What are they doing at the park?

Can you see it in the picture?

Write YES or NO.

1) A volleyball ____
2) A scooter ____
3) A cat ____
4) A house ____
5) Some balloons ____
6) A lake ____
7) Some ducks ____
8) Some dogs ____
9) A park bench ____
10) A surf board ____
11) A picnic basket ____
12) A skateboard ____
13) An ice cream seller ____
14) A tree ____
15) Some birds ____
16) A shop ____
17) A boat ____
18) A slide ____

It’s a lovely day in the park! Let’s have a look and see what the people
are doing. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous tense.

Mr Smith ………………… (wear) a blue shirt and cream shorts. He …………………..

(sit) on a bench and he ……………. (watch) some children. Just beside him, some
birds …………………… (peck) seeds. Mr Leng and his daughter ……………… (eat) ice
cream and ……………… (take) the dog for a walk. In the background, an icecream
seller …………….. (sell) icecreams and lollies and some children ………………….
(queue up). A girl with crazy ginger hair ……………. (shout) at her dog, but the dog
……………….. (not listen). It …………………. (pull) on its lead and ……………… (try) to
run away. Some boys and girls ………………… (play) volleyball and they ……………
(have) a great time! Behind the icecream seller, two people …………… (have) a
picnic. Behind them, a boy ……………. (ride) a bike. In the middle of the picture, a
little girl ………….. (ride) her scooter and a little boy ……………… (chase) her. He
…………. (not ride) a scooter, he is on his skateboard.

Extension: What are the children on the brown bench doing?

Remember: cross off single e

What are the children in the foreground doing? e.g. Have/having

Double consonant e.g. sit/sitting