28 P resent progressive: affirmative

(now meaning)
Form
I m i am
You IWe / They yre I are watching TV
He I Sh e H t rs / is

S p ellin g th e - in g fo rm
We form the -ing form (also known as the present participle) by adding -ing
the base form.
We drop -e if the base form ends in a single letter -e.
take -> taking. (This is not the case with double e: see -> seeing.)
We double the consonant. . .
if the base form ends in a single vowel + single consonant.
sit -> sitting. Exceptions are consonants w>x,y.
sew -> sewing, box -> boxingyplay -> playing
m in two-syllable verbs if the base form ends in a single vowel + single
consonant, and the stress is on the second syllable.
forget -> forgetting, prefer preferring
if the base form has two syllables and ends in -L
label -> labelling (This rule doesnt apply in American English.)
We change a base form ending in ie to y.
lie -> lying
We add &to a base form ending in -c.
picnic -> picnicking
These are generally helpful guidelines - but not 100% solid rules. Try to
include examples of each type of spelling variation in your examples when
teaching.