Vocabulary Worksheets

Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 7. Verbs: Present activities

Check the word or phrase that means the same as the word or phrase in bold.
1. I am drawing a picture. ____ watching ____ looking at ____ making

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

2. Aunt Brenda is tired. Shes taking a nap. She is lying down on her bed. ____ in a vertical position ____ in a horizontal position ____ bending her body 3. Our family is having dinner now. We are sitting down at the table. ____ in a horizontal position ____ on chairs

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

____ on sofas 4. We have ten chairs. Eleven people are in the room. Ten people are on the chairs, and one person is standing up. ____ in a horizontal position ____ in a vertical position ____ under the chair 5. Larry is telling a funny story. His friends are laughing. ____ making a happy sound

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

____ talking ____ teaching 6. People in the theatre are clapping their hands. They like the singer. ____ waving ____ holding ____ making a sound with their two hands 7. The roses are growing fast! ____ becoming big

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Copyright 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.

Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

____ becoming small ____ dying 8. Cristina is not studying. She is daydreaming. ____ thinking about her studies ____ not thinking about her studies

____ sleeping

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game