lesson easy pace learning. Likes and dislikes interactive and downloadable worksheet.
Adding ed and ing for words that end with a y that makes the long i sound, change the y to an i before adding ed. Click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. Wileyblackwell, 2003 word classes as an example of borderline cases in lexical word classes, take the classification of words ending with ing. Add ing to the verbs verb worksheets, ing words, 2nd. In the following examples the consonant is in blue, the vowel is in green, and ing is in red. Stories and exercises to practice the present perfect 80 pages stories. In this exercise your students can practise the adding of s, es and ies to nouns to form plurals or verbs to form the 3rd person. Some verbs change their spelling when ing is added to them. When we add ing to a verb we sometimes have to change the ending of the verb as well for verbs that end in e, we drop the e before we add ing smile smiling. The exercises help students work with irregular verbs which include simple past and past participle. If the verb ends in an e we remove the e and add ing.
English exercises verb tenses exercises spelling add ing. A lot of adjectives are made from verbs by adding ing or ed. Verbs ending with consonantvowelconsonant when a verb ends with a consonantvowelconsonant and we put stress on this sound in speech, we double the last consonant. Gerunds and infinitives exercise 1 perfect english grammar. For words that end in a silent not pronounced e,drop the e and add ing. The product includes anchor charts, cutting and pasting, sentence writing, identifying and writing. That was a really boring presentation try this exercise to test your grammar. Grammar worksheet present continuous spelling rules words with one syllable verbs that end in e make write etc. Then do these exercises to check your understanding of the.
No matter how much i study i cant seem to remember this vocabulary. Adding suffixes s, ed, and ing waterbury public schools. Do not double the consonant of words with more than one syllable if the stress is not on the final syllable. When a verb ends with a consonantvowelconsonant and we put stress on this sound in speech, we double the last consonant. Free printable pdf grammar worksheets, quizzes and games, from a to z, for eflesl teachers. Then, work on the worksheet to write base word with the. If a word ends in an e you must drop the e before adding ing. Our best sellers digital books in pdf form stories and exercises to practice the progressive tenses a series of illustrated stories and exercises to practice the progressive tenses. Students will learn how to add suffix ed and ing to words. This is lesson 3 of a series that will teach you all about the present continuous tense in english. Students have to add the ing ending to the following verbs the present downloadable handout is a great resource for elementary school at beginner prea1 level. When adding ing to words with a short vowel, double the consonant at the end. Spelling rules for adding ing really learn english. They are called participial adjectives they take the forms of the present ing and past participle ed of the verb.
I when the base form ends in the vowel e, simply delete the letter. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. Look at these examples to see how adjectives ending in ed and ing are used. Adjectives ed or ing exercise ing this film is boringthe cause ed the effect i feel really bored a fill the gaps with the adjectives in brackets. To make the present participle with most verbs, you add ing to the verb. When it is used like a noun it may or may not have an article before it. Past tense already taken place handed rented played picked vowel suffix. Spelling words by adding ing english lesson what will i learn from the english lesson spelling words by adding ing. Add ing to the verbs english esl worksheets for distance learning. In this section, you will learn the grammar rules for how to spell the ing form for different types of regular and irregular verbs. We also have other conditions to take into account comment and share. For many verbs we make the ing form by simply adding ing to end of the verb.
Almost all of these words have a verb base, so it is easy to assume that all words ending in ing are verbs. For verbs with a short vowel sound just before the last letter, we double the last letter before we add ing plan planning. This worksheet focuses on the spelling rule for ie verbs and changing them to verbs that end with ing. It is valuable for practising present continuous progressive tense in english, and is excellent for improving your groups writing skills. This material consits of 43 examples providing ss necessary practice to remember spelling addition of ing correctly. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about ing, form, ing form. The present continuous exercises watch the video on our website and read the conversation between sophie and hadiyah. English esl ing form worksheets most downloaded 15. Only says the schwaed sound after a base word ending in a d or t. Participle adjectives ed and ing adjectives exercise 1. At the end of the lesson is an exercise to practise using the correct spelling using ing. During this lesson you will learn how to add ing onto the end of words.
Add ing to the verbs english esl worksheets for distance. We are dedicated to creating and providing free, highquality english language learning resources. While dad was ing, lee was ing on the telephone, and i was upstairs ing. A present participle is most commonly used as part of the continuous form of a verb, after verbs of perception, after verbs of movement, or as an adjective.
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