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English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 197 · 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 “jog”? (a) joging (b) jogging (c) jogeing
  2. 2.Which is the correct -ing form of “drink”? (a) drinkeing (b) drinkking (c) drinking
  3. 3.My brother ___ milk now. (a) are drinking (b) is drinking (c) am drinking (d) is drink
  4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “watch”? (a) watcheing (b) watching (c) watchhing
  5. 5.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) rideeing (b) rideing (c) riding
  6. 6.Which is the correct -ing form of “bake”? (a) bakeeing (b) baking (c) bakeing
  7. 7.Which is the correct -ing form of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speakking (c) speakeing
  8. 8.He ___ the room now. (a) is cleaning (b) is clean (c) am cleaning (d) are cleaning
  9. 9.Which is the correct -ing form of “bring”? (a) bringeing (b) bringing (c) bringging
  10. 10.I ___ in the park at the moment. (a) are jogging (b) is jogging (c) am jog (d) am jogging
  11. 11.She ___ lunch right now. (a) am bringing (b) is bringing (c) are bringing (d) is bring
  12. 12.He ___ a picture now. (a) is draw (b) am drawing (c) is drawing (d) are drawing
  13. 13.Which is the correct -ing form of “build”? (a) buildding (b) building (c) buildeing
  14. 14.They ___ the dishes now. (a) am washing (b) is washing (c) are washing (d) are wash
  15. 15.Which is the correct -ing form of “make”? (a) makeing (b) making (c) makeeing
  16. 16.We ___ tea at the moment. (a) are making (b) is making (c) are make (d) am making
  17. 17.___ I catching the ball right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  18. 18.Which is the correct -ing form of “dance”? (a) danceing (b) dancing (c) danceeing
  19. 19.___ she telling a story right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  20. 20.Which is the correct -ing form of “run”? (a) runing (b) runeing (c) running
  21. 21.___ you feeding the dog at the moment? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  22. 22.___ Diya feeding the dog now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  23. 23.Which is the correct -ing form of “climb”? (a) climbing (b) climbbing (c) climbeing
  24. 24.They ___ a sandcastle right now. (a) am building (b) are build (c) are building (d) is building
  25. 25.___ he sending a message at the moment? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  26. 26.___ Kabir telling a story now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  27. 27.You ___ a message right now. (a) are sending (b) am sending (c) is sending (d) are send
  28. 28.___ you throwing the ball now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  29. 29.Which is the correct -ing form of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telleing (c) tellling
  30. 30.He ___ to school now. (a) am going (b) is go (c) is going (d) are going
  31. 31.___ I drawing a picture right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  32. 32.Which is the correct -ing form of “play”? (a) playying (b) playeing (c) playing
  33. 33.She ___ vegetables now. (a) are buying (b) is buy (c) am buying (d) is buying
  34. 34.You ___ in the pool right now. (a) am swimming (b) are swimming (c) is swimming (d) are swim
  35. 35.Manav ___ rice at the moment. (a) is cooking (b) are cooking (c) is cook (d) am cooking
  36. 36.Which is the correct -ing form of “carry”? (a) carryeing (b) carrying (c) carryying
  37. 37.You ___ lunch now. (a) am bringing (b) are bring (c) are bringing (d) is bringing
  38. 38.You ___ tea at the moment. (a) am making (b) is making (c) are making (d) are make
  39. 39.Which is the correct -ing form of “go”? (a) goeing (b) going (c) gooing
  40. 40.___ my cousins studying science now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is

Answer key

  1. jogging
  2. drinking
  3. is drinking
  4. watching
  5. riding
  6. baking
  7. speaking
  8. is cleaning
  9. bringing
  10. am jogging
  11. is bringing
  12. is drawing
  13. building
  14. are washing
  15. making
  16. are making
  17. Am
  18. dancing
  19. Is
  20. running
  21. Are
  22. Is
  23. climbing
  24. are building
  25. Is
  26. Is
  27. are sending
  28. Are
  29. telling
  30. is going
  31. Am
  32. playing
  33. is buying
  34. are swimming
  35. is cooking
  36. carrying
  37. are bringing
  38. are making
  39. going
  40. Are

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