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Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 391 · 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.She ___ a mango at the moment. (a) is eat (b) am eating (c) is eating (d) are eating
  2. 2.___ my brother swimming in the pool right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  3. 3.Which is the correct -ing form of “go”? (a) gooing (b) goeing (c) going
  4. 4.___ Omkar cooking rice now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  5. 5.___ we studying science at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  6. 6.They ___ the room now. (a) am cleaning (b) are clean (c) are cleaning (d) is cleaning
  7. 7.___ you climbing a tree right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  8. 8.My brother ___ a mango now. (a) is eat (b) are eating (c) is eating (d) am eating
  9. 9.Which is the correct -ing form of “cook”? (a) cookking (b) cookeing (c) cooking
  10. 10.___ we building a sandcastle right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  11. 11.You ___ a picture right now. (a) are drawing (b) are draw (c) am drawing (d) is drawing
  12. 12.___ we watching a cartoon right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  13. 13.Which is the correct -ing form of “sing”? (a) singeing (b) singing (c) singging
  14. 14.___ I feeding the dog now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  15. 15.Which is the correct -ing form of “wear”? (a) weareing (b) wearring (c) wearing
  16. 16.Which is the correct -ing form of “jog”? (a) jogeing (b) jogging (c) joging
  17. 17.Which is the correct -ing form of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speakeing (c) speakking
  18. 18.Aditya ___ in the park now. (a) are jogging (b) is jogging (c) am jogging (d) is jog
  19. 19.We ___ tea at the moment. (a) are make (b) are making (c) am making (d) is making
  20. 20.They ___ on the stage right now. (a) are dancing (b) is dancing (c) am dancing (d) are dance
  21. 21.We ___ a kite now. (a) is flying (b) are fly (c) are flying (d) am flying
  22. 22.___ I jogging in the park now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  23. 23.___ I planting a tree at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  24. 24.Which is the correct -ing form of “play”? (a) playying (b) playeing (c) playing
  25. 25.We ___ a sandcastle at the moment. (a) are build (b) is building (c) are building (d) am building
  26. 26.Which is the correct -ing form of “study”? (a) studyying (b) studying (c) studyeing
  27. 27.___ she planting a tree at the moment? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  28. 28.I ___ tea right now. (a) are making (b) am making (c) is making (d) am make
  29. 29.You ___ the ball at the moment. (a) are catch (b) am catching (c) is catching (d) are catching
  30. 30.___ Yash building a sandcastle right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  31. 31.Which is the correct -ing form of “build”? (a) buildding (b) building (c) buildeing
  32. 32.___ we bringing lunch right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  33. 33.Which is the correct -ing form of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flyeing (c) flyying
  34. 34.___ he drinking milk now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  35. 35.___ they speaking Hindi right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  36. 36.___ my brother playing cricket at the moment? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  37. 37.Which is the correct -ing form of “make”? (a) making (b) makeing (c) makeeing
  38. 38.He ___ a message now. (a) am sending (b) is send (c) are sending (d) is sending
  39. 39.Which is the correct -ing form of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) draweing (c) drawwing
  40. 40.___ my brother sending a message at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are

Answer key

  1. is eating
  2. Is
  3. going
  4. Is
  5. Are
  6. are cleaning
  7. Are
  8. is eating
  9. cooking
  10. Are
  11. are drawing
  12. Are
  13. singing
  14. Am
  15. wearing
  16. jogging
  17. speaking
  18. is jogging
  19. are making
  20. are dancing
  21. are flying
  22. Am
  23. Am
  24. playing
  25. are building
  26. studying
  27. Is
  28. am making
  29. are catching
  30. Is
  31. building
  32. Are
  33. flying
  34. Is
  35. Are
  36. Is
  37. making
  38. is sending
  39. drawing
  40. Is

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