S am/is/are Ving O
I am eating an apple now.
You are eating an apple now.
He is eating an apple now.
She is eating an apple now
It is eating an apple now
We are eating an apple now
You are eating an apple now
They are eating an apple now
- one vowel + one consonant Double the consonant, then add -ING
sit - sitting
put - putting
cut - cutting
shut - shutting
hit - hitting
get – getting
shop - shopping
stop - stopping
tap - tapping
nod - nodding
dig - digging
jog - jogging
win - winning
run - running
swim - swimming
- one vowel + one consonant + E Remove E, then add -ING
com****e - coming
los****e - losing
liv****e – living
hav****e - having
writ****e - writing
giv****e - giving
lov****e - loving
com****e - coming
tak****e - taking
sav****e - saving
danc****e ** - dancing**
shin****e - shining
but
agree - agreeing
see - seeing
- [anything else] Add -ING
say - saying
go - going
walk - walking
work - working
stand - standing
learn - learning
- Some verbs have irregular ing form
l****ie - lying
d****ie - dying
t****ie - tying
- vurgu son hecedeyse
be****gin - beginning
for****bid - forbidding
pre****fer - preferring
ad****mit ** - admitting**
pre****fer - preferring
s****tir - stirring
- son harfi –l- ile biterse
travel - travelling
compel - compelling
I am having an apple now.
You are eating an apple now.
He is eating an apple now.
She is eating an apple now
It is eating an apple now
We are eating an apple now
You are eating an apple now
They are eating an apple now
I am having tea now.
You are drinking tea now.
He is drinking tea now.
She is drinking tea now
It is drinking tea now
We are drinking tea now
You are drinking tea now
They are drinking tea now
Examples:
We need to discuss the situation.
We think that this is a serious issue.
We consider it to be a problem.
We want to make several improvements.
Bob is thinking about his problems.
We has been considering a variety of solutions.
He has been meaning to talk to you about it.
What I was meaning to say when you interrupted me is that….
I was minding my own business when suddenly…
He was being nice.
He**’s being** clever again.
(used in the opposite meaning that the person being spoken about is‘pretending’ to be this, often used sarcastically.)
I**’m missing** you so much.
I was just thinking about you.
I**’m thinking** about buying anew car.
I**’m liking** this.
(Became quite common after the emergence of the Coke ad below.)
I**’m loving** it! (Coke advert, which produced other similar expressions such as ‘I’m so loving this/that/it…)
They thought he was wanting in eloquence.