ESL Skills Review- "ing" and "ed" Ending

Grammar

100

Add "-ing" to this action word: cook.

cooking

200

Change this regular verb to the past tense by adding "-ed": play.

played

300

Spell the "-ing" form of the verb make (remember to drop the 'e').

making

400

Spell the past tense "-ed" form of the verb stop (remember to double the consonant).

stopped

Identification

100

In the sentence "She is walking to school," does the target verb end in "-ing" or "-ed"?

"-ing"

200

In the sentence "They watched a movie yesterday," does the target verb end in "-ing" or "-ed"?

"-ed"

300

Identify the word ending in "-ing" in this sentence: "The baby is sleeping on the bed."

sleeping

400

Identify the word ending in "-ed" in this sentence: "We walked to the park and played soccer."

"walked" and "played"

Fill in the blank

100

Right now, I am read____ a book.

reading

200

Last night, I listen____ to music.

listened

300

Complete the sentence with the correct ending: "Look! The bird is fly____."

flying

400

Complete the sentence with the correct ending: "Yesterday, my dad clean____ the car."

cleaned

Time Clues

100

Do words ending in "-ing" usually describe things happening now or things that happened in the past?

 now (the present)

200

Do words ending in "-ed" usually describe things happening now or things that happened in the past?

the past

300

If you see the word "today" or "right now," which verb ending should you usually use?

"-ing"

400

If you see the word "yesterday" or "last week," which verb ending should you usually use?

"-ed"