ESL Grammar Exercises
Introduction to Present Continuous Tense
Present Continuous Tense (3)
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:
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