Institución Educativa Secundaria

“José Gálvez” 2022

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Use: We use to talk about something which is happening now, in this moment or in this period; it is often
followed by time expressions as NOW (ahora), TODAY (hoy), AT THE MOMENT (en el momento), THESE
DAYS (Este dia).

1. Spelling rules:

Most verbs add + Most verbs ended with Verbs that ended with e, Verbs that ended
ing y – x - w, add + ing drop the e and add + ing with ee, add +ing
Eat – eating Buy – buying Make – making See – seeing
Speak – speaking Enjoy – enjoying Write – writing Agree – agreeing
Cook – cooking Snow – snowing Drive – driving

Verbs ending with 1 vowel and 1 Do not double the letter if the Verbs ended with - ie,
consonant, double the consonant words ends in two consonants change - ie to -y, add +
and add +ing. add + ing ing
Swim – swimming Help – helping Lie – lying
Run – running Talk – talking Die – dying
Get – getting Work – working

2. Add ing to the given verbs

leave - ………………… stand - ………………… live - ………………… swim - …………………

cook - ……….………… fly - …….…………… study - ….…………… read - ……….…………

write - ………….………… try - ……….…………… put - ………….………… lie - ……..………………

3. Fill in the blanks with “am”, “is” or “are”.

a) Kate _____ cooking a turkey for dinner.

b) Mom _____ setting the table.
c) John ______ making coffee.
d) The boys _____ watching TV.
e) It ____ snowing outside.
f) The baby ____ laughing.
g) The girls _____ painting Easter eggs.
h) We_______ eating turkey.
i) The dog ____ barking.
j) They _____ celebrating Easter.
k) Juan _____ speaking aymara now.
l) Carlos and Piter _____ running in the sea today.
m) The rabbit ____ eating a carrot.

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 Institución Educativa Secundaria
“José Gálvez” 2022

4. Write the correct “ing” verb in the blank.

1) Kate is ______________ dinner (prepare).

2) They are _________ birds. (hunt).
3) We are ______________ turkey (eat).
4) The Easter Bunny is ___________ (come).
5) I am ____________ Easter eggs (make).
6) The children are ____________ candy (eat).
7) You are ______________ a nice song (sing).
8) The dog is _____________ the cat (chase).
9) The cat is ________________ (run).
10) He is _______________ coffee (drink).
5. Now, write a sentences with these verbs.
Ride - Fight - Read - Cry - Think - Cut - Sleep - Close - Open - Cook - Wash - Climb - Paint - Ski –
Buy – Shake – send – smile - touch

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E-MAIL: jhonsangachahua@gmail.com TEACHER: JHON SANGA CH.