Name: ________________________ Date: ____________________

Please fill in the gaps by adding the verb to be and changing the verb in the brackets into the continuous
tense (-ing).

Example: Tomas is reading ‘Gone with the wind’. (Read)

1. Janet _____________ for her exams. Now, she is in the kitchen eating her dinner. (Study)

2. I _______________ medicine. (Study)

3. Tom _______________ in Australia. Maybe he will come after a year. (live)

4. Jenny _______________ in Japan. That’s why she ______________ Japanese. (Live/ learn)

5. I __________________ Harry Potter; the book I am reading is ‘Gone with the wind’. ( not read)

6. Karen __________________ a new house.(not build)

Answers
1. Janet is studying for her exams. Now, she is in the kitchen eating her dinner. (Study)

2. I am studying medicine. (Study)

3. Tom is living in Australia. Maybe he will come after a year. (live)

4. Jenny is living in Japan. That’s why she is learning Japanese. (Live/ learn)

5. I am not reading Harry Potter; the book I’m reading is ‘Gone with the wind’. ( not read)

6. Karen is not building a new house.(Not build)