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Verbs with "ing"

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You've probably seen a lot of verbs with "ING" at the end of them, like "sleeping," "talking," or "walking." There are two basic reasons to add "ING" to the end of a verb: to form one of the progressive tenses, or to make a gerund.

We use the progressive tenses to talk about on-going actions. There are progressive tenses for the past, present, and future. For example, the present progressive looks like this, "I am walking to work right now." Progressive tenses are formed with be + main verb + ing, as in, "Joe stopped by while I was watching a movie."

"ING" verbs can also be gerunds, which act like nouns in a sentence. In the sentence, "I do the cleaning and my wife does the cooking," for example, both cleaning and cooking are gerunds. Gerunds often follow other verbs, as in, "I can’t stop thinking about you," or, "I love skating."

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11:22 PM Oct 16 2009 | 回复

turki20

turki20

Saudi Arabia

thank you so much for your effort . but i think it is not useful enough.you have to give all the verbs that followed by gerunds.

07:17 PM Jul 12 2009 | 回复

amany7

amany7

Saudi Arabia

Okay, that helps very much, thanks :) ..

09:49 AM May 25 2009 | 回复

s id

Saudi Arabia
  •    i was confused about  that  gramer  when we used  ing in verb and  use for  noun
  •    now i have understood     this  point   thanks  for   E bab y

03:12 PM May 21 2009 | 回复

salvador garcia erazo

Guatemala

it is pretty interesting and simple how I can teach with these examples and Students get them,

Example: Smoking can kill you.

11:36 AM Apr 17 2009 | 回复

rafa_tito

Brazil

Where are the rules?

I know all them:

#1: in generally, add "ing"

Eg: walk = walkING

#2: words ending Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (called CVC) and the last syllable is strong, doble the last consonant

Eg: happen = happenNING
     Travel can be written w/ 2 L or 1 L. With one L (traveling) is American English, and with two L(travelling) is British English.

#3: words ending the letter "e", erase the letter "e", and add "ing"

Eg: lovE = lovING
     Be is the only exception because doesn't have a verb if you did with be, be = beING

#4: words ending the letters "ie", erase the letters "ie", and add "ying"

Eg: die = dYING

02:56 AM Feb 24 2009 | 回复

iman82

iman82

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

I can`t understand, Frown 

 i want to more explain for it, please englishbaby