Grammar alert! -ing verbs
I am warning you! ⚠️This lesson is about grammar. 🤓
It is about –ing verbs.
Are you sleeping? 😴 I hope not!
Please watch the video. Will you be watching it in 2 minutes? I hope so!
Will you be watching it in 10 minutes? No! It will be finished. But you can try Ronnie’s test!
You will learn a new word: Continuous. It is an adjective. It means “it does not stop… it goes, and goes, and goes”. It is like the verb continue. Continue means Do Not Stop.
Words from our lessons – EXPLAINED
Do you remember this post? I will teach some of the words now.
You can click buttons to hear the words.
vacuum
It is a noun and a verb! 😮
NOUN: A vacuum is for cleaning floors.
VERB: You can vacuum the carpet.
grow and growth
Will water make this money grow? I do not think so! 🙄 <<< grow is a verb
I see growth! The money is going up! <<< growth is a noun
single
Single is an adjective (like old, young, big, small). It means One.
There is a single person at the table.
It also can mean Not Married.
Are you married 👫 or are you single 👨💼?
architect
Do you want to make a house? 💭 + ✏ = 🏠
An architect can help you.
mason
A mason is a person.
A mason builds with bricks, stones, and cement.
Pronunciation via forvo.com
Hot? Rain? Snow? The weather
I found a good lesson about weather. It has words like sunny, cloudy, and windy.
It has pictures and sentences to teach the words.
Learn about weather – click here.
Men, women, and children
Do not add S if there are more than 1. We do not say two mans, two womans, and two childs.
It is men, women, and children. They all end in EN.
Why? I don’t know. 😕
One man.
Two men.
Many men.
A lot of men.
One woman.
Two women.
Many women.
I think I see 12 women.
One child.
Two children.
Four children.
lose and lost
He lost something!
Did he lose the remote?
Did he lose his money?
Help! I lost my ring!
It is here, but I can not see it! Please help me look for it.
(There was a lesson about look and see).
He lost his keys. 🔑🔑🔑 ❓❓❓ 🙁
A person can be lost.
I think he is lost.
If you go in here, you might get lost!
Lose can be good. The doctor told me to lose weight.
In the word lose, the S is like the Arabic letter ![By me (w:User:pfctdayelise) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Uyghur_-_Arabic_script_-_isolated_form_-_%D8%B2_%28IPA_z%29.svg){kind=small}
In the word lost, he S is like the Arabic letter 
Amazing!!!
You will say WOW when you learn this word! 😮
It’s AMAZING!!!!
If you see something and say Wooooow, it is amazing!
This photo is amazing!
This coffee smells amazing!!!
This food was sooooo good! It was amazing!!!
Do you want to seen an amazing car? Click here.
look and see
These are easy words. But, when do you say LOOK and when do you say SEE?
Look at the ball!
👁️ ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ ⚽
I see the ball.
⚽ ➡️➡️➡️ 👁️
“Look” means you WANT to do this, or you MUST do this.
🤔🤔🤔 I want a car. I will look for a car.
“See” means “OH! Wow! I see it!” 😮
If I see a nice car, I will buy it.
Please look through this window.
What do you see? I see clouds ☁️☁️☁️. I do not see the sun.
The man, woman, and baby are looking at the sky.
Maybe they see the sun. 🌞
Maybe they see a bird. 🕊️
What is the cat 🐱 looking at?
If it sees a mouse 🐭, it will be happy.
I saw my friend yesterday. I was not looking for him, but I was happy I saw him.
Look at this picture.
What do you see? Tell me in a comment!
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Image by William Ely Hill (1887–1962)(„Puck“, 6. Nov 1915) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
| Past | Present | Future |
|---|---|---|
| looked | I look you look he looks she looks it looks we look they look you look | will look |
| saw ⚠️ not "seed" | I see you see he sees she sees it sees we see they see you see | will see |