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jennyhdu
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verb study
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Hello!
I need some help...I have a problem with the present continuous. Do we write "I am studing or I am studying"? I know that play becomes "I am playing" and that cry becomes "I am crying" so I think that the right answer is "I am studying" but I am not sure... one of my student told me that her teacher writes "I am studing" is that correct???
Thanks for your help! have a nice day!
Jenny |
13 Apr 2012
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Zora
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Hi there,
It is "studying".
I �d also like to say that after 18 years teaching class that is a very common excuse used by students who don �t like to admit they made a mistake. Don �t doubt yourself or your abilities.
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13 Apr 2012
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jennyhdu
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Thank you so much for your answer Zora. You are probably right, they always try to find excuses. As a Tutor I have already seen a great amount of mistakes on my students notebooks so now I �m very careful!
Thanks for your help!
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13 Apr 2012
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moravc
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Here is my list of -YI- WORDS:
-ying - common words: bullying, burying, buying, carrying, copying, crying, destroying, displaying, drying, dying, enjoying, flying, frying, hurrying, lying, laying, marrying, paying, playing, laying, lying, replying, saying, spraying, spying, staying, studying, tidying, trying, worrying
-ying - more words: accompanying, annoying, applying, amplifying, betraying, claying, clarifying, classifying, complying, conveying, denying, employing, envying, fancying, graying, glorifying, horrifying, identifying, justifying, jockeying, lobbying, modifying, multiplying, mystifying, mummifying, notifying, obeying, occupying, petrifying, portraying, praying, purifying, qualifying, satisfying, specifying, simplifying, supplying, surveying, terrifying, tying, safetying, varying, verifying
581 -ying words here: http://www.morewords.com/ search for: *ying
-iing words: alibiing, safariing, skiing, taxiing
You may make a poster/bookmark for your kids. They will remember the spelling much better then.
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13 Apr 2012
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nataliaalmoines
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rule is clear always y+ing study studying play playing
die dying lie lying |
13 Apr 2012
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moravc
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I suppose the student mixed the spelling of the past/present simple and the gerund...
studied, he studies, they study .... but studying
Quite common...
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13 Apr 2012
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