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Present Continuous Tense

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____ they coming over for dinner?

a)

Is

b)

Are

c)

Am

2.

Maxwell _____ not sleeping on our sofa.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

am

3.

My mother-in-law is _____ at our house this week.

a)

staying

b)

be staying

c)

stay

4.

I _____ my dinner right now.

a)

eat

b)

eating

c)

am eating

5.

My sister _____ Spanish.

a)

learned

b)

learn

c)

is learning

6.

I _____ at the hair salon until September.

a)

am working

b)

work

c)

be working

7.

We _____ at a fancy restaurant tonight. Jason decided this yesterday.

a)

eat

b)

are eating

c)

be eating

8.

They are _____ a new shopping mall downtown.

a)

oppening

b)

openning

c)

opening

9.

Melissa is _____ down on her bed.

a)

lieing

b)

liying

c)

lying

10.

Put the sentence in order and create a suitable form of Present Continuous Tense.


Sarah/have/breakfast?

a)

Is having Sarah breakfast?

b)

Sarah is having breakfast?

c)

Is Sarah having breakfast?

d)

Sarah having is breakfast?

11.

Choose the correct adverb of time used in Present Continuous Tense.


My father is making coffee ____________.

a)

next week

b)

2 weeks ago

c)

at the moment

d)

Yesterday

12.

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?

a)

I am living in London until I find a flat in Amsterdam

b)

My mother is washing the dishes right now.

c)

Julie is staying with her friend for a week.

d)

John is working in a bar until he finds a job in his field.

13.

We use Present Continuous Tense when we complaint about bad habits.


Which sentence below is not an example of this usage?

a)

James is forever losing his keys!

b)

James is constantly missing the train.

c)

Lucy is always smiling!

d)

He is playing chess at the moment.

14.

How do you form the Present Continuous Tense

a)

You use the "to be" + the -ing form of your verb

b)

You use the verb "to have" + the -ing form of your verb

15.

When do we use the Present Continuous Tense

a)

To say what we do every day (repeated action)

b)

To say what we are doing at the moment (action happening now)

c)

To say what we did yesterday (completed action in the past)