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Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 728 · 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.Which is the correct -ing form of “study”? (a) studyying (b) studying (c) studyeing
  2. 2.___ we cooking rice now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  3. 3.___ my sister studying science now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  4. 4.Zoya ___ the ball right now. (a) am catching (b) is catch (c) is catching (d) are catching
  5. 5.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rideeing (c) rideing
  6. 6.Which is the correct -ing form of “wash”? (a) washeing (b) washhing (c) washing
  7. 7.My sister ___ the room now. (a) is clean (b) are cleaning (c) am cleaning (d) is cleaning
  8. 8.Which is the correct -ing form of “tell”? (a) telleing (b) tellling (c) telling
  9. 9.He ___ a cake at the moment. (a) is baking (b) are baking (c) is bake (d) am baking
  10. 10.Which is the correct -ing form of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) weareing (c) wearring
  11. 11.Saanvi ___ milk at the moment. (a) am drinking (b) are drinking (c) is drinking (d) is drink
  12. 12.Which is the correct -ing form of “play”? (a) playying (b) playing (c) playeing
  13. 13.My brother ___ Hindi right now. (a) are speaking (b) is speak (c) am speaking (d) is speaking
  14. 14.Which is the correct -ing form of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speakeing (c) speakking
  15. 15.My sister ___ the train now. (a) are taking (b) is taking (c) is take (d) am taking
  16. 16.You ___ cricket now. (a) is playing (b) are play (c) am playing (d) are playing
  17. 17.___ they planting a tree right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  18. 18.___ he baking a cake now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  19. 19.___ Diya cooking rice right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  20. 20.He ___ the match right now. (a) am winning (b) is winning (c) is win (d) are winning
  21. 21.Which is the correct -ing form of “clean”? (a) cleaneing (b) cleaning (c) cleanning
  22. 22.___ I studying science now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  23. 23.___ you cooking rice right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  24. 24.Which is the correct -ing form of “feed”? (a) feedeing (b) feedding (c) feeding
  25. 25.___ they throwing the ball now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  26. 26.___ we helping Grandma now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  27. 27.Which is the correct -ing form of “climb”? (a) climbbing (b) climbeing (c) climbing
  28. 28.Which is the correct -ing form of “send”? (a) sendeing (b) sendding (c) sending
  29. 29.I ___ Hindi now. (a) am speak (b) is speaking (c) am speaking (d) are speaking
  30. 30.Which is the correct -ing form of “clap”? (a) clapping (b) claping (c) clapeing
  31. 31.The children ___ in the pool right now. (a) is swimming (b) are swimming (c) am swimming (d) are swim
  32. 32.We ___ a mango now. (a) am eating (b) is eating (c) are eating (d) are eat
  33. 33.Sneha ___ the dishes right now. (a) am washing (b) is wash (c) is washing (d) are washing
  34. 34.Aditya ___ a mango right now. (a) are eating (b) am eating (c) is eat (d) is eating
  35. 35.___ my sister cooking rice now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  36. 36.Which is the correct -ing form of “go”? (a) going (b) goeing (c) gooing
  37. 37.___ you studying science at the moment? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  38. 38.___ my sister flying a kite now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  39. 39.She ___ a letter now. (a) is write (b) are writing (c) is writing (d) am writing
  40. 40.Which is the correct -ing form of “swim”? (a) swimeing (b) swimming (c) swiming

Answer key

  1. studying
  2. Are
  3. Is
  4. is catching
  5. riding
  6. washing
  7. is cleaning
  8. telling
  9. is baking
  10. wearing
  11. is drinking
  12. playing
  13. is speaking
  14. speaking
  15. is taking
  16. are playing
  17. Are
  18. Is
  19. Is
  20. is winning
  21. cleaning
  22. Am
  23. Are
  24. feeding
  25. Are
  26. Are
  27. climbing
  28. sending
  29. am speaking
  30. clapping
  31. are swimming
  32. are eating
  33. is washing
  34. is eating
  35. Is
  36. going
  37. Are
  38. Is
  39. is writing
  40. swimming

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