Transcription of Word Skills: Adding -ing - Pearson ELT
1 When you write verbs in the present continuous and pastcontinuous tenses, you use the ending are some rules to help you add that these rules to add -ingto the following write a sentence in your notebook for each of the -ingwords you made. If youwish, you may use more than one -ingword in a single sentence. For example:While Dad was ing, Lee was ing on the telephone, and I was upstairs skills : Adding -ingLanguage ObjectivesSpell the -ingform of verbscorrectly. Use -ingwordscorrectly in B Rule 1:For words that end in a silent (not pronounced) -e,drop the -eand add : smile smilingRule 2:For one-syllable words that end in consonant-vowel-consonant (except xand w),double the last letter and add : sit sittingrun runningRule 3:For most other words (including words that end in -y), add -ingwith no : rain rainingsend sendingSKILL OBJECTIVES:Constructing gerunds; applying rules for spelling the rules for spelling changes with theclass.
2 Do several examples together, then assign the page for independent written work. After Part B has been completed, ask eachstudent to read his/her favorite sentence aloud to the (SS3) 11/16/2004 21:11 Page 32
