Present Continuous

A Write the -ing form of each verb.

1 meet

meeting
......................

6 eat

......................

11 wear

......................

2 
study ......................

7 smile ......................

12 visit

......................

3 drive

8 run

......................

13 drink

......................

9 lie

......................

14 swim ......................

10 pour

......................

15 think

......................

4 wash ......................
5 sit

......................

......................

B Complete the sentences with the Present Continuous form of the verb in brackets.

am studying (study) right now.

1 I .........................

5 I......................... (lie) on my bed right now.

2 The teacher ......................... (write) on the

6 Today we ......................... (learn) new words
blackboard at the moment. in English.
3 They ......................... (wear) blue T-shirts
7 Billy and his dog ......................... (play) with
today. the ball in the garden.
4 Sally ......................... (sit) in the room now.

8 Mum ......................... (fix) my bike.

C Write questions. Then answer the questions.

1

play / piano

eat / apple

Is he playing the piano?

.................................................

.................................................

Yes, he is.
.................................................

.................................................

play / basketball

ride / bicycles

.................................................

.................................................

.................................................

.................................................

D Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1 her desk / sitting / teacher / at / the / is / ?

Is the teacher sitting at her desk?

..........................................................................

2 TV / they / film / a / watching / are / on / .

..........................................................................

3 studying / now / students / are / the / .

..........................................................................

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4 studying / at the moment / Peter / is / ?

.......................................................................
5 letter / Jane / you / are / to / writing / a / ?
.......................................................................
6 sleeping / now / boys / arent / the / .
.......................................................................

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Present Continuous Answers

A 1 meeting
2 studying
3 driving
4 washing
5 sitting
6 eating
7 smiling
8 running

9 lying
10 pouring
11 wearing
12 visiting
13 drinking
14 swimming
15 thinking

1
2
3
4

am studying
is writing
are wearing
is sitting

1
2
3
4

Is he playing the piano? Yes, he is.

Are they playing basketball? No, they arent.
Is she eating an apple? No, she isnt.
Are they riding bicycles? Yes, they are.

1
2
3
4
5
6

Is the teacher sitting at her desk?

They are watching a film on TV.
The students are studying now.
Is Peter studying at the moment?
Are you writing a letter to Jane?
The boys arent sleeping now.

5
6
7
8

am lying
are learning
are playing
is fixing

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