Present progressive questions

Present Progressive
Question Short answer Long answer

Yes, he is. Yes, he's sleeping.

Be + subject + V-ing
No, he's not. No, he's not sleeping.
Is Hank sleeping?
No, he isn't. No, he isn't sleeping.

Yes, I am. Yes, I'm sleeping.

Are you sleeping?
No, I'm not. No, I'm not sleeping.

The simple present VS The present progressive

The simple present The present progressive

I walk every day. I'm walking right now.

Statements
She talks every day. She is talking right now.

Do you sit there Are you sitting

every day? there right now?
Questions
Does Tom do homework Is Tom doing homework
every day? right now?

I'm not drinking

I don't drink coffee. hot chocolate right now.
Negatives
She doesn't drink coffee. She is not drinking
hot chocolate right now.
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Practice
Write a present progressive sentence using each verb.

Ex) watch - watching

1 push

2 rain

3 smile

4 read

5 write

6 play

7 die

8 lie
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.

Present Progressive
watching playing eating cooking inviting

1 What are you doing?

I am salad. 1 2
2 Who are you inviting?

I am my friend.

3 What is she doing? 4

She is chess.
3
4 What is Gordon doing?

He is .

5 Is Shawn TV? 5
Yes, he is.

Look at the picture, then fill in the blanks.

eating using drinking eating sleeping

Penny is corn and soda.

Her cat is on the rug.

Her brother is a fork.

He is dinner.
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Choose the correct answers.

1 What are Shawn and Gordon ?

A doing B play C watch

2 they watching TV?

A Aren't B Isn't C Is

3 They are and .

A listen / read B dancing / singing

C dances / sings

4 My mom is cooking in the kitchen.

A the B not C with

5 What they doing? They writing.

A is B am C are
Change the sentences to questions.

Present Progressive
1 Shawn is studying English.
1 2
?

2 Joanna is holding a hamster.

?
3
3 Luc is inviting Flora to his barbecue.

4 Doris is making her famous sauce.

4
?

Oral practice
Complete the action by speaking out sentences with a form of
subject + BE + V-ing.

<Example>
(Owen / do)
A : What is Owen doing? B : Owen is reading a storybook.

A : (Michelle / sleep)

B : (Luc / sing)

C : (He / count)

D : (Flora and Michelle / laugh)

E : (We / dance)
Write sentences using BE (past) + verb + ing.

Odd number(1, 3, 5,...) : use negative form of the verb

Even number(2, 4, 6,...) : use positive form of the verb

Ex) I / watch / comedy show

 I was watching the comedy show. (positive)
 I was not watching the comedy show. (negative)

1 He / drink / coffee

2 They / study / at the library

3 Flora / go / to her friend's house

4 Mrs. Miller / enjoy / the sunshine

5 Doris / read / the newspaper

6 They / swim / near the river / yesterday

7 Joanna / invite / her friends to the party

8 You / listen to the music

9 He / call / his mom

10 Mr. Lee / keep / his wallet

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Past Progressive
Join these words and phrases to make sentences
with was or were.

Diana at school last night.

Darcy in a hospital last year.
Mary at home yesterday.
Paul at the library yesterday.
I in London last week.
She at work last Saturday.

Ex) Diana was doing her homework

at the library yesterday.

6
Write the words in the correct order.

1 Dad / singing / was / in the car.

2 Joanna / was / painting / a picture.

3 teaching / was / Flora / Math.

4 was / making / Mrs. Anderson / spaghetti.

5 was / jogging / Shawn / in the park.

6 Luc / baseball / playing / was / in the field.

7 with his sister / was / Shawn / running.

Read and underline the past progressive form.

Past Progressive
Last Sunday, we were having a party at
Flora's house. Gordon counted 20 people there.
We laughed and played games. It was great.
When we were dancing together,
Flora's mom joined us.
We had a great time.

Unscramble the words to make sentences.

1 Where / you / were / going / yesterday / ?

2 raining / was / It / a lot / last night.

3 listening / you / What / were / to / ?

4 game / watching / They / were / the / baseball /

in / living room / the / last / Friday.
Try More
Rewrite each sentence as a question.

Ex) He was at the movies last night.

- Was he at the movies last night?

1
1 Flora was at home last night.

2 Gordon was at school yesterday.

3 Penny and Ben were at the restaurant last night.

?
2
4 You were at your grandmother's house yesterday afternoon.

5 You were nervous on the first day of class.

3 4 5
 Past Simple I
Complete the sentences.

Ex) Was he busy doing his homework?

Yes, he was busy doing his homework. or
No, he wasn't busy doing his homework.

1 Were you at the barbecue last night? No, .

2 Were you busy yesterday? Yes, .

3 Was your mother happy last night? Yes, .

4 Was Penny excited last week? Yes, .

5 Were you sad yesterday? No, .

6 Were you at the birthday party? Yes, .

7 Were they worried about the test? No, .

8 Was Gordon exercising in the park? Yes, .

Unscramble the words and rewrite the sentences.

1 (you / at the dance lesson / last night / were)

A: ?
B : No, .

2 (you / tired / last night / were)

A: ?
B : Yes, .
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Practice
Change the tense and fill in the blanks.

walk rain ask

1 It often in the morning. It yesterday.

2 I to school every morning.

I to school yesterday morning.

3 Joanna often questions.

She a question in class yesterday.

2
1
3
Use yesterday or last to complete each sentence.

Past Simple II
1 I dreamed about you night. 1
2 Mr. Moss played basketball with Luc .

3 Luc visited his grandmother fall.

4 Mrs. Moss washed the window morning.

2
5 Doris wasn't at home evening.

4
5
3

verb

Change the verbs to the past tense. ed

1 count 6 touch

2 stop 7 jump
3 rain 8 knock
4 stay 9 fix

5 cook 10 care
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Change the verbs to the past tense.

1 wash

2 move

3 pull

4 push

5 open

6 rush

7 practice

8 drop

9 cry

10 smile
Write sentences with the past tense form of the verbs.

Past Simple II
1 Luc climbs a tree.

2 Flora paints a picture.

3 Shawn helps his friend.

4 Joanna wants to make a milkshake.

5 Owen walks to the forest.

6 Gordon plays basketball with his friends.

7 Michelle washes her hands.

Read and underline the past tense form of the verbs.

Last Sunday, we had a party at

Flora's house. Gordon counted
20 people there. We laughed and
played games. It was great.
We danced together
and watched a movie.
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Practice
Underline the irregular verbs and rewrite the
sentences using the past form of the verb.

Ex) I speak in front of the class.

 I spoke in front of the class.

1 Ben gets mail on Monday.

1

2 They go to school together.

3 Penny sleeps for twelve hours.

3
 Irregular Verbs
Write the past form of the verb.

1 bring

2 eat

3 forget

4 grow

5 hold

6 know

7 lend

8 sleep

9 spend

10 think

11 write

12 pay
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Write the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 I (get) up at eight o'clock yesterday morning.

2 Doris (talk) to Flora on the phone last night.

3 Penny and I (eat) lunch at the restaurant two hours ago.

4 Shawn (do) his homework last night.

1
5 Joanna (read) five books yesterday.

6 Doris (write) a letter to Owen yesterday.

2 3 4
6

5
Oral practice
Talk about what you did yesterday.

Ex) eat / apple / lunch

Student : I ate an apple for lunch yesterday.

1 write / letter / class

2 sleep / 10 hours

3 do / magic

4 see / movie

5 feed / dog
 Irregular Verbs
Find the irregular verbs and underline them.

Dear Jason.

Last Monday Dad took us to London for the day.

He drove us there in his car. We stayed at a hotel for a rest.
So dad had a lot to do for us.
We studied everything and touched everything when we went
to the museum.

We had a great time. See you soon.

Jane

Write five irregular verbs.

Compare them with a friend.

My name : Friend name :

1 1

2 2

3 3

4 4

5 5
Complete the sentences with a long answer response.

Ex) Did you wake up your sister?

Yes, I woke up my sister.
No, I didn't wake up my sister.

1 Did you go to the music lesson yesterday?

Yes, .

2 Did he buy a rabbit yesterday?

No, .

3 Did you practice your song last night?

Yes, .

4 Did you sleep last night?

No, .

5 Did it rain last week?

No, .

6 Did you buy some fruit?

No, .
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Past Tense Negative & Yes / No Questions

Complete the sentences with the appropriate words.

went have eat eat was

A : What did you do yesterday?

B: I 1 to a birthday party yesterday.

A : I always 2 a lot of snacks at birthday parties.

B : I didn't 3 anything at the party.

I wasn't hungry.

A : Did they 4 a birthday cake?

B : No, they didn't have a birthday cake.

That 5 a fun party though.

Oral practice

Ex) Teacher : go shopping

Student : I didn't go shopping yesterday.

eat breakfast

play the piano

read the magazine

visit my friends

ride a bicycle
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Present Simple I
Choose the correct answers.
1 My dog and cat (eat / eats) breakfast at 6 every day.
2 My mom (drink / drinks) juice with her breakfast.
3 My sister (take / takes) a shower every night.
4 We (go / goes) to school Monday through Friday.
5 I (go / goes) to the mall every Sunday with my mom.

Write sentences about your habits. Habits

1 eat lunch 9 drink a cup of water

I .
2 put on my clothes
I .
3 get up
I at 7 in the morning.
I .
10 say hi to my classmates
I .
11 take a shower
I .

4 do homework
I .
5 look in the mirror
I every day.
6 brush my teeth
I every day.
7 play outside
I with my friends.
8 read some
I picture books.
Use the words given to make negative sentences.

Ex) Chris / like / tea

 Chris doesn't like tea.

1 Jordan / know / about / Science

2 Mary and Brandon / drink / coffee

3 I / speak / Chinese

4 It / rain / every day

5 You / need / an umbrella

6 We / have / pets
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Present Simple I
How often do you or your friends do the activities
below? Fill in the blanks.
1 I take the bus a week.
2 I go on a trip a year.
3 David sees his cousin a month.
4 Mrs. Owen sees her doctor a year.
5 I drink water a day.

Complete the sentences using the words below.

(Be careful with the form of the verb)

fall read go take see meet leave get pick up

1 I my friends. We each other 5 times a day at school.

2 My dad his office every night at 6:00.
He on a bus to go home.
3 Shawn always a shower before he to sleep.
4 Flora a book and in bed for a while.
5 I saw some leaves in September.

Change all sentences to their negative forms by using

does not or do not.
shave eat put on cook go do speak

1 My friend, Mei, is from China. She Spanish.

2 We to class on Sunday.
3 My dad in the morning.
4 My sister socks when she goes out.
5 Luc his homework on time.
6 I don't like beef. I hamburgers.
7 My mom always cooks. I at all.
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Present Simple II
Write four things that you like using like + noun
in the present simple tense.

1
Ex) I like 2
going to the
mountains. 3
4

Write four things you hate using hate + noun

in the present simple tense.

Ex) 2
I hate bugs.
3
4

Write four things you love using love + noun

in the present simple tense.

Ex) I love the 2

color blue.
3
4
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Write the sentences using love / like / hate.

hate - studying
hate - playing
love - talking
love - swimming
like - reading
like - watching

1 Luc Math.

2 Shawn to friends.

3 My mom soccer.

4 My brother comics.

5 My sister in a pool.

6 Joanna television.
 Present Simple II
Fill in the blanks using the '-ing' form.

Ex) Owen loves eating

cheeseburgers and fries.

1 Gordon and I our bicycles. (love / ride)

2 What instruments do you ?

(love / play)

3 I (hate / see) insects.

4 We (like / learn) new languages.

5 Michelle (hate / go) to the river.