Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 67 · 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.My friends ___ lunch at the moment. (a) are bring (b) am bringing (c) are bringing (d) is bringing
2. 2.___ I planting a tree now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
3. 3.My brother ___ a tree now. (a) is plant (b) are planting (c) is planting (d) am planting
4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flyeing (c) flyying
5. 5.Which is the correct -ing form of “jog”? (a) jogging (b) jogeing (c) joging
6. 6.The students ___ the room now. (a) is cleaning (b) am cleaning (c) are clean (d) are cleaning
7. 7.___ you swimming in the pool at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
8. 8.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buyeing (b) buying (c) buyying
9. 9.They ___ Hindi now. (a) is speaking (b) are speaking (c) am speaking (d) are speak
10. 10.___ Pooja drinking milk now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
11. 11.You ___ the room at the moment. (a) are clean (b) are cleaning (c) am cleaning (d) is cleaning
12. 12.Which is the correct -ing form of “carry”? (a) carryeing (b) carryying (c) carrying
13. 13.___ Karan clapping for the team now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
14. 14.Which is the correct -ing form of “wear”? (a) wearring (b) weareing (c) wearing
15. 15.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rideing (c) rideeing
16. 16.Which is the correct -ing form of “cook”? (a) cookeing (b) cooking (c) cookking
17. 17.They ___ the ball now. (a) are catch (b) am catching (c) is catching (d) are catching
18. 18.We ___ a song at the moment. (a) are sing (b) is singing (c) am singing (d) are singing
19. 19.My brother ___ a bicycle right now. (a) are riding (b) is riding (c) am riding (d) is ride
20. 20.I ___ in the pool now. (a) is swimming (b) am swim (c) are swimming (d) am swimming
21. 21.You ___ rice now. (a) are cook (b) am cooking (c) are cooking (d) is cooking
22. 22.Which is the correct -ing form of “catch”? (a) catcheing (b) catching (c) catchhing
23. 23.I ___ a cake now. (a) am bake (b) are baking (c) am baking (d) is baking
24. 24.___ I washing the dishes at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
25. 25.Which is the correct -ing form of “clap”? (a) clapping (b) claping (c) clapeing
26. 26.___ my cousins wearing a cap right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
27. 27.___ you eating a mango at the moment? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
28. 28.She ___ Grandma right now. (a) are helping (b) is help (c) am helping (d) is helping
29. 29.You ___ rice at the moment. (a) are cooking (b) am cooking (c) are cook (d) is cooking
30. 30.Which is the correct -ing form of “sing”? (a) singging (b) singeing (c) singing
31. 31.They ___ cricket now. (a) are play (b) am playing (c) are playing (d) is playing
32. 32.Which is the correct -ing form of “draw”? (a) drawwing (b) draweing (c) drawing
33. 33.___ you baking a cake at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
34. 34.Which is the correct -ing form of “send”? (a) sendding (b) sending (c) sendeing
35. 35.___ my parents throwing the ball now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
36. 36.Which is the correct -ing form of “play”? (a) playying (b) playeing (c) playing
37. 37.Which is the correct -ing form of “plant”? (a) plantting (b) planting (c) planteing
38. 38.___ my sister cooking rice at the moment? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
39. 39.___ they eating a mango now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
40. 40.He ___ milk now. (a) is drink (b) are drinking (c) am drinking (d) is drinking

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