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Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 69 · 40 questions
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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).

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  1. 1.___ you planting a tree at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  2. 2.Aisha ___ a tree now. (a) are planting (b) am planting (c) is planting (d) is plant
  3. 3.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rideeing (c) rideing
  4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “fly”? (a) flyeing (b) flyying (c) flying
  5. 5.My sister ___ the ball now. (a) am throwing (b) is throw (c) is throwing (d) are throwing
  6. 6.Which is the correct -ing form of “help”? (a) helping (b) helpeing (c) helpping
  7. 7.___ they buying vegetables right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  8. 8.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyeing (c) buyying
  9. 9.Which is the correct -ing form of “drink”? (a) drinkeing (b) drinkking (c) drinking
  10. 10.He ___ on the stage now. (a) are dancing (b) am dancing (c) is dancing (d) is dance
  11. 11.She ___ a letter now. (a) is writing (b) am writing (c) are writing (d) is write
  12. 12.Which is the correct -ing form of “cook”? (a) cooking (b) cookking (c) cookeing
  13. 13.We ___ a picture right now. (a) am drawing (b) are draw (c) are drawing (d) is drawing
  14. 14.___ you carrying the bag now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  15. 15.___ she going to school right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  16. 16.___ my brother running in the park now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  17. 17.___ you playing cricket now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  18. 18.___ Rahul catching the ball now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  19. 19.We ___ the match at the moment. (a) are win (b) am winning (c) are winning (d) is winning
  20. 20.Which is the correct -ing form of “feed”? (a) feedeing (b) feeding (c) feedding
  21. 21.We ___ cricket right now. (a) are playing (b) is playing (c) are play (d) am playing
  22. 22.You ___ a letter at the moment. (a) are writing (b) are write (c) am writing (d) is writing
  23. 23.___ Isha watching a cartoon at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  24. 24.___ he bringing lunch at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  25. 25.We ___ milk right now. (a) are drinking (b) is drinking (c) are drink (d) am drinking
  26. 26.She ___ vegetables right now. (a) are buying (b) am buying (c) is buy (d) is buying
  27. 27.Which is the correct -ing form of “write”? (a) writing (b) writeeing (c) writeing
  28. 28.Which is the correct -ing form of “throw”? (a) throweing (b) throwing (c) throwwing
  29. 29.He ___ a cake right now. (a) are baking (b) am baking (c) is bake (d) is baking
  30. 30.Which is the correct -ing form of “study”? (a) studyying (b) studyeing (c) studying
  31. 31.Which is the correct -ing form of “go”? (a) goeing (b) going (c) gooing
  32. 32.___ I flying a kite right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  33. 33.Kunal ___ vegetables now. (a) is buy (b) am buying (c) is buying (d) are buying
  34. 34.Which is the correct -ing form of “run”? (a) runing (b) running (c) runeing
  35. 35.Which is the correct -ing form of “wear”? (a) wearring (b) weareing (c) wearing
  36. 36.Which is the correct -ing form of “bake”? (a) bakeing (b) baking (c) bakeeing
  37. 37.My friends ___ in the park at the moment. (a) am jogging (b) are jog (c) is jogging (d) are jogging
  38. 38.Pooja ___ in the park at the moment. (a) is jog (b) is jogging (c) are jogging (d) am jogging
  39. 39.___ my sister speaking Hindi now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  40. 40.Which is the correct -ing form of “make”? (a) making (b) makeing (c) makeeing

Answer key

  1. Are
  2. is planting
  3. riding
  4. flying
  5. is throwing
  6. helping
  7. Are
  8. buying
  9. drinking
  10. is dancing
  11. is writing
  12. cooking
  13. are drawing
  14. Are
  15. Is
  16. Is
  17. Are
  18. Is
  19. are winning
  20. feeding
  21. are playing
  22. are writing
  23. Is
  24. Is
  25. are drinking
  26. is buying
  27. writing
  28. throwing
  29. is baking
  30. studying
  31. going
  32. Am
  33. is buying
  34. running
  35. wearing
  36. baking
  37. are jogging
  38. is jogging
  39. Is
  40. making

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