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Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 117 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (am / is / are + -ing): Time words: now, right now, at the moment, Look! I am + -ing; he / she / it / one name is + -ing; you / we / they are + -ing. -ing spelling: drop a silent e (dance → dancing); double one last consonant after one short vowel (swim → swimming, run → running).

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  1. 1.Which is the correct -ing form of “throw”? (a) throweing (b) throwing (c) throwwing
  2. 2.___ he playing cricket right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  3. 3.___ my brother running in the park at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  4. 4.___ my sister cooking rice right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  5. 5.___ he studying science now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  6. 6.Which is the correct -ing form of “watch”? (a) watcheing (b) watching (c) watchhing
  7. 7.Ishaan ___ the ball right now. (a) is throw (b) are throwing (c) is throwing (d) am throwing
  8. 8.Which is the correct -ing form of “plant”? (a) planting (b) plantting (c) planteing
  9. 9.Which is the correct -ing form of “win”? (a) wining (b) wineing (c) winning
  10. 10.Which is the correct -ing form of “feed”? (a) feedeing (b) feedding (c) feeding
  11. 11.We ___ a bicycle at the moment. (a) am riding (b) are riding (c) is riding (d) are ride
  12. 12.Dev ___ a picture now. (a) are drawing (b) am drawing (c) is draw (d) is drawing
  13. 13.She ___ on the stage at the moment. (a) is dance (b) is dancing (c) am dancing (d) are dancing
  14. 14.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rideing (c) rideeing
  15. 15.___ we jogging in the park now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  16. 16.___ I washing the dishes right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  17. 17.___ we drinking milk right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  18. 18.Which is the correct -ing form of “run”? (a) running (b) runing (c) runeing
  19. 19.___ you studying science now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  20. 20.Which is the correct -ing form of “jog”? (a) jogeing (b) joging (c) jogging
  21. 21.Pooja ___ a kite right now. (a) is flying (b) are flying (c) is fly (d) am flying
  22. 22.___ she winning the match now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  23. 23.I ___ a mango now. (a) are eating (b) am eating (c) am eat (d) is eating
  24. 24.___ we planting a tree now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  25. 25.___ my sister telling a story at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  26. 26.___ the children washing the dishes right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  27. 27.___ we climbing a tree right now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  28. 28.Which is the correct -ing form of “cook”? (a) cooking (b) cookking (c) cookeing
  29. 29.You ___ to school at the moment. (a) am going (b) is going (c) are go (d) are going
  30. 30.He ___ a mango right now. (a) is eat (b) are eating (c) is eating (d) am eating
  31. 31.___ my sister catching the ball now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  32. 32.Sneha ___ rice now. (a) are cooking (b) is cook (c) is cooking (d) am cooking
  33. 33.Which is the correct -ing form of “write”? (a) writeeing (b) writeing (c) writing
  34. 34.They ___ rice now. (a) am cooking (b) is cooking (c) are cooking (d) are cook
  35. 35.We ___ the match at the moment. (a) are winning (b) are win (c) am winning (d) is winning
  36. 36.___ you swimming in the pool now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  37. 37.He ___ in the pool now. (a) am swimming (b) is swimming (c) is swim (d) are swimming
  38. 38.I ___ a cake now. (a) is baking (b) am baking (c) am bake (d) are baking
  39. 39.He ___ a kite right now. (a) is fly (b) am flying (c) are flying (d) is flying
  40. 40.Which is the correct -ing form of “clean”? (a) cleaneing (b) cleaning (c) cleanning

Answer key

  1. throwing
  2. Is
  3. Is
  4. Is
  5. Is
  6. watching
  7. is throwing
  8. planting
  9. winning
  10. feeding
  11. are riding
  12. is drawing
  13. is dancing
  14. riding
  15. Are
  16. Am
  17. Are
  18. running
  19. Are
  20. jogging
  21. is flying
  22. Is
  23. am eating
  24. Are
  25. Is
  26. Are
  27. Are
  28. cooking
  29. are going
  30. is eating
  31. Is
  32. is cooking
  33. writing
  34. are cooking
  35. are winning
  36. Are
  37. is swimming
  38. am baking
  39. is flying
  40. cleaning

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