PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRACTICE

1. Add –ing to these verbs:

go ………… study …………… sing
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dance ………… run ……………… stop
…………… 4. Put the words in the correct order to make
read …………… eat ……………… watch sentences.

1. this is lessons week Tom skipping

2. Fill in the blanks with a verb from exercise 1. ………………………………………………………
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1. Sally ………………………… rock & roll with 2. listening Sue and not the to Pam maths are
John. teacher
2. …………… Adam ……………… football? ………………………………………………………
3. My parents ………………………… to Paris next ………………
month. 3. the are cinema you What to ? time going
4. Carol ……………………………… (not) a book, ………………………………………………………
she ………………… a nice song. ………………
5. ………… your brother…………… maths now? 4. his Lewis My cycling is father with friend
6. Hurry up, Mathew! The bus ………………………………………………………
……………………… ………………
7. We ………………………… our favourite TV 5. your Tom Why doing ? you aren’t homework
series. ………………………………………………………
8. The students ………………………… (not) in the ………………
park; they ………………………… at the canteen. 6. very am book reading I a boring
9. “……………… you ………………, Tom?” “Of
course, not, Pam!”
10. The children …………………………… to 5. Correct the mistakes if necessary.
school now.
1. Sam is eatting a sandwich now.
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2. Is the children studing? Yes, they are.
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3. My mum is haveing tea with her friends.
3. Make affirmative (+), negative (-) or interrogative
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(?) sentences. Add the necessary words.
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4. I am learning French at school.
1. Mary/ play/ piano (+)
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5. Granny is kniting a sweater for Pete.
2. My friends / go/ shopping/ evening (?)
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6. Why is the dog barkking tonight?
3. Dan/ have/ bath (-)
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7. My friends are dancing samba now.
4. Miss Jones/ talk/ Paul’s mother (+)
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8. Is it rainning heavily now?
5. Peter/ come/ dinner/ tonight (?)
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9. Dad is smokeing again!
6. I/ swim/ Monday/ morning (-)
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1.
GOING STUDYING SINGING
DANCING RUNNING STOPPING
READING EATING WATCHING
PLAYING SMOKING TRAVELLING
2.
1. Sally IS DANCING rock & roll with John.
2. IS Adam PLAYING football?
3. My parents ARE TRAVELLING to Paris next
month.
4. Carol ISN’T READING (not) a book, she IS
SINGING a nice song.
5. IS your brother STUDYING maths now?
6. Hurry up, Mathew! The bus IS STOPPING.
7. We ARE WATCHING our favourite TV series.
8. The students AREN’T RUNNING (not) in the
park; they ARE EATING at the canteen.
9. “ARE you SMOKING, Tom?” “Of course, not,
Pam!”
10. The children ARE GOING to school now.
3.
1. Mary IS PLAYING THE piano
2. ARE YOUR friends GOING shopping IN THE
evening (?)
3. Dan ISN’T HAVING A bath.
4. Miss Jones IS TALKING TO Paul’s mother.
5. IS Peter COMING FOR dinner tonight?
6. I’M NOT SWIMMING ON Monday morning.
7. Our neighbours ARE HAVING A noisy party.
8. IS Dad WORKING IN THE/HIS office?
4.
1. TOM IS SKIPPING LESSONS THIS WEEK
2. SUE AND PAM ARE NOT LISTENING TO THE
MATHS TEACHER
3. WHAT TIME ARE YOU GOING TO THE
CINEMA?
4. MY FATHER IS CYCLING WITH HIS FRIEND
LEWIS
5. WHY AREN’T YOU DOING YOUR
HOMEWORK, TOM?
6. I AM READING A VERY BORING BOOK
7. IT IS RAINING CATS AND DOGS
8. WHAT ARE YOU COOKING FOR LUNCH,
DAD?
5. Correct the mistakes if necessary.
1. Sam is EATING a sandwich now.
2. ARE the children STUDYING? Yes, they are.
3. My mum is HAVING tea with her friends.
4. I am learning French at school.
5. Granny is KNITTING a sweater for Pete.
6. Why is the dog BARKING tonight?
7. My friends are dancing samba now.
8. Is it RAINING heavily now?
9. Dad is SMOKING again!
10. Why aren’t you doing the housework?