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Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 928 · 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 “bring”? (a) bringging (b) bringeing (c) bringing
  2. 2.Which is the correct -ing form of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eateing (c) eatting
  3. 3.Which is the correct -ing form of “feed”? (a) feedeing (b) feedding (c) feeding
  4. 4.Riya ___ a sandcastle at the moment. (a) is build (b) is building (c) are building (d) am building
  5. 5.___ I building a sandcastle at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  6. 6.Which is the correct -ing form of “send”? (a) sending (b) sendeing (c) sendding
  7. 7.___ we catching the ball now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  8. 8.I ___ a cartoon at the moment. (a) are watching (b) am watch (c) am watching (d) is watching
  9. 9.Kabir ___ the bag now. (a) is carrying (b) are carrying (c) am carrying (d) is carry
  10. 10.___ my friends clapping for the team now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  11. 11.___ they cooking rice now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  12. 12.___ Rahul throwing the ball now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  13. 13.You ___ the bag now. (a) is carrying (b) are carrying (c) am carrying (d) are carry
  14. 14.___ Kunal building a sandcastle at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  15. 15.___ they buying vegetables at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  16. 16.___ my cousins feeding the dog now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  17. 17.Which is the correct -ing form of “dance”? (a) danceeing (b) danceing (c) dancing
  18. 18.Which is the correct -ing form of “write”? (a) writing (b) writeing (c) writeeing
  19. 19.I ___ a story at the moment. (a) am tell (b) am telling (c) are telling (d) is telling
  20. 20.They ___ the train right now. (a) are take (b) is taking (c) are taking (d) am taking
  21. 21.___ you washing the dishes right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  22. 22.Which is the correct -ing form of “jog”? (a) joging (b) jogeing (c) jogging
  23. 23.Which is the correct -ing form of “run”? (a) running (b) runing (c) runeing
  24. 24.Which is the correct -ing form of “play”? (a) playing (b) playying (c) playeing
  25. 25.Which is the correct -ing form of “sing”? (a) singging (b) singing (c) singeing
  26. 26.___ I sending a message at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  27. 27.She ___ a tree now. (a) is planting (b) am planting (c) are planting (d) is plant
  28. 28.He ___ Grandma now. (a) are helping (b) am helping (c) is helping (d) is help
  29. 29.They ___ a tree right now. (a) are plant (b) are planting (c) is planting (d) am planting
  30. 30.We ___ a tree at the moment. (a) am climbing (b) are climb (c) are climbing (d) is climbing
  31. 31.___ you throwing the ball right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  32. 32.___ she bringing lunch now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  33. 33.___ the students building a sandcastle now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  34. 34.We ___ a cake now. (a) am baking (b) is baking (c) are baking (d) are bake
  35. 35.Which is the correct -ing form of “drink”? (a) drinkeing (b) drinkking (c) drinking
  36. 36.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) rideing (b) riding (c) rideeing
  37. 37.We ___ science now. (a) are study (b) am studying (c) are studying (d) is studying
  38. 38.She ___ a kite at the moment. (a) are flying (b) am flying (c) is fly (d) is flying
  39. 39.Vivaan ___ the room now. (a) are cleaning (b) is cleaning (c) am cleaning (d) is clean
  40. 40.You ___ the dishes right now. (a) is washing (b) am washing (c) are wash (d) are washing

Answer key

  1. bringing
  2. eating
  3. feeding
  4. is building
  5. Am
  6. sending
  7. Are
  8. am watching
  9. is carrying
  10. Are
  11. Are
  12. Is
  13. are carrying
  14. Is
  15. Are
  16. Are
  17. dancing
  18. writing
  19. am telling
  20. are taking
  21. Are
  22. jogging
  23. running
  24. playing
  25. singing
  26. Am
  27. is planting
  28. is helping
  29. are planting
  30. are climbing
  31. Are
  32. Is
  33. Are
  34. are baking
  35. drinking
  36. riding
  37. are studying
  38. is flying
  39. is cleaning
  40. are washing

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