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EXERCISES
2. Form sentences in the present continuous tense. Use the short form and don't forget the full-stop at the end of
the sentence.
3. Complete the sentences using am/is/are and one of the verbs below. Use the long form
5. Change the following sentences into questions. Don't forget the question mark at the end of the question.
1. What is he doing?
2. What is he doing?
(To play)
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4. What is she doing?
(To run)
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5. What are they doing?
(to walk)
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6. What is he doing?
(To cook)
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(To eat)
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8. What is he doing in the chair?
(To smoke)
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9. What is she doing?
(To shop)
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10. What is it doing?
(To swim)
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6. He/ski ______________________
3. He/run _______________________
7. She/ride a bicycle
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4. She/swim ____________________
10.
Fill in the words from the box. Use the present continuous.
Debbie and her friends ___________________ in Debbie’s garden. They __________________ football. Mrs
Baker _____________ a book. Mr Baker ______________________ in the garden. Nick
___________________ to a cassette. Trundle and Marmalade ___________________ on Mrs Baker's chair.
Now Nick ________________________his bike. Nick: "Debbie, help me, please." But Debbie has got no time:
"I _____________________a book for school. Ask your friend."
Sally and her friends ______________________ in the garden. They _____________________ for a video. Mrs
Snow ____________ a book. Mr Baker ___________________ in the garden. Dave ______________________
to a CD. Trundle and Marmalade _______________________ their cages. Ben‘s friend
__________________________ his bike.
7. He is ____________ a car.
8. Ed is ____________the bread.
11. Complete the following sentences with the present tense form of the verbs:
1. The cat ________________ PLAY in the garden.
2. Our teachers ___________________ SIT at the school meeting.
I I am working.
you You are jumping.
he He is not dreaming.
she Is she sleeping?
it It is snowing.
we Are we singing?
you You are not fighting.
they Are they reading?
Are we singing?
We are dancing?
4) I am sitting.
5) I am not standing.
6) Is he sitting or standing?
3 Mike / smile at / me
6 He / .......
7 He / laugh at / you
10 He /...../ water
11 He / ........
12 He / ....../ a / novel /
17. Put the words in order to form correct questions in Present Continuous:
1.
working mother your now is ? ______________________________
2.
laughing why you are me at ? _____________________________
3.
coming lunch they for are ? ________________________________
4.
afternoon doing this what you are ? _____________________________
5. together flying are you ? ________________________________________
6. making noise that who is ? _____________________________________
18. Which is the reason to use Present Continuous in each of these examples?
1 My mum is always complaining about everything
Actions that are happening now
Future arrangements
Future arrangements
Future arrangements
Future arrangements
Future arrangements
Future arrangements
19. Fill in the verbs in brackets in their correct forms into the gaps.
Example: We ________ (to go) to the cinema now.
20. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form to make different form of the Present Continuous Tense.
1. John (read) a book now.
21. Make different sentences in the Present Continuous Tense - positive; negative; yes/no and
information questions.
24. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
26. Fill in the gaps with the negative form of the verb in brackets.
29. Fill in the gaps with the interrogative form of the verb in brackets.
1. What company _______________________ (you work) for?
2. What class ________________________ (they study) in?
3. Who ______________________ (John shake) hands with?
4. What time _____________________ (your friends come)?
5. What country ________________________ (they visit) at the moment?
2. it / to rain -
2. I am talking. -
8. It is raining. -
9. She is joking. -
33. Make information question ("Wh" questions) in the Present Continuous Tense.
1 are time What friends coming? your
4. I / to dream -
35. Ask for the information in the bold part of the sentence.
36. Write down the ing form of the following words. Mind the exceptions in spelling.
3. We / not / to work -
4. They / to argue -
5. Look! / The dog / to pee / on the carpet -
7. He / to travel / a lot -
40. Put the verbs into the correct form (present continuous). Use the grammatically correct
form, e.g. is doing or 's doing, but not the forms you'd usually find in lyrics ('s doin oder 's
doin').
's w aiting
1. PINK - Get The Party Started: Everybody (to wait) for me to arrive.
2. AVRIL LAVIGNE - Complicated: I like you the way you are when we (to drive) in
your car.
3. J'LO - Jenny From The Block: I know where I (go) and I know where I'm from.
4. BLUE (feat. ELTON JOHN) - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word: And it (get)
more and more absurd.
5. BLUE - U Make Me Wanna: That's why I'm here, I (write) this song.
6. BUSTED - What I Go To School For: I guess that's why my marks (get) so high.
10. NICK CARTER - I Got You: They say I (look) for something that
can't be found.
41. We use present continuous for actions taking place at the moment of speaking (now).Signal
words like now, at the moment are often used to emphasise that the action is taking place at
the moment of speaking. Signal words are not really necessary, however, as this is already
expressed by the tense itself.
He is playing football.
4.
6.
8.
10.
12.
14.
8 15. What are they doing? (to sit in a meeting)
16.
18.
11.
42. We use present continuous for arrangements for the near future. In the example you can see that the tickets
are already bought. So we are talking about an arrangement for the near future. To make clear that the action is not
going on now, we usually use signal words like tonight, tomorrow, next Friday, at noon.
On the right you see Kim's diary for the next week.
Answer the questions.
6.
6 7. What is she doing on Thursday afternoon? (pick up Jen from the airport)
9.
8 10. What is she doing on Saturday morning? (go on a sight-seeing tour with Jen)
11.
9 12. What is she doing on Saturday evening? (have a party)
13.
1014. What is she doing on Sunday morning? (take Jen to the airport)
The following actions are not permanent, but limited in time. Write sentences in the present
progressive.
44. We use present continuous for actions taking place around now (but not at the moment of
speaking). This action takes place around now and only for a limited period of time, but not at the
moment of speaking. We don't have to use signal words here, but we often find signal words in
such sentences, e.g. now, at the moment.
For Judy, everything is topsy-turvy right now: there's a lot to do for school and even her private life
is very busy at the moment.
Write sentences in the present progressive, expressing what Judy is doing now (but not at the
moment of speaking).
1 What / you / to do / these days What are you doing these days?
2 I / to lead / a very busy life right now
3 I / to cram up / for a maths test at the moment
4 I / also / to revise / for my biology exams
5 I / to write / an essay for my English course
6 I / to prepare / a presentation for history
7 So I / to read / a lot about American history now
8 At home / we / to decorate / my room
9 I / to take / driving lessons
10 And I / to date / a real cutie named Justin
45. We use present continuous for development, changing situations. The sentence describes a
development from one situation to another. Signal words are not that common here, only
sometimes the change of situation is emphasized by using for example more and more.
Right now (March 2003), British papers are suffering from a changing situation. They are losing
readers to other media such as TV or internet.
Put the verbs into the correct form (present progressive). Use the long form as this is more typical
for formal articles.
1 are losing
1. Newspapers (to lose) readers.
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2. Even the Daily Mail (to lose) readers now for the first time in ten years.
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3. Young people (just not / to buy) newspapers the way their parents did.
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4. This generation (to grow up) with no particular brand loyalty to any
newspaper.
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5. Young Britons (to get) their news either online, or from television or
radio.
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6. Sensing the trend, advertisers (to shift) to other media to get their
messages across.
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7. Some businesses, such as fashion, (to advertise / still) , but others are
not.
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8. Now the Sun (to try) to recapture younger readers.
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9. The Mirror (to hunt / now) readers in the overcrowded middle
ground.
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15. Some papers (to think) of launching new titles to survive in this
contracting market.
46. Put the verbs into the correct form (present continuous):
2. Which of the words is a signal word for actions taking place at the moment of speaking?
3. Which of the words is a signal word for actions taking place at the moment of speaking?
4. Which of the words is not a signal word for actions taking place at the moment of speaking?
6. Which of the words can be a signal word for an arrangement for the near future?
7. Which of the words can be a signal word for an arrangement for the near future?
8. Which of the words can be a signal word for an arrangement for the near future?
9. Which of the words cannot be a signal word for an arrangement for the near future?
10. Which of the words cannot be a signal word for an arrangement for the near future?
50. Fill in the blanks putting the verb in the present continuous form.