Placement and Usage

Worksheet Description

This worksheet is designed to practice the use of verbs ending with the suffix ‘-ing’. At the top, it lists four ‘-ing’ words: waiting, showing, cutting, and raining. Students must use these words to complete four sentences, each missing one of these verbs in the correct form to convey an ongoing action. Additionally, the worksheet provides a separate activity where students are given ‘-ing’ words and must identify the action being expressed by writing the corresponding base verb on the provided lines.

The worksheet is teaching students to understand and use present participle forms of verbs in sentences, which are commonly used to describe continuous actions. It encourages the recognition of context to determine the appropriate verb choice that completes each sentence meaningfully. In the second activity, it also tests students’ ability to connect present participles with their root verbs. Through these exercises, students enhance their knowledge of verb tenses, the concept of ongoing actions, and the formation of gerunds.