7.

Complete these sentences with the Present Continuous Tense of the verbs in parentheses:

a) My brothers _________________________________ TV in his room. (watch)

b) The teacher _________________________ at you. (look)
c) Irene ___________________________________ with her mother now. (work)
d) My parents _______________________________ on the phone. (talk)

8. Change these sentences to the negative and interrogative forms:

a) The cat is running after the mouse.

Neg.: ______________________________________________________________________
Int.: _______________________________________________________________________

b) My sisters are studying English.

Neg.: ______________________________________________________________________
Int.: _______________________________________________________________________

c) The babies are sleeping now.

Neg.: ______________________________________________________________________
Int.: _______________________________________________________________________

a) They are walking to the club now.

Neg.: ______________________________________________________________________
Int.: _______________________________________________________________________

9. What are they doing?

( PLAY SOCCER – SLEEP )

____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

4. Choose the correct answers for the questions.

He is singing. No, they are swimming.

No, she isn’t. They are playing volleyball.

a) What are they doing? __________________________________________________________________

b) Is Ellen sleeping? ____________________________________________________________________
c) Are they walking? ____________________________________________________________________
d) What’s your grandpa doing? _____________________________________________________________
5. Use the Present Continuous or the Simple Present Tense:

a) Uncle George never ____________________________________ beer. (drink)

b) Look! The boy ________________________________________ the street. (cross)
c) Jenny ___________________________________________ her teeth three times a day. (brush)
d) I usually ________________________________________ in the front row during class. (sit)
e) We _______________________________________________ a new computer now. (use)

6. Mark the correct alternative:

a) At the moment Julio ______ that funny hat.
( ) doesn’t wear
( ) isn’t wearing
( ) don’t wear
( ) aren’t wearing

c) My mother is buying a new dress for her. The underlined verb is:
( ) Simple Present Tense
( ) Simple Past Tense
( ) Past Continuous Tense
( ) Present Continuous Tense

2- Olhe as figuras e as palavras. Escreva em inglês o que as pessoas estão fazendo usando o present continuous tense.

a) Peter and Joe – clean – the garage.

______________________________________________________________________________

b) I – write – the letter.

______________________________________________________________________________

4. Passe as frases para as formas indicadas entre parênteses.

a) The girls are arriving now (negativa). ________________________________________________________________

b) Gloria is talking to a fan (interrogativa). ______________________________________________________________

c) He isn`t looking at us (afirmativa). ___________________________________________________________________

5. Look at the pictures and copy the correct sentences near the picture. Use the words from the box.

They are swimming - She is drinking water - They are playing - He is singing

___________________________ ____________________________

___________________________ ___________________________

8-Use the present continuous tense of the verbs in brackets:

a) The children _________________________________ ( to play) in the garden.
b) I _________________________________ ( to try) to concentrate on my homework.
c) The teacher _______________________________ ( to wait) for you in the classroom.
d) I___________________________________ ( to listen) to my favorite song.

9- Choose the correct answer to fill the blanks:

a) have / speaks / is flying / has / plans / wanting / is fighting

b) has / speaks / flies / has / is planning / wants / is fighting
c) has / speaks / flies / has / is planning / wants / fights
d) have / speak / is flying / have / plans / is wanting / fights
Leia o texto abaixo:

It`s seven p.m. The Johnsons are at home. Mr. Johnson is reading the newspaper in the living room.
Mrs. Johnson is drinking juice and eating popcorn in the kitchen. Their son Tom is playing video game in his
bedroom and their daughter Alice is reading a book.

3- A forma interrogativa da frase “Alice is reading a book.” É:

a) Is Alice not reading a book?
b) Alice is read a book?
c) Are Alice reading a book?
d) Is Alice reading a book?
e) Is Alice is reading a book.

3- What are they doing?

a) They are washing the window.

b) They are cleaning the room.
c) They are studying math.
d) They are watching TV.
e) They are playing video game.

4- What is she doing?

a) She is playing video game.

b) She is cleaning the house.
c) She is buying a house.
d) She is washing the car.
e) She is fixing the fence.

Leia o texto abaixo:

It`s seven p.m. The Johnsons are at home. Mr. Johnson is reading the newspaper in the living room.
Mrs. Johnson is drinking juice and eating popcorn in the kitchen. Their son Tom is playing video game in his
bedroom and their daughter Alice is reading a book.

5- A forma negativa da frase “Alice is reading a book.” É:

a) Alice not is reading a book.
b) Alice isn’ t read a book.
c) Alice are not reading a book.
d) Alice is not reading a book.
e) Alice not read a book.

7- Qual das frases abaixo é a que melhor descreve a ação relacionada à figura?

a) Is the baby crying?

b) Is the baby watching TV?
c) Is the baby eating a sandwich?
d) Is the baby sleeping?
e) Is the baby playing?

10- Leia o início da música “Tom’s diner” da cantora americana Susanne Vega.

I am sitting
In the morning
At the diner
On the corner
I am waiting
At the counter
For the man
To pour the coffee

And he fills it
Only halfway
And before
I even argue

He is looking
Out the window
At somebody
Coming in

Qual dessas alternativas possui um erro na forma negativa do present continuous?

a) I am not sitting.
b) I am not waiting.
c) He is not looking.
d) I amn’t waiting.
e) I’m not sitting.