2 Find three more examples of the present continuous in the reading texts on page 20.
STUDY STRATEGY Finding spelling
rules
3 Write the -ing form of the verbs.
Check your answers in the text on
page 20. Then complete the spelling rules
with words 1-6.
5 look
1 work
2 sit
3 live
4 have
6 put
O RULES
1 Most verbs: add-ing: working,
2 Verbs that end in -e: delete -e and add
-ing: -
3 Verbs that end in a short vowel and a
consonant: double the consonant and add
-ing: -

1. two days journey 2. the room's walls 3. the week days 4. my daughter's helen birthday 5. the book pages 6. seven years work 7. the earth's surface 8. the commander-in-chief's orders 1. this is my friend's bag 2. it's the actress' career 3. this is mrs. brown's signature 4. these are students' mistakes 5. it's a women's club 6. it's a girls' school  7. this is guests' room 8. this is  james' umbrella 9. it's mike's cafe 1. i can't see the box's bottom 2. the ship crew was small 3. it's no one's fault 4. do you like eliot's poetry? 5.that's the table leg 6. where's the car key? 7. the carriage's sound was heard

They would often play chess in the evening.
My father older then my mother by 5 years.
They have three children.
My mother is forty years old.
Tomorrow from 8 to 9 I will call you.
By end of this year I read 2 books in English.
When he arrived at the station the train had already left.
When I came home , my mom was making dinner.
He showed you yesterday its a new picture?
She writes a letter to her friend.
They are building a house since last year.
They just came home.
Your sister has children?
I'll be here tomorrow.
What did you do yesterday?
I didn't know he speaks English very well.
English is spoken people all over the world.
English is very popular .
Work will not be completed by September
Where's the letter? It was sent.
I didn't know that he's gone to the movies.
They told us that going to the library.
I thought you had left England.
She said she would be happy to see us again.
We had hoped that he was home.