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Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 401 · 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.___ he climbing a tree now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  2. 2.___ I throwing the ball right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  3. 3.Which is the correct -ing form of “write”? (a) writeing (b) writeeing (c) writing
  4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buyying (b) buying (c) buyeing
  5. 5.___ they watching a cartoon now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  6. 6.___ she feeding the dog at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  7. 7.Which is the correct -ing form of “win”? (a) wining (b) wineing (c) winning
  8. 8.___ my friends riding a bicycle now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  9. 9.They ___ a song now. (a) are sing (b) is singing (c) are singing (d) am singing
  10. 10.___ she jogging in the park now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  11. 11.He ___ the dishes right now. (a) am washing (b) is washing (c) is wash (d) are washing
  12. 12.He ___ on the stage now. (a) is dance (b) am dancing (c) are dancing (d) is dancing
  13. 13.Which is the correct -ing form of “eat”? (a) eatting (b) eateing (c) eating
  14. 14.___ the students running in the park at the moment? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  15. 15.___ Farhan cooking rice at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  16. 16.___ I making tea right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  17. 17.___ my friends flying a kite right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  18. 18.Which is the correct -ing form of “clean”? (a) cleanning (b) cleaneing (c) cleaning
  19. 19.They ___ a tree at the moment. (a) am planting (b) are plant (c) are planting (d) is planting
  20. 20.Arjun ___ the match right now. (a) are winning (b) is winning (c) am winning (d) is win
  21. 21.We ___ a letter now. (a) am writing (b) is writing (c) are writing (d) are write
  22. 22.They ___ rice at the moment. (a) are cook (b) am cooking (c) is cooking (d) are cooking
  23. 23.___ I drawing a picture at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  24. 24.Which is the correct -ing form of “throw”? (a) throwwing (b) throwing (c) throweing
  25. 25.Which is the correct -ing form of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringging (c) bringeing
  26. 26.___ she catching the ball now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  27. 27.___ Kabir baking a cake now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  28. 28.Which is the correct -ing form of “bake”? (a) bakeeing (b) bakeing (c) baking
  29. 29.___ Meera flying a kite now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  30. 30.My sister ___ to school right now. (a) is going (b) am going (c) is go (d) are going
  31. 31.___ Ira feeding the dog at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  32. 32.Which is the correct -ing form of “run”? (a) runeing (b) runing (c) running
  33. 33.Omkar ___ rice now. (a) are cooking (b) am cooking (c) is cook (d) is cooking
  34. 34.We ___ to school right now. (a) is going (b) are going (c) are go (d) am going
  35. 35.We ___ the dishes at the moment. (a) am washing (b) are washing (c) are wash (d) is washing
  36. 36.Kavya ___ milk right now. (a) is drink (b) are drinking (c) am drinking (d) is drinking
  37. 37.___ I drawing a picture right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  38. 38.Aisha ___ a cap right now. (a) is wearing (b) are wearing (c) am wearing (d) is wear
  39. 39.You ___ in the park at the moment. (a) are jog (b) is jogging (c) am jogging (d) are jogging
  40. 40.___ he buying vegetables now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are

Answer key

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

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