As you have learned, to show that something happened in the past, we add ed to most verbs. To show that something is happening now, we add ing to most verbs.
![clarinet](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/KIDS/ENGL115Kids/unit03/Grammar%203-2/3-2g1.jpg)
The girls played the clarinet.
The girls are playing the clarinet.
![school](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/KIDS/ENGL115Kids/unit03/Grammar%203-2/3-2g2.jpg)
The children laughed at school.
The children are laughing at school.
![ball pit](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/KIDS/ENGL115Kids/unit03/Grammar%203-2/3-2g3.jpg)
The kids jumped into the ball pit.
The kids are jumping into the ball pit.