List Of Present Participle Examples

In English grammar, a present participle is formed by adding “-ing” to the base form of a verb. The present participle is used to form the continuous tenses and as an adjective or a noun modifier.

In this list we have compiled a comprehensive list of 380 common verbs with their present participle forms. This list includes regular verbs as well as irregular verbs, making it a useful reference tool for students, writers, and anyone looking to improve their English language skills.

Whether you are learning English as a second language or simply looking to expand your vocabulary, this list of present participle examples will help you better understand how present participles are used.

Word	Present Participle	Alterantive Present Participle
accoutre	accoutring	accoutreing
admin	admining	adminning
age	ageing	aging
aliquot	aliquoting	aliquotting
apparel	appareling	apparelling
arc	arcing	arcking arking
assoilzie	assoilzieing	assoilzying
attal	attalling	attaling
autocancel	autocancelling	autocanceling
autodial	autodialing	autodialling
autofocus	autofocusing	autofocussing
awe	awing	aweing
backchannel	backchanneling	backchannelling
backpedal	backpedaling	backpedalling
banquet	banqueting	banquetting
barrel	barrelling	barreling
bayonet	bayoneting	bayonetting
becudgel	becudgeling	becudgelling
bedevil	bedeviling	bedevilling
bedye	bedyeing	bedying
bejewel	bejewelling	bejeweling
bemoisten	bemoistening	bemoist’ning
benefit	benefiting	benefitting
bepommel	bepommeling	bepommelling
betassel	betasselling	betasseling
bevel	bevelling	beveling
bias	biasing	biassing
billet	billeting	billetting
binge	binging	bingeing
birdie	birdieing	birdying
bishop	bishoping	bishopping
bivouac	bivouacing	bivouacking
blue-pencil	blue-pencilling	blue-penciling
blue	blueing	bluing
boogie down	boogying down	boogieing down
boogie	boogying	boogieing
bowel	bowelling	boweling
braai	braaing	braaiing
brevet	breveting	brevetting
buffet	buffeting	buffetting
bus	bussing	busing
bushel	busheling	bushelling
cadge	cadging	cadgin
canal	canaling	canalling
cancel out	cancelling out	canceling out
cancel	cancelling	canceling
caravan	caravaning	caravanning
carburet	carbureting	carburetting
carol	carolling	caroling
carrol	carrolling	carroling
caucus	caucusing	caucussing
cavil	cavilling	caviling
channel	channeling	channelling
char	charing	charring
cherup	cheruping	cherupping
chisel	chiseling	chiselling
chorus	chorusing	chorussing
circumfer	circumfering	circumferring
circus	circusing	circussing
clicket	clicketting	clicketing
clue	cluing	clueing
cocounsel	cocounseling	cocounselling
coif	coiffing	coifing
combat	combatting	combating
controul	controulling	controuling
corbel	corbelling	corbeling
corset	corseting	corsetting
cosset	cosseting	cossetting
counsel	counselling	counseling
countersignal	countersignalling	countersignaling
court martial	court martialing	court martialling
court-martial	court-martialing	court-martialling
courtmartial	courtmartialing	courtmartialling
coyote	coyoteing	coyoting
credential	credentialing	credentialling
cudgel	cudgeling	cudgelling
cupel	cupelling	cupeling
curvet	curveting	curvetting
debias	debiasing	debiassing
decontrol	decontrolling	decontroling
defocus	defocusing	defocussing
delevel	deleveling	delevelling
demosaic	demosaicking	demosaicing
depetal	depetalling	depetaling
deprogram	deprogramming	deprograming
detassel	detasseling	detasselling
devil	deviling	devilling
dezinc	dezincing	dezincking
diagram	diagraming	diagramming
dial into	dialing into	dialling into
dial	dialing	dialling
disbowel	disboweling	disbowelling
discounsel	discounselling	discounseling
disembowel	disemboweling	disembowelling
disemvowel	disemvowelling	disemvoweling
disenvowel	disenvowelling	disenvoweling
disfellowship	disfellowshipping	disfellowshiping
dishevel	disheveling	dishevelling
docquet	docqueting	docquetting
dognap	dognapping	dognaping
dowel	dowelling	doweling
drivel	driveling	drivelling
drunk dial	drunk dialing	drunk dialling
dude	dudeing	duding
duel	dueling	duelling
dunch	dunching	dunchin
dye	dyeing	dying
embowel	emboweling	embowelling
embrothel	embrothelling	embrotheling
empannel	empannelling	empanneling
emperil	emperiling	emperilling
enamel	enameling	enamelling
enkennel	enkennelling	enkenneling
enqueue	enqueuing	enqueueing
entrammel	entrammeling	entrammelling
envassal	envassaling	envassalling
envowel	envowelling	envoweling
equal	equalling	equaling
exam	examming	examing
eye	eyeing	eying
facet	faceting	facetting
facsimile	facsimileing	facsimiling
fash	fashing	fashin
fellowship	fellowshipping	fellowshiping
fidget	fidgeting	fidgetting
flannel	flanneling	flannelling
focus	focusing	focussing
fondue	fondueing	fonduing
foresignal	foresignaling	foresignalling
frivol	frivolling	frivoling
fuel up	fueling up	fuelling up
fuel	fueling	fuelling
funnel	funnelling	funneling
gambol	gambolling	gamboling
gambrel	gambrelling	gambreling
gavel	gaveling	gavelling
general	generalling	generaling
gerbil	gerbilling	gerbiling
gibbet	gibbeting	gibbetting
gimbal	gimballing	gimbaling
glue	gluing	glueing
gossip	gossiping	gossipping
gravel	gravelling	graveling
grovel	grovelling	groveling
gruel	gruelling	grueling
halal	halaling	halalling
hallal	hallaling	hallalling
handsel	handselling	handseling
hansel	hanselling	hanseling
harlot	harloting	harlotting
hatchel	hatchelling	hatcheling
hatchet	hatcheting	hatchetting
hiccup	hiccuping	hiccupping
hickup	hickuping	hickupping
hie	hying	hieing
hinge	hinging	hingeing
hocus	hocusing	hocussing
hondel	hondelling	hondeling
housel	houseling	houselling
hovel	hovelling	hoveling
hoy	hoying	hoyin
hubbub	hubbubing	hubbubbing
hye	hying	hyeing
hyperfocus	hyperfocusing	hyperfocussing
impanel	impanelling	impaneling
impannel	impannelling	impanneling
imperil	imperilling	imperiling
initial	initialing	initialling
jewel	jewelling	jeweling
jigget	jiggetting	jiggeting
jodel	jodelling	jodeling
jol	jolling	joling
journal	journaling	journalling
jumar	jumaring	jumarring
jump rope	jumping rope	jump roping
junket	junketing	junketting
kennel	kenneling	kennelling
kidnap	kidnapping	kidnaping
label	labelling	labeling
larrup	larruping	larrupping
lateral	lateralling	lateraling
leaflet	leafleting	leafletting
level up	leveling up	levelling up
level	leveling	levelling
libel	libelling	libeling
lol	loling	lolling
luge	luging	lugeing
lunge	lunging	lungeing
macadam	macadaming	macadamming
marshal	marshalling	marshaling
marvel	marvelling	marveling
maximin	maximinning	maximining
medal	medaling	medalling
medevac	medevacking	medevacing
medical out	medicalling out	medicaling out
mic	micing	mic’ing
midwife	midwiving	midwifing
mischannel	mischanneling	mischannelling
miscounsel	miscounselling	miscounseling
miscue	miscuing	miscueing
misdial	misdialling	misdialing
misfocus	misfocusing	misfocussing
misfuel	misfuelling	misfueling
mislabel	mislabelling	mislabeling
mismodel	mismodelling	mismodeling
misprogram	misprogramming	misprograming
misroute	misrouting	misrouteing
missignal	missignaling	missignalling
model	modelling	modeling
mural	muralling	muraling
new-model	new-modelling	new-modeling
newmodel	newmodelling	newmodeling
nickel	nickeling	nickelling
ochre	ochring	ochreing
ollie	ollying	ollieing
omnibus	omnibusing	omnibussing
out-chorus	out-chorusing	out-chorussing
outduel	outdueling	outduelling
outgeneral	outgeneralling	outgeneraling
outrival	outrivalling	outrivaling
outtravel	outtraveling	outtravelling
overdye	overdyeing	overdying
overeye	overeyeing	overeying
overfocus	overfocusing	overfocussing
overpedal	overpedalling	overpedaling
panel	panelling	paneling
parallel	paralleling	parallelling
parcel out	parceling out	parcelling out
parcel	parceling	parcelling
parget	pargeting	pargetting
pedal	pedalling	pedaling
pencil out	pencilling out	penciling out
pencil	pencilling	penciling
phial	phialing	phialling
photostat	photostatting	photostating
plodge	plodging	plodgin
plummet	plummeting	plummetting
plus	plusing	plussing
pommel	pommelling	pommeling
postil	postiling	postilling
preage	preageing	preaging
precancel	precanceling	precancelling
precounsel	precounseling	precounselling
predial	predialling	predialing
predye	predyeing	predying
prefocus	prefocusing	prefocussing
preprogram	preprogramming	preprograming
pretzel	pretzelling	pretzeling
protocol	protocoling	protocolling
pummel	pummelling	pummeling
quarrel	quarrelling	quarreling
queue	queueing	queuing
radiolabel	radiolabeling	radiolabelling
rappel	rappelling	rappeling
ravel	ravelling	raveling
reapparel	reappareling	reapparelling
rechannel	rechanneling	rechannelling
red-pencil	red-pencilling	red-penciling
redial	redialing	redialling
refocus	refocusing	refocussing
refuel	refueling	refuelling
refunnel	refunnelling	refunneling
regen	regenning	regening
regravel	regravelling	regraveling
relabel	relabelling	relabeling
remodel	remodeling	remodelling
reoccur	reoccuring	reoccurring
repanel	repaneling	repanelling
reprogram	reprogramming	reprograming
reroute	rerouting	rerouteing
resignal	resignaling	resignalling
retarget	retargeting	retargetting
retravel	retraveling	retravelling
revel	revelling	reveling
revictual	revictualing	revictualling
ribbit	ribbiting	ribbitting
ricochet	ricocheting	ricochetting
rival	rivalling	rivaling
rivet	riveting	rivetting
rock and roll	rocking and rolling	rock and rolling
rogue	roguing	rogueing
route	routing	routeing
rowel	roweling	rowelling
rue	ruing	rueing
runnel	runnelling	runneling
russet	russeting	russetting
RV	RVing	RV’ing RV-ing
sac	sacking	saccing
scandal	scandalling	scandaling
schnorkel	schnorkelling	schnorkeling
scram	scraming	scramming
scunge	scunging	scungeing
secret	secretting	secreting
self-focus	self-focusing	self-focussing
sentinel	sentineling	sentinelling
shovel	shoveling	shovelling
shrivel	shrivelling	shriveling
signal	signalling	signaling
silage	silaging	silageing
slue	sluing	slueing
snippet	snippeting	snippetting
snivel	snivelling	sniveling
snorkel	snorkelling	snorkeling
soft-pedal	soft-pedalling	soft-pedaling
soliloquy	soliloquying	soliloquing
sortie	sortying	sortieing
spancel	spancelling	spanceling
spaniel	spanielling	spanieling
special	specialing	specialling
speed-dial	speed-dialing	speed-dialling
spiral	spiraling	spiralling
springe	springing	springeing
spue	spuing	spueing
stencil	stencilling	stenciling
stot	stotting	stottin
subtotal	subtotalling	subtotaling
summit	summiting	summitting
surplus	surplussing	surplusing
swivel	swiveling	swivelling
symbol	symboling	symbolling
sync	synching	syncing
tablet	tableting	tabletting
target	targeting	targetting
tarmac	tarmacking	tarmacing
taxi	taxiing	taxying
teasel	teaselling	teaseling
telecine	telecining	telecineing
telnet	telnetting	telneting
tharf	thurving	tharving
thermal	thermaling	thermalling
tie-dye	tie-dyeing	tie-dying
tinge	tinging	tingeing
tinsel	tinselling	tinseling
tittup	tittupping	tittuping
to and fro	toing and froing	to and froing
torque	torquing	torqueing
total	totalling	totaling
tousel	touselling	touseling
towel	toweling	towelling
trammel	trammelling	trammeling
travel	travelling	traveling
trepan	trepanning	trepaning
trial	trialling	trialing
trowel	troweling	trowelling
true	trueing	truing
tunnel	tunnelling	tunneling
turnip	turniping	turnipping
twinge	twingeing	twinging
twoc	twoccing	twocking
unbias	unbiasing	unbiassing
unblue	unblueing	unbluing
unbowel	unbowelling	unboweling
uncoif	uncoifing	uncoiffing
undevil	undeviling	undevilling
unfocus	unfocusing	unfocussing
unglue	ungluing	unglueing
unlevel	unleveling	unlevelling
unmarshal	unmarshalling	unmarshaling
unrar	unraring	unrarring
unravel	unraveling	unravelling
untar	untaring	untarring
untrammel	untrammelling	untrammeling
vessel	vesselling	vesseling
vial	vialing	vialling
victual	victualing	victualling
vitriol	vitrioling	vitriolling
vowel	vowelling	voweling
war-dial	war-dialing	war-dialling
weasel out	weaseling out	weaselling out
weasel	weaseling	weaselling
whammel	whammelling	whammeling
wheelie	wheelying	wheelieing
whemmel	whemmelling	whemmeling
whinge	whingeing	whinging
winge	wingeing	winging
worship	worshipping	worshiping
yodel	yodelling	yodeling
zinc	zincing	zinking zincking
zombie out	zombying out	zombieing out