PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR

PROGRESSIVE
READING COMPREHENSION TEXT WITH PRESENT CONTINUOUS
(EXERCISE 1)
It’s a rainy Saturday. It’s raining a lot and Mary and her family are spending the
afternoon
at home. Her uncles are visiting them.
Mary and her father are in the living room. Mary is making a draw and her
father,
Mr.Harris, is surfing the net. They are also talking.
Mary’s older brother, Peter, is in his bedroom playing computer games. He is a
computer
fanatic and he spends much time playing on the computer. His little brother, Jim
is also in
the living room. He is playing with his dinosaurs’ collection. Sometimes he
teases Mary, he
is a really naughty boy.
Mary’s mother, Mrs. Harris, is in the kitchen preparing a snack for all of them.
She is
making some tea and talking to Mary’s uncles – Lucy and Tom. They are from
the nearest
town and stopped by to say hello.
Fluffy, the family cat, is sleeping on the kitchen’s sofa. We can’t see him in the
picture,
but he is a true fluffy cat.
1. True or False? Correct the false ones.
1. It’s a rainy Sunday.
True. ------------------------------
2. Mary and her father are in the living room.
True.
3. She is watching television.
False:she is making some tea and talking to Mari's uncles
4. Mary’s father is making tea.
False:-Mari's father is surfing the net, they are also talking
5. Peter is reading a book.
False:Peter, he's in his bedroom playing computer games.
6. Jim is in his bedroom.
False: Jim is also on livingroom
7. Mary’s uncles are sleeping in the guest room.
False:Mari's uncles are talking to her.
8. Fluffy is playing with its ball.
False:flufy is sleeping on the kitchen sofa

2. Answer the questions about the text.

1. What day of the week is it?

it's a saturday
2. Where is Mary?
Mary is in the living room
3. What is she doing?
Maria is making a tie
4. What is Mr. Harris doing?
Mr. Harris is in the kitchen preparing a snack for all of them
5. Is Mrs. Harris preparing a snack in the kitchen?
If Mr. Harris is preparing a snack in the kitche
6. What is Fluffy, the cat, doing
flufy the cat is on the kitchen sofa sleeping

3. What are they doing? Use the following verbs: WATER / READ /SLEEP /
WRITE /
SWEEP:

John Peter Sue Daniela Patricia and Mario

1. jhon drinks water after playing soccer
2. peeter read a cousin's book.
3. Sue sleeps in the living room
4.Daniela is writing in the notebook
5._ patricio and mario are reading a story in the classroom.

READING COMPREHENSION TEXT WITH PRESENT CONTINUOUS

(EXERCISE 2)

It is the afternoon and the family is at home. Anna´s mother and father are in the
dining
room, writing letters. Her uncle and aunt are in the sitting room: Ben´s reading a
book and
Rita´s watching TV. Katherine´s in the garden playing football with Margaret´s
brothers.Anna´s brother and sister are playing with their trains in the attic.
William´s in the
kitchen. he´s making coffee with two of his cousins. Anna´s in her
bedroom,reading a
comic.
Answer these questions:

1. What´s Ben
doing?__ Ben is reading a book.
2. Where´s Rita?
Rita is watching TV.
3. What´s Katherine
Doing?
Katherine is playing soccer.

4. Where is She?
in the garden
5. Where´s William?
wiliam is in the kitchen.

6. What´s he doing?

he is making coffee.
READING COMPREHENSION TEXT WITH PRESENT CONTINUOUS
(EXERCISE 3)
Who are they? Where are they? What are they doing?
Now Janet is in her house. She is sitting on a wooden chair. She is holding a
coat. She is
fixing it. James is Janet's husband. He is sitting in front of her. He is
fixing clothes too.
Elizabeth is sitting next to James. She is Janet's sister. Right now she is
helping Janet and
James. They are working together. They are fixing clothes. At this moment a
man is
coming in. He is wearing dark clothes. He is carrying a pile of clothes. They are
all working
very hard.
1. Answer the following questions. Use the Present Progressive tense.
1. Where is Janet sitting now? What is she doing?
janet is sitting on a wooden chair,janet is holding a coat
2. Where is James sitting now? What is he doing?
James is sitting in front of her, he is also fixing clothes
3. Who is coming in at this moment? What is he carrying?
right now a man comes in and wears dark clothes
2. Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences, yes/no questions,
WH-questions (using the underlined word) and tag questions.

Examples for the sentence “Dan is eating now”

Negative: Dan is not eating now.
Yes/No Question: Is Dan eating now?
WH-Question: When is Dan eating?
Tag Question: Dan is eating now, isn’t he?

1. She is sitting on a wooden chair.

Negative: she is not sitting on the wooden chair.
Yes/No Question:is she sitting on the wooden chair?
WH-Question: when is she sitting?
Tag Question: she is sitting on the wooden chair right?

2. She is holding a coat.

Negative: she is not holding the coat
Yes/No Question: is she holding the coat?
WH-Question: when she holds the coat?
Tag Question: she is holding a coat right?

3. He is wearing dark clothes.

Negative: he doesn't wear dark clothes.
Yes/No Question: is he wearing a coat now?
WH-Question:when are you wearing the coat?
Tag Question:He wore the coat

II. COMPLETE WITH THE RIGHT WORD FROM THE BOX

HUSBAND NIECE DAUGHTER GRANDDAUGHTER SON WIFE
UNCLE NEPHEW
1- HARRY IS CARLA’S: Father.
2- TOM IS SALLY’S: uncler
3- EDITH IS WILLIAM’S: gandmothe
4- SALLY IS EDITH’S: sister
5- PETER IS CARLA’S: brother
6- I’M TOM’S: men
7- SALLY IS HARRY’S: sister
8- PETER IS TOM’S: pather

III. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

1- IS CARLA WATCHING T.V?
no carla listen to the radio
2- WHAT ARE CAROL AND SALLY DOING?
playing with dolls
3- WHAT IS WILLIAM DOING?
wiliam is sleeping.
4- ARE THE BIRDS FLYING?
no the birds are not flying, the birds are in the tree.
5- WILLIAM IS MY GRANDFATHER. HE IS SLEEPING.?
yes my grandfather is sleeping
6- WHAT ARE THE DUCKS DOING?
ducks are swimming in the pond
7. IS PETER CLEANING THE DOORS?
no piter cleans the bentanas
8- IS TOM WATERING THE PLANTS?
if tom is watering the plants
9- ARE EDITH AND WILLIAM TALKING?
no edith is taking you and wiliam is sleeping
10- IS HARRY READING A BOOK?
no harry is reading the newspaper