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To Be
To Be
to buy bought
to break broke
to come came
to do did
to drink drank
to eat ate
to fall fell
to find found
to fly flew
to get got
to give gave
to go went
to have had
to hear heard
to hurt hurt
to know knew
to learn learnt / learned
to leave left
to make made
to meet met
to read read
to ride rode
to run ran
to say said
to see saw
to send sent
to sing sang
to sit sat
to speak spoke
to spend spent
to take took
to teach taught
to think thought
to wake
woke (up)
(up)
to wear wore
to write wrote
Present continuous
To form the present continuous (also called the present progressive) we use the present
conjugated form of “to be” followed by the main verb in its "-ing" form.
• Temporary situations
• Annoying habits
• future plans
• Slowly-changing situations
to look looking
to go going
to hope hoping
to have having
For verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant, we usually double the final
consonant:
to stop stopping
to run running
to swim swimming
to sit sitting
to dig digging
to add adding
There are exceptions, however. For example, in American English, "traveling" is preferred.
In British English, "travelling" is preferred.
to panic panicking
to traffic trafficking
'-ing' forms
When they are used as nouns, subjects, or objects, they are referred to as gerunds:
I like swimming.
Smoking is bad for you.
When they are used as verbs or adjectives, they are referred to as present participles:
We carried on walking.
I am learning to drive.
In both cases, the form is the same. Look at the spelling rules below for "-ing" forms:
to look looking
to go going
to hope hoping
to have having
For verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant, we usually double the final
consonant:
to stop stopping
to run running
to swim swimming
to sit sitting
to dig digging
to add adding
There are exceptions, however. For example, in American English, "traveling" is preferred.
In British English, "travelling" is preferred.
to panic panicking
to traffic trafficking