Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 846 · 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.___ they cooking rice at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
2. 2.___ Neel taking the train now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
3. 3.___ they building a sandcastle at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
4. 4.___ the students making tea now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
5. 5.We ___ a bicycle right now. (a) is riding (b) are riding (c) am riding (d) are ride
6. 6.Which is the correct -ing form of “tell”? (a) tellling (b) telleing (c) telling
7. 7.___ they watching a cartoon right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
8. 8.Which is the correct -ing form of “watch”? (a) watching (b) watchhing (c) watcheing
9. 9.I ___ cricket right now. (a) is playing (b) are playing (c) am play (d) am playing
10. 10.Which is the correct -ing form of “eat”? (a) eatting (b) eateing (c) eating
11. 11.We ___ a story right now. (a) is telling (b) are tell (c) are telling (d) am telling
12. 12.They ___ the bag at the moment. (a) is carrying (b) are carrying (c) am carrying (d) are carry
13. 13.Which is the correct -ing form of “jog”? (a) joging (b) jogging (c) jogeing
14. 14.Which is the correct -ing form of “play”? (a) playying (b) playeing (c) playing
15. 15.Ishaan ___ for the team now. (a) is clap (b) are clapping (c) is clapping (d) am clapping
16. 16.___ I climbing a tree right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
17. 17.They ___ tea now. (a) is making (b) are making (c) are make (d) am making
18. 18.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buyeing (b) buyying (c) buying
19. 19.You ___ cricket right now. (a) is playing (b) am playing (c) are play (d) are playing
20. 20.___ you baking a cake at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
21. 21.Which is the correct -ing form of “bring”? (a) bringging (b) bringing (c) bringeing
22. 22.___ they clapping for the team now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
23. 23.Which is the correct -ing form of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinkking (c) drinkeing
24. 24.Which is the correct -ing form of “help”? (a) helpping (b) helpeing (c) helping
25. 25.Which is the correct -ing form of “dance”? (a) danceing (b) dancing (c) danceeing
26. 26.Which is the correct -ing form of “feed”? (a) feedding (b) feedeing (c) feeding
27. 27.I ___ a mango now. (a) am eat (b) are eating (c) is eating (d) am eating
28. 28.___ she building a sandcastle now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
29. 29.The students ___ a cake right now. (a) am baking (b) is baking (c) are bake (d) are baking
30. 30.Which is the correct -ing form of “fly”? (a) flyying (b) flyeing (c) flying
31. 31.My sister ___ rice at the moment. (a) are cooking (b) is cook (c) is cooking (d) am cooking
32. 32.Which is the correct -ing form of “win”? (a) wining (b) winning (c) wineing
33. 33.Which is the correct -ing form of “speak”? (a) speakking (b) speaking (c) speakeing
34. 34.Which is the correct -ing form of “plant”? (a) planteing (b) planting (c) plantting
35. 35.She ___ a story right now. (a) are telling (b) is tell (c) is telling (d) am telling
36. 36.___ they baking a cake now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
37. 37.Which is the correct -ing form of “clean”? (a) cleaneing (b) cleaning (c) cleanning
38. 38.They ___ the dishes at the moment. (a) am washing (b) are wash (c) are washing (d) is washing
39. 39.___ he taking the train right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
40. 40.___ my cousins clapping for the team now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are

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