Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 423 · 40 questions

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).

1. 1.I ___ vegetables now. (a) am buying (b) are buying (c) is buying (d) am buy
2. 2.Which is the correct -ing form of “speak”? (a) speakking (b) speakeing (c) speaking
3. 3.___ I playing cricket now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinkking (c) drinkeing
5. 5.Which is the correct -ing form of “make”? (a) makeing (b) makeeing (c) making
6. 6.We ___ lunch right now. (a) are bringing (b) is bringing (c) are bring (d) am bringing
7. 7.___ my friends baking a cake at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
8. 8.I ___ in the park right now. (a) am run (b) are running (c) is running (d) am running
9. 9.___ the students cooking rice right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
10. 10.Which is the correct -ing form of “swim”? (a) swimeing (b) swimming (c) swiming
11. 11.Vivaan ___ Hindi now. (a) are speaking (b) am speaking (c) is speaking (d) is speak
12. 12.Saanvi ___ a cartoon right now. (a) is watch (b) is watching (c) are watching (d) am watching
13. 13.Meera ___ a sandcastle right now. (a) is building (b) are building (c) am building (d) is build
14. 14.Which is the correct -ing form of “wash”? (a) washhing (b) washeing (c) washing
15. 15.Which is the correct -ing form of “carry”? (a) carryeing (b) carrying (c) carryying
16. 16.Yash ___ a sandcastle right now. (a) am building (b) is building (c) are building (d) is build
17. 17.___ Aisha eating a mango now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
18. 18.Which is the correct -ing form of “wear”? (a) weareing (b) wearing (c) wearring
19. 19.We ___ science at the moment. (a) are studying (b) am studying (c) is studying (d) are study
20. 20.My brother ___ a tree right now. (a) are planting (b) am planting (c) is planting (d) is plant
21. 21.___ we flying a kite right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
22. 22.You ___ Hindi now. (a) am speaking (b) is speaking (c) are speak (d) are speaking
23. 23.Which is the correct -ing form of “help”? (a) helpeing (b) helping (c) helpping
24. 24.___ my friends building a sandcastle right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
25. 25.___ you climbing a tree now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
26. 26.I ___ the bag right now. (a) am carry (b) are carrying (c) is carrying (d) am carrying
27. 27.You ___ a picture now. (a) am drawing (b) is drawing (c) are draw (d) are drawing
28. 28.Which is the correct -ing form of “clean”? (a) cleanning (b) cleaning (c) cleaneing
29. 29.He ___ a kite right now. (a) are flying (b) is flying (c) am flying (d) is fly
30. 30.___ they jogging in the park at the moment? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
31. 31.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) rideing (b) riding (c) rideeing
32. 32.He ___ the ball now. (a) am throwing (b) is throwing (c) are throwing (d) is throw
33. 33.They ___ in the pool right now. (a) is swimming (b) am swimming (c) are swimming (d) are swim
34. 34.___ we catching the ball right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
35. 35.Yash ___ milk at the moment. (a) are drinking (b) am drinking (c) is drink (d) is drinking
36. 36.You ___ the ball now. (a) are catch (b) am catching (c) is catching (d) are catching
37. 37.He ___ the ball right now. (a) is throw (b) am throwing (c) are throwing (d) is throwing
38. 38.Which is the correct -ing form of “climb”? (a) climbbing (b) climbeing (c) climbing
39. 39.I ___ a tree at the moment. (a) are climbing (b) am climb (c) is climbing (d) am climbing
40. 40.Which is the correct -ing form of “plant”? (a) planting (b) planteing (c) plantting

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