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WorksheetsPresent Continuous Tense
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
_____ they coming over for dinner?
Is
Are
Am
Maxwell _____ not sleeping on our sofa.
is
are
am
My mother-in-law is _____ at our house this week.
staying
be staying
stay
I _____ my dinner right now.
eat
eating
am eating
My sister _____ Spanish.
learned
learn
is learning
I _____ at the hair salon until September.
am working
work
be working
We _____ at a fancy restaurant tonight. Jason decided this yesterday.
eat
are eating
be eating
They are _____ a new shopping mall downtown.
oppening
openning
opening
Melissa is _____ down on her bed.
lieing
liying
lying
Put the sentence in order and create a suitable form of Present Continuous Tense.
Sarah/have/breakfast?
Is having Sarah breakfast?
Sarah is having breakfast?
Is Sarah having breakfast?
Sarah having is breakfast?
Choose the correct adverb of time used in Present Continuous Tense.
My father is making coffee ____________.
next week
2 weeks ago
at the moment
Yesterday
We use Present Continuous Tense for temporary situations, even if the action isn't happening at this moment.
Which sentence below is not an example of this usage?
I am living in London until I find a flat in Amsterdam
My mother is washing the dishes right now.
Julie is staying with her friend for a week.
John is working in a bar until he finds a job in his field.
We use Present Continuous Tense when we complaint about bad habits.
Which sentence below is not an example of this usage?
James is forever losing his keys!
James is constantly missing the train.
Lucy is always smiling!
He is playing chess at the moment.
How do you form the Present Continuous Tense
You use the "to be" + the -ing form of your verb
You use the verb "to have" + the -ing form of your verb
When do we use the Present Continuous Tense
To say what we do every day (repeated action)
To say what we are doing at the moment (action happening now)
To say what we did yesterday (completed action in the past)
