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For things we are doing or for things which are

happening now at this exact moment, at the moment of
speaking:

The teacher's helping me.

He´s working at the moment.

For things we are doing or things which are happening

during this period of our lives (but not permanently):

My football team is losing a lot of matches.

at the moment of speaking

we use “be” + “ing” verbs
My sister is phoning me from Bangkok.
I am walking. My sister's travelling all over the world.
She is talking. Jill's talking to Nick.
He is laughing.
It is raining. during this period of his/her life
They are singing.
We are cooking. Jill's staying at the seaside for two weeks.
You are smiling. Nick is lying on the beach.
Nick is learning chess.
we use “be” +”not” + “ing” verbs
To talk about changes which are happening over a
I am not walking. period of time, with verbs like improve / Increase / get
She is not talking. worse / rise / fall.
He is not laughing.
It is not raining. The average temperature is increasing. Prices are
They are not singing. rising rapidly.
We are not cooking.
You are not smiling. To talk about a planned action in the future.

I am flying to Mallorca tomorrow.

We use “be” followed by “Pronoun or subject”
We're meeting at the airport.
Am I walking?
Is she talking? Repeated actions with adverbs like always, forever:
Is he laughing?
Is it raining? She´s always helping people.
Are they singing?
Are we cooking?
Are you smiling?

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Write the correct forms (Present Continuous) of the

Mostly the verb gets an –ing in the Present Continuous
verbs on the lines from this list.
Tense.
to arrest to make to ask to put to blow
starting, playing, looking, skiing … to stay to buy to study to fix to watch

If the verb is monosyllabic, it ends with a vowel + 1) Tom _________________ Mike’s bike.
consonant, and the vowel is short (pronunciation) then 2) The family _____________ TV in the living room.
the consonant at the end of the verb doubles. 3) I _________________ with my friend this week.
4) You _________________ some food for dinner.
run → running sit → sitting. 5) Mrs Hudson _____________ the beds in the hotel.
6) The police _________________ the thief.
If the verb ends with –l, it doubles.
7) Abby _________________ her nose.
8) Mrs Anderson ___________ on her evening
travel → travelling
dress.
If the verb is multisyllabic, and 2nd point holds true of the 9) Sally ___________ her teacher about the exam.
last syllable then the consonant at the end of the verb 10) The students _________________ Maths now.
doubles.
Fill in the sentences with the correct form of the verb in
permit → permitting admit → admitting the Present Continuous Tense.

1) Kim ________________ her teeth now. (clean)

If the verb ends with a mute –e, you have to leave it out. 2) Mr Lee ______________ a cup of coffee. (drink)
3) Mrs Lee _______________ sandwiches. (make)
make → making use → using 4) The six goldfish _____________ in the aquarium.
(swim)
–IC changes to –ICK: 5) Tom and Davy _____________ their schoolbags.
(pack)
picnic → picnicking 6) The dog ________________ its bone. (chew)
7) Grandma ________________ the clothes. (iron)
-IE changes to –Y: 8) Mandy ________________ her homework. (do)
9) Grandpa ________________ Mandy. (help)
lie → lying. 10) The cats __________________ on the sofa and
________________. (lie, sleep)
11) Walter ___________ the walls of his house. (paint)
12) Mr Tipsy _______________ to find his keys. (try)
13) The twins ______________ a heavy box. (carry)
14) Mavis ________________ a bike. (ride)
15) I ________________ for the postman. (wait)
16) The postman _____________ the letters. (bring)
17) You ________________ to Mozart. (listen)
18) It ________________. (rain)
19) The men _______________ on the roof. (work)
20) Mum _______________ the lunch. (cook)
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Put the verb in the correct form to make different form
of the Present Continuous Tense.
1. John ________________ (read) a book now.
2. What ________________ (you do) tonight?
3. Jack and Peter ______________ (work) late today.
4. Silvia ________________ (not listen) to music.
5. Maria ________________ (sit) next to Paul.
6. How many other students __________________
(you study) with?
7. The phone ________________ (not ring).
8. The train to Glasgow ________________ (leave)
from platform 8.
9. I ________________ (begin) to understand the
Present Continuous now.
10. Sue ________________ (work) tonight.
11. Listen! The telephone _______________ (ring).
12. Ms. Johnson __________________ (see) a
customer at 3 o'clock.
13. My Dad ______________ (not have) his lunch now.
14. The kids _______________ (not study) tomorrow.
15. It ________________ (not rain) today.
16. I ________________ (not study) German.
17. We ______________ (not go) to Egypt on
summer holiday.
18. What company ______________ (you work) for?
19. What class ________________ (they study) in?
20. Who _______________ (John shake) hands with?
21. What time ______________ (your friends come)?
22. What country ________ (they visit) at the moment?
23. John ________________ (read) a book now.
24. What ________________ (you do) tonight?
25. Jack and Peter ______________ (work) late today.
26. Silvia ________________ (not listen) to music.
27. Maria ________________ (sit) next to Paul.
28. How many other students _________________
(you study) with?
29. The phone ________________ (not ring).
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Complete the sentences. Use the present continuous
from the verbs in the box.
live sit watch win cook look for swim
1. My family and I ____________ in the living room.
2. My favourite team _____________.
3. Someone ______________ in the sea.
4. Two people ___________ dinner on the beach.
5. A man _____________ food in the forest.
6. Two teams __________ on an island.
Put the verbs into the proper Present Continuous form
(affirmative, negative, interrogative). Be attentive! Some
verbs are not used in the Present Continuous tense!
1. He __________ (do) the cleaning at the moment
and he ____________ (sing) a nice song.
2. Jack ___________ (not sleep) right now, because
the nurse __________ (give) him the medicine.
3. ________Linda _____________ (play) computer
games at the moment? – No, she __________
(chat) with her friends.
4. Mr. Snow _________ (be) at the psychiatrists. He
_________ (tell) him about his problems at work.
5. Why ________ David ________ (paint) the wall? –
Because he doesn’t like the white color.
6. Who _______ your brother _______ (watch)? – I
don’t know. Maybe he _______ (spy) on his girlfriend.
7. Why __________ the princess ________ (kiss)
that terrible frog? – Because she _______ (want) it
to turn into a prince!
8. Which bus _____ Bob _______ (wait) for? – He
_____________ (not wait) for the bus, he
___________(wait) for his friend Kate.
9. The baby ______(be) quiet, it ______(cry) loudly.
Jane _____ (go) to the kitchen to fetch it some milk.
10. Why _____ Steve ________ (keep) silent? – He
________ (want) to try being less talkative at least
for a couple of minutes.
11. ______ these men __________ (have) a row? –
Yes, Jack’s boss _____________(shout) at him
because he ________ (not be) satisfied with the
results of his work.
12. _______ your father ________ (wash) the car at
the moment? – No, he ________(stand) near it and
__________(talk) to our neighbor.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences
in Present Continuous.
Sara / playing/ Tom/ ball / are / ? / the / ball/ with/
______________________________________
not / my / living / nice / friends / are/ flat / a / nice/ in/
______________________________________
having / party / Sunday / I / on / am / a /
______________________________________
?/ Sandy’s/ studying/ brothers/ French/ at/ are/ university
______________________________________
Choose the correct form of the verb and depending on
whether in this meaning it an action or a state verb is. If
both are possible, use the Present Continuous tense.
1. a) Why are you smelling the soup?
b) Why do you smell the soup?
2. a) She was feeling his arm on her shoulder.
b) She felt his arm on her shoulder.
3. a) Are you having an English dictionary?
b) Do you have an English dictionary?
4. a) What are you thinking about?
b) What do you think about?
5. a) I am feeling much better today.
b) I feel much better today.
6. a) What are you looking at?
b) What do you look at?
7. a) I am not hearing you.
b) I can't hear you.
8. a) What are you thinking of me?
b) What do you think of me?
9. a) I am feeling we should go home now.
b) I feel we should go home now.
10. a) This bread is tasting funny.
b) This bread tastes funny.
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Are these sentences correct?
1. My friends is watching a film right now. _________
2. Our dog is liking to crunch bones a lot. _________
3. My dad and I am looking for our cat at the moment.
__________________
4. What are this people talking about? ___________
5. Is your sister knowing a lot of famous people?
__________________
6. Are you think about our exam? ______________
7. This girl isn’t dance well! ___________________
8. Their sister are living in Paris with her husband now.
9. Where is her mom goes? Why is she wears that
dress? ______________
10. I am still remembering that day! ______________
Complete the text about Jimmy putting the verbs in
brackets either in Present Simple or Present Continuous
forms.
This is Jimmy. He ___________ (be) from
Canada but at present he __________ (live)
in Barcelona. He __________ (work) in a big
company there. He usually ___________ (have) lots of
work to do and he ______________ (be) busy from
morning till night but at the moment he __________
(not work). He _______ (surf) the net and _________
(chat) with his friends in Canada. He _________ (tell)
them about his life in Spain and he also ___________
(complain) about the weather. He __________ (say)
that it ___________ (be) too hot there. Jimmy
________________ (like) writing letters and he often
________________ (send) e-mails to his family and
friends. He always _______________ (tell) them the
latest news and ________________ (look) forward
to getting replies from them.
Fill in the blanks with the correct Present Continuous
form in parentheses.
1. William ______________ (study) for the test now.
2. I ___________ (put) my clothes in the suitcase.
3. Monica ________ (not get) tickets for the concert.
4. I ____________ (eat) a slice of pizza.
5. You _____________ (not listen) to the teacher!
6. Kate and Sue _____________ (drive) to Arizona.
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Fill in the sentences with the correct form of the verb in Put the words in the right order
the Present Continuous Tense.
1. gets / up / very / Paul / usually / early
1) Jason ___________________ an interesting 2. the / are / the / playing / garden / in / children
book now. (read) 3. father / in / works / a / my / bank
2) Mrs Baker ___________________ the students.
4. am / I / documentary / watching / a
(teach)
5. too / our / speaks / fast / teacher
3) The children ____________________ a test
6. every / ride / school / morning / bike / to / I / my
today. (write)
4) The child ____________________ a snowman at 7. boils / at / water / 100°C
the moment. (build) 8. boy / crossing / the / street / the / is
5) Mr. Thompson ___________________ a shower. 9. a lot / coughing / you / today / are
(have) 10. like / Sundays / they / visit / to / us / on
6) Tim ________________ in the leaves. (jump) 11. live / a / they / house / very / in / big
7) They __________________ the man into the 12. and / are / Jane / their / Kate / lessons / learning
hospital. (take) 13. raining / it / heavily / is
8) I ____________________ a piece of paper. (cut) 14. fly / when / it / they / kite / is / their / windy
9) Sarah _____________________ the violin. (play)
10) Granny ___________________ a car now. (drive)
Present Continuous: fill in the blanks with the verb into
11) Brian ______________________ the table. (set)
brackets
12) The boy ___________________ in the bin. (hide)
13) Carl ______________________. (cry)
1. What ________ they __________ (do)?
14) Frank __________________ a star on the top of
2. Look! It ________________ (snow)
the tree. (put)
3. They _________________ to a story (listen)
4. He _______________ on his coat (put)
Form sentences in the Present Continuous Tense with 5. ________you ___________ as well (come) ?
the given words. 6. We ________________ a cartoon (not / watch)
7. She ________________ very fast (swim)
1) I / lock / the door / now. ____________________ 8. I _________________ forward to seeing you
2) Mary / open / the window. __________________ (look)
3) Fred and Ben / eat / a sandwich. ______________ 9. ________John _________ in the yard (smoke)?
4) you / laugh / at me. _______________________ 10. You _________________ carefully (not /listen)
5) Mr Smith / wear / a blue shirt. ________________ 11. He _______________ for an exam (sit)
12. The children __________________ in the
6) a book / Sally / hold / at the moment. ___________
playground (run)
7) pay / $20 / Ben / for the lunch. _______________
13. Where _________ you __________ (go)?
8) you / a zoo / draw / now. ___________________
14. I _________________ the plants (not /water)
9) fight / the boys / in the schoolyard. _____________ 15. What _________ Tracy _________ (eat)?
10) little steps/ Helen / step. ____________________ 16. You ____________________ me (bother)
17. Dad __________________ the car (not / repair)

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