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Read the frantic text messages from a party host whose night is getting out of hand! Select ALL the sentences that use the correct spelling and form of the present continuous. Select all that apply.
The correct answers are The dog is running around with a slice of pizza! and Someone is hiding in the downstairs bathroom!
Watch out for spelling rules when adding "-ing"!
For short verbs ending in a consonant-vowel-consonant (like run or stop), we double the final consonant (running, stopping).
For verbs ending in a silent "e" (like hide or make), we drop the "e" before adding "-ing" (hiding, making).