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Ing Rules Worksheet

This document provides rules for adding "-ing" to verbs to form the present continuous and past continuous tenses. There are three rules: 1) For words ending in a silent "-e", drop the "-e" and add "-ing"; 2) For one-syllable words ending in consonant-vowel-consonant, double the final letter and add "-ing"; 3) For most other words, including words ending in "-y", simply add "-ing" with no changes. The document then provides a list of 45 verbs for students to change into their "-ing" forms and use in sentences.

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Ing Rules Worksheet

This document provides rules for adding "-ing" to verbs to form the present continuous and past continuous tenses. There are three rules: 1) For words ending in a silent "-e", drop the "-e" and add "-ing"; 2) For one-syllable words ending in consonant-vowel-consonant, double the final letter and add "-ing"; 3) For most other words, including words ending in "-y", simply add "-ing" with no changes. The document then provides a list of 45 verbs for students to change into their "-ing" forms and use in sentences.

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Word Skills: Adding -ing Language Objectives

Spell the -ing form of ve


When you write verbs in the present continuous and past rbs
correctly. Use -ing words
continuous tenses, you use the ending -ing. Here are some correctly in sentences.
rules to help you add that ending.

Rule 1: For words that end in a silent (not pronounced) -e, drop the -e and add -ing.
Example: smile smiling
Rule 2: For one-syllable words that end in consonant-vowel-consonant (except x and w),
double the last letter and add -ing.
Examples: sit sitting run running
Rule 3: For most other words (including words that end in -y), add -ing with no changes.
Examples: rain raining send sending

A Use these rules to add -ing to the following words:

1. shave 16. hope 31. save

2. comb 17. jump 32. tap

3. make 18. joke 33. carry

4. feed 19. marry 34. buy

5. do 20. put 35. sew

6. empty 21. say 36. eat

7. jog 22. talk 37. write

8. take 23. stop 38. dream

9. vacuum 24. type 39. cut

10. go 25. use 40. roar

11. sleep 26. worry 41. snap

12. wax 27. look 42. dig

13. change 28. bat 43. bury

14. fry 29. dance 44. see

15. get 30. hurry 45. skate

B Now write a sentence in your notebook for each of the -ing words you made. If you
wish, you may use more than one -ing word in a single sentence. For example:
While Dad was ing, Lee was ing on the telephone, and I was
upstairs ing.

SKILL OBJECTIVES: Constructing gerunds; applying rules for spelling changes. Review the rules for spelling changes with the
class. Do several examples together, then assign the page for independent written work. After Part B has been completed, ask each
student to read his/her favorite sentence aloud to the class.
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