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Present continuous questions

This exercise gives students listening and fluency practice when using the present
continuous in question and answer form. Elicit full sentence responses from the
students using the questions below.

1. Are you sitting on a chair now?

2. Are you sitting on the floor now?
3. Are you standing [up] now?
4. Is it raining outside now?
5. Is it snowing outside now?
6. Are we singing now?
7. Are we dancing now?
8. Am I dancing now?
9. Am I singing now?
10. Is XXXX singing now?
11. Is XXXX eating now?
12. Are you eating now?
13. Are you drinking now?
14. Are we watching television now?
15. Are we playing tennis now?
16. Are we eating having lunch now?
17. Are we having dinner now?
18. Are you reading a book now?
19. Are you having an English lesson now?
20. Are you listening to me?
21. Are you sitting in front of me or behind me?
22. Am I standing in front of you or behind you?
23. Am I talking to you or to XXXX?
24. Are you looking at me or at XXXX?
25. Am I looking at you or at XXXX?
26. Am I speaking English or am I speaking XXXX?
27. Am I asking you questions or are you asking me questions?
28. Are you answering my questions or XXXX’s questions?
29. Are we standing up or sitting down?
30. Are we sitting on chairs?

* When you have elicited responses from students, instruct them to repeat the
exercise with their peers

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