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When you add –ing to a verb, you have to be careful!
*If the verb ends in a short vowel and a consonant (hit, run, set, get), you have to double the last consonant, then add –ing.
 Wrong: hiting(x)
 Right hitting
*If the verb ends in consonant+e (share, make, write), then you don’t write the e when you add –ing.
 Wrong: makeing (x)
 Right: making
Add –ing to the verbs below:make__________ | hit__________ |
play__________ | share__________ |
dream__________ | win__________ |
fit__________ | bake__________ |
give__________ | say__________ |
put__________ |rain__________ |
do__________ | cook__________ |
practice__________ | watch__________ |
smile__________ | listen__________ |
look__________ | swim__________ |
wish__________ | sell__________ |sit__________ | bet__________ |

We use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about things that are happening right now.
To talk about right now, you have to use a “Be verb” (am, is, are) and a verb+ing:I | am | workingmakingtalkingsittingrunningflying | hard in school.too much noise!
about a movie.on a chair.very fast.high in the sky. |
You WeThey | are | | |
HeSheIt | is | | |

Write a“Be Verb” in the blanks to complete each sentence:
1. Bret _______ trying to climb a mountain.
2. Kate and Charlie _______ making a pizza for dinner.
3. Jake and I _______ working hard in school.4. Patrick _______ sitting on the floor right now.
5. I _______ playing tennis right now.
6. Wendel _______ going to Antarctica.
7. My sisters _______ sleeping right now, so be quiet.
8. Mymother and father _______ talking about something important right now.

Is it Present Tense or Present Continuous Tense?
Choose the correct verb tense in parentheses to complete each sentence.
1. Look!The cat _______________ a mouse! (eats/is eating)
2. Jane and Lily _______________ to school every day. (go/are going)
3. Can you please be quiet? I ______________ my homework. (write/am writing)...