Group 1
I _ _ running
What do we use for the pronoun "I" + verbs with "ing"? Am
He _ _ talking
What do we use for the pronoun "He" + verbs with "ing"? Is
She _ _ reading
What do we use for the pronoun "She" + verbs with "ing"? Is
It _ _ drinking
What do we use for the pronoun "It" + verbs with "ing"? Is
You _ _ _ jumping
What do we use for the pronoun "You" + verbs with "ing"? Are
I _ _ _ jump
What do we use with the pronoun "I" + verbs without an "ing" ending? Can
He _ _ _ run
What do we use with the pronoun "He" + verbs without an "ing" ending? Can
She _ _ _ speak English
What do we use with the pronoun "She" + verbs without an "ing" ending? Can
It _ _ _ fly
What do we use with the pronoun "It" + verbs without an "ing" ending? Can
You _ _ _ try
What do we use with the pronoun "You" + verbs without an "ing" ending? Can
I am: run or running? How do you know
Why do we choose "running" after "I am"? Because we use "am" with verbs that have an "ing" ending
He is: talk or talking? How do you know?
Why do we choose "talking" after "He is"? Because we use "is" with verbs that have an "ing" ending
She is: swim or swimming? How do you know?
Why do we choose "swimming" after "She is"? Because we use "is" with verbs that have an "ing" ending
It is: drink or drinking? How do you know?
Why do we choose "drinking" after "It is"? Because we use "is" with verbs that have an "ing" ending
You are: write or writing? How do you know?
Why do we choose "writing" after "you are"? Because we use "are" with verbs that have an "ing" ending
I have/has a new toy?
He (has/have) a car...
Do we use have or has? We use "has" after the pronoun "He"
Do we use have or has? We use "have" after the pronoun "They"
It (has/have/had) a good day yesterday....
Do we use have, has or had? We use "had" after the pronoun "It" because the sentence is in the past tense
They (have/has/had) eggs for breakfast...
Do we use have, has or had? We use "had" after the pronoun "They" because the sentence is in the past tense
I am strong... Why not "stronging" (strong + ing)
Why is there no "ing" here? Because "strong" is an adjective- not a verb... the "am + ing ending" sentence structure is for verbs only
He _ _ _ _ run tomorrow
Which word do we put in for future tense actions still to happen? Will
You are (feel/feeling) happy...
Why do we use "feeling"? Because "feel" is a verb, and we add +ing to verbs after "you are". (Happy is an adjective, so will not have any "ing" added)
It (feel/feels/feeling) sad...
Why do we use "feels"? Because there is no helping verb "is" so we do not + "ing" to the verb. Also we must + "s" to the verb for the 3rd person singular pronouns he/she/it
They will be (run/running?) tomorrow
Why do we use "running"? Because we have the structure "will be" so we must + "ing" to the verb. (If the structure is only "will", then we DO NOT + "ing" to the verb)