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GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
SPELLING RULES
Words with one Syllable
 Verbs that end in -e (make / write etc.)  eing:
make  making write  writing drive  driving

 Sometimes a word ends in a vowel + a consonant. For example: get, run, swim. Before
adding –ing, the consonant at the end is ‘doubled’.
get  getting run  running swim  swimming

 Do NOT double the letter if the word ends in two consonants.

help  helping talk  talking work  working

 Do NOT double the letter if the word ends in two vowels + a consonant.
look  looking read  reading speak  speaking

 Do NOT double the letter if the word ends in -w or -x or -y snow

 snowing fix  fixing buy  buying

Vowels:
 Complete the sentences below. Use ‘ing’ verb forms. a e i o u
Consonants:
b c d f g h j k l m n
1. I am (watch) TV with my family. p q r s t v w x y z

2. Why are you (stop) the car?

3. Julia is (have) lunch in the cafeteria.

4. My wife and I are (plan) to travel next summer.

5. Richard is (pay) his telephone bill.

6. I am (talk) to my friend on the phone.

7. She is (show) the report to her boss.

8. My friends are (meet) each other in New York.

9. I am (fill) the bucket with water.

10. The barber is (cut) my hair.

11. Are you (eat) breakfast now?

12. I think our team is (win) the game!

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S F O G W B E A G N I V I R D Y E IG
H M A K I N G Z A E I G N U O I ND N
I G H A Q J U N G E T T I N G GM O L
I G N R A R E X B I N N G D E
S N I S G S I T T I N G I F F N B B
P I G N A E R I U HG
E A M U G
Present Continuous
I G Y NI N
Below are 18 present tense verbs.
A T R X A A I H G P
Find their PRESENT
K E T H CI CONTINUOUS forms.
Y N SN J T
G N E G 18 words …12 minutes! G N
N N D L LG buy read I O X Z
do run
I N P LD M drive sit ON F T Y W
eat snow
S I TK M I N U A I I
fix speak
N CG I V G get swim U K L W N
help take
M O W S T make talk R E K A
play write
RK S G S F GF N I N
U I G N SF GKG N U B
M H E I M K D G E V
I E D FK R F O P K C
X A I G H F N G
V E T G N
H O R I N E G J K E A T I N G A M IR
T W U N G N I H G I V N N L W D YD F
N G U G P E E A T A K I N G I AC D T
N J Y H V I T T R E H M E L LR E A D
I N G E C W R I T I N G E P

■ It’s … o’clock. What are you doing?

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