NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________

GRAMMAR DICTATION
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
 Listen to your teacher and complete these sixteen statements with the
Present Continuous forms of the verbs you hear.
“watch”

1. My sister __________ _____________________ TV in the living room.

2. Mrs. Smith __________ _____________________ English to her students.

3. I __________ _____________________ for a bus.

4. My friends __________ _____________________ tennis.

5. It __________ not _____________________ outside. It’s sunny!

6. The cat __________ _____________________ its food.

7. My husband __________ _____________________ in the garden.

8. I __________ not _____________________ to school today. I am sick.

9. Kelly is very tired. She __________ _____________________.

10. My neighbor is busy. She __________ _____________________ her yard.

11. Mr. Brown __________ _____________________ a cup of coffee.

12. Sam and Frodo __________ _____________________ over the bridge.

13. I think we __________ _____________________ the game! We have ten points!

14. No one __________ _____________________ the telephone.

15. We __________ _____________________ the sixteen statements.

16. You __________ _____________________ the answer to question number 16.

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GRAMMAR DICTATION ALL Things Grammar
Grammar Focus Present Continuous
Level Intermediate

READ ALOUD My Notes

1. watch 9. sleep
2. teach 10. clean
3. wait 11. drink
4. play 12. run
5. rain 13. win
6. eat 14. answer
7. work 15. complete
8. go 16. write

ANSWERS

1. My sister is watching TV in the living room.

2. Mrs. Smith is teaching English to her students.
3. I am waiting for a bus.
4. My friends are playing tennis.
5. It is not raining outside. It’s sunny!
6. The cat is eating its food.
7. My husband is working in the garden.
8. I am not going to school today. I’m sick.
9. Kelly is very tired. She is sleeping.
10. My neighbor is busy. She is cleaning her yard.
11. Mr. Brown is drinking a cup of coffee.
12. Sam and Frodo are running over the bridge.
13. I think we are winning the game! We have ten points!
14. No one is answering the telephone.
15. We are completing the sixteen statements.
16. You are writing the answer to question number 16.

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