Students discuss the importance of leaving an appropriate message on an answering machine or voice mail system. They write a message for a friend and in pairs take turns reading their message while their partner writes it down.

Choose the correct infinitive or "ing" verb form to complete each of the ten sentences in this Quiz. Answers can be checked upon completion.

Spelling rules and word lists for adding -ed and -ing endings to verbs.

Present progressives describe an action in progress, or something that started in the past and is still happening. It is formed with the helping "to be" verb in the present tense and the present participle of the verb. [0:42]

Rules, exceptions, and examples of how to add -ing to verbs, dependent on the ending of the original word.

An explanation and examples of when to use verbs in their infinitive form and when to use them with the "ing" suffix.

An explanation and examples of gerunds and the difference between a gerund and a verb ending in "ing." Links to additional information and a quiz on gerunds is provided.

Learn how to correctly add the -ing ending to various types of words, and then practice by adding -ing to twenty-two verbs.

Decide which inflectional ending matches the verb in each sentence.

This lesson focuses on the verb expansion rule which provides a formula that covers every predicate verb possibility in the English language. The formula is T + (M) + (have + en) + (be + ing) + (be + en) + MV. The lesson explains all of...

When something is ongoing, we say that it's in the 'progressive' or 'continuous' aspect. Test your knowledge of this grammatical aspect!

If an action has been ongoing for some time, or was once ongoing and has since completed, we say it's in the progressive perfect aspect! Test your knowledge of this grammatical aspect.

Comprehensive online practice from Colby College is available for the present progressive tense. Regular, irregular, and stem-changing participles are included in this exercise. Utilize this self-grading online worksheet to help improve...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces rules for correct spelling of verbs ending in -ed and -ing. There is a wonderful interactive activity and Activote assessment.

This fill-in-the-blank Wacky Web Tale includes a story about a weather station. It is fun and serves an interactive grammar review. Wacky Web Tales are fun and interactive grammar reviews. Students fill in blanks for different parts of...

Spelling rules and examples for adding the "ing" suffix to the ends of words.

This lesson introduces the past perfect continuous tense and how it is used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow and provides review questions over the lesson's content.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses how the spelling of verbs changes when ing is added.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn to spell regular verb endings s, ed, ing (link to grammar work on tenses).

Practice conjugating verbs in this article on the role of women in modern marriage. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in the designated tense: present, present subjunctive, future, preterite, imperfect, or a gerund....

Use this site to practice strengthening your knowledge of present participles. Utilize this efficient online worksheet to insert the present participles of the given infinitive. Afterwards, translate the English infinitive into the...

Learners practice making words with -ed, -ing, and -er suffixes. [PDF]

A very brief explanation of how to form the present participle for ar/er/ir verbs and later form the present progressive tense with the participle.

Verbals are verbs disguised as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Verbals come in three forms: gerunds, infinitives, and participles. Gerunds are verbs that end in "-ing" and function as nouns. Participles end in "-ing," "-ed," "-d," "-t,"...