Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 885 · 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.You ___ Hindi now. (a) am speaking (b) are speak (c) is speaking (d) are speaking
2. 2.___ my brother cooking rice right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
3. 3.Which is the correct -ing form of “help”? (a) helpping (b) helping (c) helpeing
4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “climb”? (a) climbing (b) climbeing (c) climbbing
5. 5.Tara ___ a cake at the moment. (a) am baking (b) is bake (c) are baking (d) is baking
6. 6.Which is the correct -ing form of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimeing (c) swiming
7. 7.___ Diya playing cricket now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
8. 8.Which is the correct -ing form of “tell”? (a) tellling (b) telleing (c) telling
9. 9.Which is the correct -ing form of “watch”? (a) watchhing (b) watcheing (c) watching
10. 10.___ he studying science right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
11. 11.___ I flying a kite right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
12. 12.Which is the correct -ing form of “clap”? (a) clapeing (b) claping (c) clapping
13. 13.___ they watching a cartoon now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
14. 14.They ___ vegetables now. (a) am buying (b) is buying (c) are buy (d) are buying
15. 15.We ___ the bag right now. (a) is carrying (b) are carrying (c) are carry (d) am carrying
16. 16.My brother ___ a cartoon now. (a) are watching (b) am watching (c) is watch (d) is watching
17. 17.___ Ananya building a sandcastle right now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
18. 18.Ira ___ the dog now. (a) am feeding (b) are feeding (c) is feed (d) is feeding
19. 19.___ Rahul studying science at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
20. 20.___ I riding a bicycle at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
21. 21.___ he riding a bicycle right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
22. 22.___ Dev eating a mango right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
23. 23.___ Meera jogging in the park right now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
24. 24.They ___ cricket now. (a) are play (b) are playing (c) am playing (d) is playing
25. 25.___ she buying vegetables now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
26. 26.Meera ___ a tree right now. (a) is climb (b) am climbing (c) are climbing (d) is climbing
27. 27.___ Tara playing cricket right now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
28. 28.___ he helping Grandma at the moment? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
29. 29.Which is the correct -ing form of “draw”? (a) draweing (b) drawwing (c) drawing
30. 30.___ she building a sandcastle now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
31. 31.___ she climbing a tree at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
32. 32.My brother ___ a tree at the moment. (a) is climbing (b) am climbing (c) is climb (d) are climbing
33. 33.Yash ___ in the park now. (a) is jog (b) am jogging (c) are jogging (d) is jogging
34. 34.Aisha ___ in the park right now. (a) is running (b) is run (c) am running (d) are running
35. 35.___ she drinking milk now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
36. 36.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rideing (c) rideeing
37. 37.I ___ a letter at the moment. (a) is writing (b) am write (c) are writing (d) am writing
38. 38.Which is the correct -ing form of “build”? (a) buildding (b) buildeing (c) building
39. 39.She ___ the dishes now. (a) are washing (b) am washing (c) is washing (d) is wash
40. 40.___ we writing a letter now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are

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