The Present Continuous Tense - The ING Form Of The Verbs

1. Usually we add ing

work	working
stand	standing
learn	learning

speak                       speaking

go                            going
listen                       listening
eat                          eating
wear                        wearing
study                       studying


2. When the verb ends in an e, we drop the e and add ing

come	coming
have	having
write	writing

skate                        skating
smile                        smiling
take                         taking
live                          living
leave                       leaving

* but see  seeing

2. If a one syllable (with only one vowel sound) verb ends in one consonant (for example p, t, r) that follows one vowel (for example a, o, e), we double the consonant.

swim	swimming
get	getting
stop	stopping

run                            running
sit                             sitting
begin                        beginning
 

3. Some verbs have irregular ing form

lie	lying
die	dying
travel	Br. travelling Am. traveling

ski                             skiing
chat                          chatting