Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 559 · 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.___ she planting a tree at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
2. 2.Which is the correct -ing form of “carry”? (a) carryying (b) carryeing (c) carrying
3. 3.They ___ a sandcastle now. (a) are building (b) are build (c) is building (d) am building
4. 4.We ___ vegetables right now. (a) is buying (b) am buying (c) are buy (d) are buying
5. 5.Which is the correct -ing form of “take”? (a) taking (b) takeing (c) takeeing
6. 6.We ___ the ball right now. (a) is catching (b) am catching (c) are catching (d) are catch
7. 7.___ Myra flying a kite now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
8. 8.___ Rahul carrying the bag right now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
9. 9.She ___ a letter now. (a) are writing (b) am writing (c) is write (d) is writing
10. 10.___ we swimming in the pool now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
11. 11.___ my brother wearing a cap right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
12. 12.___ Pooja jogging in the park now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
13. 13.Priya ___ a kite at the moment. (a) am flying (b) is flying (c) are flying (d) is fly
14. 14.The children ___ vegetables now. (a) is buying (b) am buying (c) are buy (d) are buying
15. 15.___ I playing cricket now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
16. 16.They ___ a kite at the moment. (a) am flying (b) is flying (c) are fly (d) are flying
17. 17.___ my sister feeding the dog right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
18. 18.He ___ rice right now. (a) is cook (b) are cooking (c) is cooking (d) am cooking
19. 19.___ he washing the dishes right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
20. 20.___ Nisha dancing on the stage at the moment? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
21. 21.___ you washing the dishes right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
22. 22.Which is the correct -ing form of “sing”? (a) singging (b) singing (c) singeing
23. 23.He ___ the dishes right now. (a) is wash (b) are washing (c) is washing (d) am washing
24. 24.I ___ the bag now. (a) am carrying (b) is carrying (c) am carry (d) are carrying
25. 25.Which is the correct -ing form of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eatting (c) eateing
26. 26.___ my brother dancing on the stage right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
27. 27.___ Karan clapping for the team now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
28. 28.Which is the correct -ing form of “jog”? (a) jogeing (b) joging (c) jogging
29. 29.___ he climbing a tree now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
30. 30.___ he studying science at the moment? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
31. 31.Which is the correct -ing form of “go”? (a) going (b) gooing (c) goeing
32. 32.___ Dev carrying the bag right now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
33. 33.Which is the correct -ing form of “climb”? (a) climbeing (b) climbbing (c) climbing
34. 34.You ___ tea now. (a) am making (b) are make (c) is making (d) are making
35. 35.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) rideing (b) rideeing (c) riding
36. 36.We ___ lunch at the moment. (a) are bring (b) is bringing (c) am bringing (d) are bringing
37. 37.We ___ the bag now. (a) are carrying (b) are carry (c) am carrying (d) is carrying
38. 38.We ___ a sandcastle right now. (a) is building (b) are building (c) are build (d) am building
39. 39.We ___ the room now. (a) are clean (b) am cleaning (c) is cleaning (d) are cleaning
40. 40.I ___ a cartoon now. (a) are watching (b) am watch (c) am watching (d) is watching

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