PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Exercise 1: Circle the correct answer.

1. Have you got an umbrella? It ........................... to rain.

a. is starting     b. are starting

c. am starting     d. start

2. You .................... a lot of noise. Can you be quieter? I ............... to concentrate.

a. is makeing/am trying     b. are makeing/ am trying

c. are making/ am trying     d. is making/ am trying

3. Why are all these people here? What ......................... ?

a. am happening     b. are happening

c. is happening     d. is happening

4. Your English ................. . How do you learn?

a. is improving     b. are improving

c. improve     d. improving

5. I want to lose weight, so this week I ................ lunch.

a. am not eating     b. isn’t eating

c. aren’t eating     d. amn’t eating

6. Let’s go out now. It ................... any more.

a. am raining     b. is raining

c. are raining     d. raining

7. You can turn off the radio. I ............. to it.

a. are not listening     b. isn’t listening

c. am not listening     d. don’t listening

8. Kate phoned me last night. She is on holiday in France. She ...... a great time and doesn’t want to
come back.

a. is haveing     b. are having

c. am having     d. is having

Exercise 2: Give the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. Look! The car ……is going………(go) so fast.

2. Listen! Someone …………… (cry) in the next room.

3. Your brother …………… (sit) next to the beautiful girl over there at present?

4. Now they …………… (try) to pass the examination.

5. It’s 12 o’clock, and my parents …………… (cook) lunch in the kitchen.

Exercise 3: Read this conversation between Brian and Sarah. Put the verbs into the correct
form.

Sarah: Brian! How nice to see you! What (1)_are you doing_(you/ do) these days?

Brian: I (2)______________(train) to be a supermarket manager.

Sarah: Really? What’s it like? (3) _____________(you/ enjoy) it?

Brian: It’s all right. What about you?

Sarah: Well, actually I (4) __________(not/ work) at the moment. I (5) ______(try) to find a job but
it’s not easy. But I’m very busy. I (6) _________(decorate) my flat.

Brian: (7) _________(you/ do) it alone?

Sarah: No, some friends of mine (8) ___________(help) me.

Hiển thị đáp án
Bài 1
1. a. is starting

2. c. are making/ am trying

3. c. is happening

4. a. is improving

5. A. am not eating

6. b. is raining

7. c. am not listening

8. d. is having

Bài 2:

1.is going

2.is crying

3. Is your brother sitting

4. are trying

5. are cooking

Bài 3
(1) Are you doing

(2) Am training

(3) Are you enjoying

(4) Am not working

(5) Am trying

(6) Am decorating

(7) Are you doing

(8) Are helping