GRAMMAR: - ING FORM (Basic) (EXERCISE B65E122)

-ing is a suffix used to make one of the inflected forms of English verbs. This verb form is used as a present participle, as a gerund, and sometimes as an independent noun or adjective.

Spelling: Verb + ing

Add – ing (most verbs):  walk  -  walking

Drop  e and add ing:        give  -   giving

Double the final consonant and add – ing:   sit  -  sitting

1.    Write the – ing form of these verbs.

(A)	Come: ________	(D)	Have: ______	(G)	Run: ________	(J)	Swim:_______
(B)	Do: __________	(E)	Help: ______	(H)	Sell: _________	(K)	Take: _______
(C)	Get: __________	(F)	Love: ______	(I)	Work: _______	(L)	Smoke:______

2. Complete the poem with the correct form of the following verbs:

argue       stand       pack      worry      travel      find       arrive       get       make     change    hear          order       visit

    Why I am not a Tourist

  I don’t like __________________________. In fact, I hate it.

  I hate __________________________ suitcases that can never close.

  I don’t enjoy _______________________ long lists of things

  To take in case it rains, or doesn’t rain, or snows.

  I don’t like airports, I hate __________________________________

  In long lines at check-in desks, or for your visa

  I don’t enjoy _____________________________, after two hours of waiting,

  Your flight’s delayed, or cancelled, or still in Pisa.

  I really hate _________________________ at a foreign airport at night.

  And ________________________ money when you still don’t know the rates.

  And __________________________ with the taxi driver in bad Portuguese or Spanish

  And _________________________ out the hotel made a mix-up with the dates.

  

  And I detest ________________________ museums that are either

   “Closed”

  Or there are twenty thousand school kids on a tour

  And I hate __________________________ fish and getting duck

  And ____________________________if the water’s really pure.

   And I hate ________________________ home to find someone

    Forgot to feed the goldfish and they’re dead.

    And your Visa card has gone into the read.

                                                                 

                                                                                               Roth Norby

ANSWERS:

1.  Write the – ing form of these verbs.

(A)	Come: Coming	(D)	Have: Having	(G)	Run: Running	(J)	Swim: Swimming
(B)	Do: Doing	(E)	Help: Helping	(H)	Sell: Selling	(K)	Take: Taking
(C)	Get: Getting	(F)	Love: Loving	(I)	Work: Working	(L)	Smoke: Smoking

2. Complete the poem with the correct form of the following verbs:

argue       stand       pack      worry      travel      find       arrive       get       make     change    hear          order       visit

    Why I am not a Tourist

  I don’t like travelling. In fact, I hate it.

  I hate packing suitcases that can never close.

  I don’t enjoy making long lists of things

  To take in case it rains, or doesn’t rain, or snows.

  I don’t like airports, I hate standing

  In long lines at check-in desks, or for your visa

  I don’t enjoy hearing, after two hours of waiting,

  Your flight’s delayed, or cancelled, or still in Pisa.

  I really hate arriving at a foreign airport at night.

  And changing money when you still don’t know the rates.

  And arguing with the taxi driver in bad Portuguese or Spanish

  And finding out the hotel made a mix-up with the dates.

  

  And I detest visiting museums that are either

   “Closed”

  Or there are twenty thousand school kids on a tour

  And I hate ordering fish and getting duck

  And worrying if the water’s really pure.

  And I hate getting home to find someone

  Forgot to feed the goldfish and they’re dead.

  And your Visa card has gone into the read.

                                                                 

                                                                                               Roth Norby

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