PRESENT CONTINOUS

 

Exercise: Put the verb in brackets in the correct form to make different form of the Present Continuous Tense.

1. John is reading (read) a book now.

2. What are you doing (you do) tonight?

3. Jack and Peter are working(work) late today.

4. Silvia is not listening (not listen) to music.

5. Maria is sitting (sit) next to Paul.

6. How many other students are you studying (you study) with?

7. The phone is not ringing (not ring).

8. John is reading (read) a book now

Exercises completed sentences with present continuous tenses

1. What are you doing (you do) tonight?

 2. Jack and Peter are working (work) late today.

 3. Silvia is not listening (not listen) to music.

 4. Maria is sitting (sit) next to Paul.

 5. How many other students are you studying (you study) with?

6. The phone is not ringing (not ring).

Present Continuous Tense - More Practice

1. for I'm my glasses. Looking

I'm looking for my glasses.

 2. reading? book of are What you kind

What kind of book are you reading?

3. crying? is Why Pamela

Why is Pamela crying?

4. is studying economics Kharkov National at University. Paul

Paul is studying economics at Kharkov National University.

 5. Why is everyone laughing?

Why is laughing everyone?

6. you me? Are for waiting

Are you waiting for me?

  7. are leaving? When you

When you are leaving?

 8. Saudi working is in Arabia John the at moment.

John is working in Saudi Arabia at the moment.

 9. company for working Jennifer same as the Is you?

Is Jennifer working for the same company as you?

10 next party you do having come? want I'm a Saturday – to

I'm having a party next Saturday - do you want to come?

Instructions

Write a question in the present continuous based on each statement.

Example

 ~ I’m cooking something.

 ~ What are you cooking?

1 I'm writing something.

What are you writing?

2 They're painting something.

 What are they painting?

3 She's eating something.

What is she eating?

4 I'm drinking something.

What are you drinking?

5 He's holding something

What is he holding?

6 I'm going somewhere.

What are you going?

7 She's driving somewhere.

What is she driving?

 8 I'm waiting for somebody.

What are you waiting for?

 9 He's talking to somebody.

What is he talking to?

Fill in the missing words

 1. My brother Ram, is staying (stay) in California at present.

2. Mr. Sharma is watching (watch) IPL on TV at the moment

 3. For the time being, Linda is working (work) as a principal.

 4. Listen! Somebody is playing (play) at upstairs.

 5. Look at that man! He is wearing (wear) a green uniform. He must be a police officer.

6. Right now, I am in the class, sitting (sit) at my desk.

 7. They are watching (watch) TV now.

8. The boy is sleeping (sleep) since noon.

Rewrite the sentences in interrogative form

 Eg. The children are watching TV now.

 Answer: Are the children watching TV now?

1. Arman is having breakfast now.

Is Arman having breakfast now?

2. Anton is answering the call at the moment.

Is Anton answering the call at the moment?

 3. I am helping Linda with her work today.

Am I helping Linda with her work today?

4. The nice girls are washing dishes.

Are the girls nice washing dishes?

5. The student is sleeping in the class.

Is the student sleeping in the class?

 6. It is raining heavily now.

Is it raining heavily now?

7. The students are writing an essay.

Are the students writing an essay?

8. You are doing this exercise correctly.

Are you doing this exercise correctly?

9. The cat is drinking milk.

Is the cat dringking milk?

10.The girl is singing a Dangdut song.

Is the girls singing a dangdut song?

Rewrite the sentences in interrogative form

Eg. The children are watching TV now.

 Answer: The child is NOT watching TV now.

1. Arman is having breakfast now.

Arman is not having breakfast now.

2. Anton is answering the call at the moment.

Anton is not answering the call at the moment

 3. I am helping Linda with her work today.

I am not helping Linda with her work today

4. The nice girls are washing dishes.

The nice girls are not washing dishes

5. The student is sleeping in the class.

The students is not sleeping in the class

 6. It is raining heavily now.

It is not raining heavily now

7. The students are writing an essay.

The students are not writing an essay

8. You are doing this exercise correctly.

You are not doing the exercise correctly

9. The dog is drinking milk.

The dog is not dringking milk.

10.The girl is singing a Dangdut song.

The girl is not singing a Dangdut song

Fill in the missing words choosing the appropriate word from those given in the bracket

1. The Earth moves round the Sun. (is moving/moves)

 2. Can I have some milk before I go to bed? (am going/go)

 3. He has a mill in the town. (is having/has)

 4. Don't disturb me. I am doing my homework. (am doing/do)

5. Anu wants to be a doctor. (is wanting/wants)

 6. She is playing Piano in the concert tomorrow. (is playing/plays)

 7. The headmaster is wanting to speak to you. (is wanting/wants)

 8. I am smelling something burning. (am smelling/smell)

 9. The boys are always fighting among themselves. (fighting/fight)

 10.The doctor is examining the patient now. (is examining/examines)

11.I am learning English these days. (am learning/learn)

 12.The doctor examines (is examining/examines) the patient thoroughly

13.and prescribes (is prescribing/prescribes) some medicines.

14.Trained dogs fetch the ball as soon as it is thrown. (are fetching/fetch)

15.We are expecting a rich crop this year. (are expecting/expect)

Rearrange the given words in proper order to form a meaningful sentence,

1. market/Shanti/going/to/is/the

Shanti is going to the market

 2. walks/school/Linda/to/everyday

Linda walks to school everyday

3. they/playing/park/the/in/are/cricket/?

Are they playing cricket in the park?

 4. laughing/clown/at/funny/Anisha/is/the

Anisha is laughing at the funny clown

 5. music/not/lessons/Anton /taking/is

Anton is not taking music lessons

6. Linda /not/doll/playing/is/her/with

Linda is not playing her with doll

 7. walking/towards/is/Susi/bus-stop/?/the

Is susi walking towards the bus-stop?

8. milk/not/Tono/is/drinking.

Tono is not drinking milk

9. work/students/hard/exams/during

Students work hard during exams

 10. going/start/to/show/is/in/a/minutes/few/the

The show is going to start in a few minutes