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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Present Continuous
Form be+ Ving
Statement S + am/is/are + Ving + O.

Negative S +am/is/are not + Ving + O.

Short forms: am not/ isn’t/ aren’t
Question Am/ Is/ Are + S + Ving + O?
Use Examples
+ Future plan I’m flying to China next week.
+ Actions happening now Jan is watching a DVD upstairs.
+ Temporary situations She is working at the museum until the end of the month.

+ Annoying habits (usually with My brother is always borrowing my CDs without asking!
always)

*The present continuous is often used with the following words and phrases: now, at present, right
now, at the moment, today, this week/ month/ year, this summer.

I. Add –ing to the following verbs and put them in the correct columns.
play put read drink write tie
swim lie vie ride fly sleep
drive run cycle die take cut

+ ing -ie  y + ing -e  ing Double consonant + ing

playing,

II. Put the verbs in brackets in Present Continuous.

1. You ________________ (use) my mobile phone!
2. My dad ________________ (wash) his car.
3. It ________________ (not/ rain) today.
4. Who ________________ (she/ chat) to now?
5. What ________________ (you/ do) at the moment?
6. We ________________ (sit) on the train.
7. Students ________________ (have) lunch in the canteen.
8. 'Are you making dinner?' 'Yes, I ________________‘.
9. Look! The cat ________________ (drink) milk.

III. Complete the text with the Present Continuous form of the verbs in the box.
read lie eat cry run sing play fish sit

Laura (1) is sitting under a sunshade. Two boys (2) __________________ around a sandcastle while their
father (3) __________________ a newspaper. Two girls (4) __________________ ice cream while their
mother (5) __________________ along with the radio. Some boys (6) __________________ football near a
man who (7) __________________. Jim (8) __________________ on a beach towel. On his right, a baby
(9) __________________.

IV. Write the questions and answers.

1. (laugh?) 4. (ski?)
Is she laughing? _______________________
No, She isn’t. _______________________
She’s crying. _______________________
 2. (eat?) 5. (dance?)
Is the dog eating? _______________________
Yes, it is. _______________________
It’s eating _______________________

3. (cook?) 6. (fly?)
_______________________ _______________________
_______________________ _______________________
_______________________ _______________________

V. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. doing/ homework/ Betty and Ann/ are / their/./ 5. next week/ are/ They/ moving/./
 Betty and Ann are doing their homework.  ______________________________________
2. children/ TV/ Are/ watching/ the/?/ 6. is/ at/ week/ aunt's/ staying/ this/ Beth/ her/
house/./
 ______________________________________  ______________________________________
3. not/ going/ I/ am/ tonight/ out/./ 7. Lucy/ tidying/ not/ room/ now/ her/ is/./
 ______________________________________  ______________________________________
4. biting/ You/ always/ nails/ are/ your/!/ 8. they/ what/ are/ doing/?/
 ______________________________________  ______________________________________
VI. Answer the questions in the negative. Use your own ideas.
1. Are you doing your homework? 4. Is your dad working on his laptop now?
 No. I’m not. I’m writing in my diary.  ______________________________________
2. Is your mother at the supermarket right now? 5. Are your parents going to the cinema tonight?
 ______________________________________  ______________________________________
3. Are you having a party on Saturday? 6. Is your sister talking on her mobile right now?
 ______________________________________  ______________________________________