Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 584 · 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.___ Farhan building a sandcastle right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
2. 2.Which is the correct -ing form of “throw”? (a) throweing (b) throwing (c) throwwing
3. 3.Which is the correct -ing form of “clean”? (a) cleaning (b) cleaneing (c) cleanning
4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “help”? (a) helpeing (b) helpping (c) helping
5. 5.We ___ the dog at the moment. (a) am feeding (b) is feeding (c) are feeding (d) are feed
6. 6.___ they singing a song now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
7. 7.___ we taking the train at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
8. 8.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) rideeing (b) rideing (c) riding
9. 9.___ I flying a kite at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
10. 10.Kavya ___ a tree right now. (a) am planting (b) is plant (c) are planting (d) is planting
11. 11.Which is the correct -ing form of “go”? (a) gooing (b) goeing (c) going
12. 12.Which is the correct -ing form of “catch”? (a) catcheing (b) catching (c) catchhing
13. 13.My sister ___ vegetables right now. (a) is buy (b) am buying (c) are buying (d) is buying
14. 14.He ___ a cap at the moment. (a) am wearing (b) is wearing (c) is wear (d) are wearing
15. 15.___ the students running in the park right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
16. 16.I ___ rice now. (a) is cooking (b) am cook (c) are cooking (d) am cooking
17. 17.___ Pooja telling a story now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
18. 18.Which is the correct -ing form of “write”? (a) writeing (b) writing (c) writeeing
19. 19.___ my sister riding a bicycle right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
20. 20.They ___ in the park right now. (a) am running (b) are running (c) are run (d) is running
21. 21.I ___ the dishes right now. (a) am wash (b) are washing (c) is washing (d) am washing
22. 22.They ___ cricket right now. (a) are play (b) is playing (c) am playing (d) are playing
23. 23.Which is the correct -ing form of “eat”? (a) eateing (b) eatting (c) eating
24. 24.She ___ in the pool right now. (a) is swimming (b) are swimming (c) am swimming (d) is swim
25. 25.Which is the correct -ing form of “run”? (a) runeing (b) runing (c) running
26. 26.My friends ___ cricket now. (a) am playing (b) are play (c) is playing (d) are playing
27. 27.Which is the correct -ing form of “carry”? (a) carryying (b) carryeing (c) carrying
28. 28.They ___ the dishes at the moment. (a) are washing (b) are wash (c) is washing (d) am washing
29. 29.He ___ in the park now. (a) am running (b) is run (c) is running (d) are running
30. 30.She ___ a tree now. (a) am climbing (b) is climb (c) is climbing (d) are climbing
31. 31.I ___ a sandcastle now. (a) am build (b) am building (c) is building (d) are building
32. 32.Which is the correct -ing form of “play”? (a) playying (b) playeing (c) playing
33. 33.___ you watching a cartoon now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
34. 34.He ___ a tree now. (a) is climb (b) are climbing (c) is climbing (d) am climbing
35. 35.He ___ the match at the moment. (a) are winning (b) is winning (c) is win (d) am winning
36. 36.My friends ___ a sandcastle right now. (a) are build (b) are building (c) is building (d) am building
37. 37.Which is the correct -ing form of “take”? (a) takeing (b) taking (c) takeeing
38. 38.I ___ the dog at the moment. (a) am feeding (b) is feeding (c) am feed (d) are feeding
39. 39.Which is the correct -ing form of “plant”? (a) plantting (b) planting (c) planteing
40. 40.Aisha ___ cricket at the moment. (a) is playing (b) is play (c) are playing (d) am playing

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