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Samantha.esl
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Grammar help.
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Hello,
Help!
I �d like to know if any of you could help me with this:
I downloaded a worksheet where one of the exercises asks students to provide the ING for for the following verbs.
I got confused with these words:
WET: _________
Hurry:__________
Fit:__________
Can you say wetting? It doesn �t sound right to me.. but I �ve searched and looked at dictionaries and it doesn �t appear with an ING form so I �m confused.. could it be that it �s a mistake in the worksheet and that wetting doesn �t exist?
Can we say hurrying?? fitting?
Thank you!!
Edit: I forgot to mention that the worksheet deals with present continuous...
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9 Nov 2009
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MJ_Misa
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Dear Sam,
we obviously can say it. When I lived in England we were using it on regular basis. 
Silke was faster than me. Hugs, MJ
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9 Nov 2009
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Eduardoes
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that�s right Silke and MJ .
v. [T] wet or wetted, wetting, wets to cover or fill with water
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9 Nov 2009
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Samantha.esl
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Hi! Thank you for your replies!
I still can �t remember having seen the verb WET used as wetting. I mean, I have heard of seat -wetting but not too sure if it �s actually a verb here? 
Sometimes I feel I have never seen some words... It �s a horrible blank I often get! As If I had never written it before nor seen it.
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9 Nov 2009
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ben 10
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wetting(n) usu singular instance of being made wet or becoming wet: get a wetting in the heavy rain/ check oxford advanced learners encyclopedic dictionary.
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9 Nov 2009
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ben 10
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he is a good worker but he needs hurrying up: to speed sthg up
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9 Nov 2009
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ben 10
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fitting: 1/adj.suitable for occasion; right or proper. ex it was a fitting that he should be there to receive the price in person.
2/(n) usu.plu. small standard part or component : electrical fitting.stainless-steellight fitting.
3 movable things(cooker/shelves...)
4/process or occasion a garment fitted: a fitting for a wedding dress. costume fitting.
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9 Nov 2009
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Je suis papillon
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Hi!!! I hope it will help you:
FIT: verb /not used in progressive forms/ to be right size or shape (for): This jacket fits like a glove
HURRY: verb, to (cause to) be quick in action or movement, sometimes too quick: There�s no need to hurry; we�re not late
There�s no example of the verb hurry in the progressive form, so I think it�s not used
WET OR WETTED: verb, 1) to make wet: Wet your finger and hold it up to tell where the wind�s blowing from . 2) to make (oneself, one�s bed, or one�s clothes) wet by passing water from the body uncontrollably
There�s no example of the verb wet in the progressive form, so I think it�s not used
The word WETTING is a NOUN, it means being wetted unpleasantly by rain, sea, etc: She got a real wetting when she fell in the harbour.
The words wetting agent and wetting solutions are also nouns
I looked for the words in LONGMAN�S DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.
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10 Nov 2009
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Zora
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"wet" can be used as a continuous verb (although it �s fairly uncommon) and it would be used like this...
"Is Tom still wetting the bed?" Yes, he is. Tom has been wetting the bed since he was six." "He is a bed-wetter and he is probably asleep now therefore, he is probably wetting the bed at this very moment!"
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10 Nov 2009
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PhilipR
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Although these words do exist as verbs, I think the best idea is to replace wet and fit them by similar ones like �hit � or �swim � (doubling last consonant). Unless your students are upper-intermediate or higher, they �ll just get confused (in 95%+ of cases, wet and fit are used as adjectives).
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10 Nov 2009
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Samantha.esl
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Hello everyone...
Thanks for your help. After checking the worksheet to print it and give it to students I saw these verbs and really.. I couldn �t think of wet (wetting) and fit (fitting).. to me they weren �t used as verbs as such but adjectives or nouns. But I see native speakers are saying they actually do use them as verbs with ING..
Thank you for helping me!
I �ll have to study this a bit more..I �m afraid.
The worksheet I mentioned before deals with the structure Present Continuous so students were asked to complete some senteces with the ING form of those verbs.. (wet, fit, hurry..among others)..
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10 Nov 2009
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ri/ v. [I;T] -ried, -rying, -ries to rush: 
t/ v. fitted, or fit, fitting, fits 1 [I;T] to be the right size and shape