to ask — asking;  to tiv - ?; to shine - shining;  to live - living; to do - doing;  to forbid - forbiding;  to knock - knocking; to leave -leaving; to have — having;  to limit- limiting; to slip - slipping; to tie- tieing; to make - making;  to defeat - defeating; to speak - speaking; to expel - expelling; to stop - stopping;  to cancel — canceling;  to die - dieing; to give - giving; to sleep — sleeping;  to compel - compelling;  to spy - spying;  to commit -committing;  to stay — staying;  to see - seeing; to travel - travelling;  to cry - crying;  to plough -  ploughing;  to be - being; to hit - hitting; to lie-lieing

Ex. 10         Put each verb into the Present Progressive tense form.
1. George has gone to work in Spain. When he arrived, his Spanish wasn't very good but now it is improving. 2. Do you remember Mr.Cracker? He is coming to tea today. 3. The world is changing. Things never stay the same. 4. The cost of living is  increasing. Every year things are dearer. 5. The population of the world is rising very fast 6. Norman comes from Hull, but he is studding electronics in London. 7. The number of people without jobs is falling at the moment 8. Ted Turner's cable-TV company is thinking to buy ESPN, America's largest cable channel. 9. These days the country's economy is recovering after a long recession. 10. The economic situation is already very bad and it is getting worse.