Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 45 · 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 ___ milk at the moment. (a) am drink (b) is drinking (c) are drinking (d) am drinking
2. 2.___ my brother writing a letter now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
3. 3.___ they telling a story now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
4. 4.___ my brother baking a cake at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
5. 5.We ___ a picture at the moment. (a) are draw (b) am drawing (c) is drawing (d) are drawing
6. 6.She ___ rice now. (a) am cooking (b) are cooking (c) is cooking (d) is cook
7. 7.My parents ___ a kite now. (a) is flying (b) are flying (c) am flying (d) are fly
8. 8.My brother ___ a letter now. (a) is write (b) are writing (c) am writing (d) is writing
9. 9.Yash ___ a letter right now. (a) am writing (b) is write (c) is writing (d) are writing
10. 10.___ Pooja drinking milk at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
11. 11.Meera ___ vegetables now. (a) am buying (b) is buying (c) are buying (d) is buy
12. 12.Which is the correct -ing form of “tell”? (a) telling (b) tellling (c) telleing
13. 13.___ the students planting a tree now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
14. 14.Which is the correct -ing form of “dance”? (a) danceing (b) dancing (c) danceeing
15. 15.Which is the correct -ing form of “go”? (a) goeing (b) going (c) gooing
16. 16.He ___ lunch at the moment. (a) is bringing (b) am bringing (c) is bring (d) are bringing
17. 17.My brother ___ the train at the moment. (a) are taking (b) is take (c) is taking (d) am taking
18. 18.Saanvi ___ the bag right now. (a) am carrying (b) is carry (c) is carrying (d) are carrying
19. 19.___ he throwing the ball right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
20. 20.They ___ Hindi at the moment. (a) is speaking (b) am speaking (c) are speak (d) are speaking
21. 21.Which is the correct -ing form of “clean”? (a) cleaning (b) cleaneing (c) cleanning
22. 22.___ we flying a kite at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
23. 23.You ___ a story at the moment. (a) is telling (b) are tell (c) are telling (d) am telling
24. 24.Which is the correct -ing form of “bring”? (a) bringeing (b) bringging (c) bringing
25. 25.He ___ a picture at the moment. (a) is drawing (b) are drawing (c) is draw (d) am drawing
26. 26.Myra ___ a message at the moment. (a) are sending (b) is send (c) am sending (d) is sending
27. 27.___ Rohan cleaning the room at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
28. 28.Which is the correct -ing form of “carry”? (a) carryying (b) carryeing (c) carrying
29. 29.We ___ the ball now. (a) is throwing (b) are throw (c) am throwing (d) are throwing
30. 30.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rideeing (c) rideing
31. 31.Which is the correct -ing form of “take”? (a) takeing (b) takeeing (c) taking
32. 32.Which is the correct -ing form of “run”? (a) runeing (b) running (c) runing
33. 33.We ___ on the stage at the moment. (a) is dancing (b) are dancing (c) am dancing (d) are dance
34. 34.___ she speaking Hindi right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
35. 35.Which is the correct -ing form of “climb”? (a) climbbing (b) climbeing (c) climbing
36. 36.Which is the correct -ing form of “sing”? (a) singging (b) singing (c) singeing
37. 37.I ___ vegetables now. (a) are buying (b) am buy (c) am buying (d) is buying
38. 38.We ___ a picture now. (a) is drawing (b) am drawing (c) are drawing (d) are draw
39. 39.___ he cooking rice right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
40. 40.___ my sister going to school now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am

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