1 Grammar Worksheet 2

The present participle: spelling rules

1. Are the spellings correct (✓) or incorrect (✗)?
1. danceing ✗   6. riding
2. swimming ✓   7. stoping
3. cooking   8. going
4. singging   9. drawwing
5. practiceing 10. listening

2. Complete the chart with the correct present participle forms of the verbs below.
call  ​
get  ​go  ​have  ​leave  ​
play  ​
shop  ​swim  ​
write

Add -ing Drop the -e and Double the

add -ing consonant and
add -ing
 swimming

3. Write statements in the present continuous.

1. Sara / wear / shorts / today.
 Sara is wearing shorts today.
2. I / not / practice / French / now.

3. Your aunt / write / an e-mail.

4. We / not / dance / right now.

5. Daniel / watch / a movie.

6. The children / ride / their bikes.

7. I / play / the guitar / now.

8. You / finish / this exercise / now.

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