ESL Writing

Sentence Pattern: "Start/Stop Verb+ing

In this ESL writing lesson, students are introduced to the sentence pattern "start/stop verb+ing".

Sentence Pattern

start/stop verb+ing

· When you put a verb after start, begin, stop, finish, or quit,

you must add “-ing”

start (started)

begin (began)

stop (stopped)

finish (finished)

quit (quit)

verb+ing

Examples:

I started studying English in 3^rd grade.

I finished writing my homework at 11:00 last night.

My father quit smoking because it is unhealthy.

We began dating when we met last year.

Write your own sentences, using the sentence pattern above:

1. ______________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________