Lesson 9
Present Continuous Affirmative sentences
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Contractions
I → I'm
You → You're We → We're They → They're He → He's She → She's It → It's |
Spelling of the verbs with ING
Rules
End of the verb
-ING form
Rule 1
Two vowels + one consonant
read
rain
rain
Add -ing
reading
raining
reading
raining
Rule 2
A consonant + -e
dance
write
have
write
have
Drop -e and add -ing
dancing
writing
having
dancing
writing
having
Rule 3
One short vowel + one consonant
run
sit
run
sit
Double the consonant and add
-ing
running
sitting
Don’t double x, w, y
-ing
running
sitting
Don’t double x, w, y
Lesson 10
Be
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Subject
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Verb + -ing
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Affirmative
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Negative
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Am
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I
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Yes, I am.
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No, I'm not.
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you
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Yes, you are.
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No, you're not.
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No, you aren't.
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Are
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we
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Yes, we are.
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No, we're not.
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No, we aren't.
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they
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working
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he
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Yes, they are.
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No, they're not.
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No, they aren't.
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Is
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she
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It
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Yes, he/she/it is
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No, he/she/it's not
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No, he/she/it isn't.
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