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Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 848 · 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.___ my sister feeding the dog now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  2. 2.___ she going to school now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  3. 3.___ Aditya carrying the bag right now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “make”? (a) making (b) makeeing (c) makeing
  5. 5.___ we cooking rice right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  6. 6.___ Rahul drinking milk at the moment? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  7. 7.Which is the correct -ing form of “eat”? (a) eatting (b) eating (c) eateing
  8. 8.They ___ a cap at the moment. (a) is wearing (b) am wearing (c) are wearing (d) are wear
  9. 9.You ___ a sandcastle right now. (a) am building (b) are build (c) are building (d) is building
  10. 10.___ he swimming in the pool right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  11. 11.My sister ___ in the pool right now. (a) is swim (b) am swimming (c) are swimming (d) is swimming
  12. 12.I ___ the dishes now. (a) am washing (b) am wash (c) are washing (d) is washing
  13. 13.Which is the correct -ing form of “wear”? (a) wearring (b) wearing (c) weareing
  14. 14.Which is the correct -ing form of “write”? (a) writing (b) writeing (c) writeeing
  15. 15.___ the students baking a cake at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  16. 16.Sneha ___ a tree now. (a) is plant (b) am planting (c) are planting (d) is planting
  17. 17.___ they taking the train at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  18. 18.You ___ the ball right now. (a) are throwing (b) am throwing (c) are throw (d) is throwing
  19. 19.You ___ a bicycle right now. (a) are riding (b) am riding (c) are ride (d) is riding
  20. 20.___ I planting a tree at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  21. 21.___ she dancing on the stage right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  22. 22.My brother ___ for the team now. (a) are clapping (b) am clapping (c) is clapping (d) is clap
  23. 23.___ we eating a mango now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  24. 24.___ they winning the match right now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  25. 25.I ___ the dog at the moment. (a) am feed (b) are feeding (c) is feeding (d) am feeding
  26. 26.He ___ a song at the moment. (a) is singing (b) is sing (c) am singing (d) are singing
  27. 27.___ my brother studying science now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  28. 28.We ___ the room at the moment. (a) am cleaning (b) is cleaning (c) are cleaning (d) are clean
  29. 29.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buyeing (b) buying (c) buyying
  30. 30.The children ___ Hindi now. (a) is speaking (b) are speak (c) are speaking (d) am speaking
  31. 31.___ my friends running in the park at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  32. 32.___ we singing a song now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  33. 33.Which is the correct -ing form of “bake”? (a) bakeing (b) bakeeing (c) baking
  34. 34.___ they winning the match at the moment? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  35. 35.They ___ a sandcastle at the moment. (a) are building (b) is building (c) am building (d) are build
  36. 36.Which is the correct -ing form of “study”? (a) studyying (b) studyeing (c) studying
  37. 37.He ___ the dishes now. (a) am washing (b) are washing (c) is wash (d) is washing
  38. 38.We ___ vegetables now. (a) are buy (b) are buying (c) am buying (d) is buying
  39. 39.Which is the correct -ing form of “swim”? (a) swiming (b) swimming (c) swimeing
  40. 40.Which is the correct -ing form of “build”? (a) building (b) buildding (c) buildeing

Answer key

  1. Is
  2. Is
  3. Is
  4. making
  5. Are
  6. Is
  7. eating
  8. are wearing
  9. are building
  10. Is
  11. is swimming
  12. am washing
  13. wearing
  14. writing
  15. Are
  16. is planting
  17. Are
  18. are throwing
  19. are riding
  20. Am
  21. Is
  22. is clapping
  23. Are
  24. Are
  25. am feeding
  26. is singing
  27. Is
  28. are cleaning
  29. buying
  30. are speaking
  31. Are
  32. Are
  33. baking
  34. Are
  35. are building
  36. studying
  37. is washing
  38. are buying
  39. swimming
  40. building

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