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Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 971 · 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.We ___ lunch at the moment. (a) is bringing (b) are bringing (c) am bringing (d) are bring
  2. 2.___ I drinking milk right now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  3. 3.___ they cooking rice at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  4. 4.___ we cleaning the room now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  5. 5.You ___ on the stage now. (a) are dancing (b) are dance (c) am dancing (d) is dancing
  6. 6.___ he taking the train at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  7. 7.We ___ cricket now. (a) are play (b) is playing (c) are playing (d) am playing
  8. 8.My cousins ___ a cake right now. (a) are bake (b) are baking (c) am baking (d) is baking
  9. 9.Which is the correct -ing form of “play”? (a) playeing (b) playying (c) playing
  10. 10.We ___ a song now. (a) am singing (b) is singing (c) are sing (d) are singing
  11. 11.Which is the correct -ing form of “bring”? (a) bringging (b) bringing (c) bringeing
  12. 12.Arjun ___ rice right now. (a) is cooking (b) am cooking (c) are cooking (d) is cook
  13. 13.___ my brother washing the dishes at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  14. 14.___ the children winning the match now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  15. 15.Which is the correct -ing form of “carry”? (a) carryying (b) carryeing (c) carrying
  16. 16.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buyeing (b) buyying (c) buying
  17. 17.___ we cooking rice now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  18. 18.She ___ a mango right now. (a) is eat (b) are eating (c) is eating (d) am eating
  19. 19.___ my brother playing cricket now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  20. 20.Kunal ___ a kite at the moment. (a) is fly (b) are flying (c) is flying (d) am flying
  21. 21.___ we speaking Hindi at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  22. 22.You ___ lunch at the moment. (a) are bring (b) am bringing (c) is bringing (d) are bringing
  23. 23.She ___ the ball right now. (a) is catching (b) am catching (c) are catching (d) is catch
  24. 24.Which is the correct -ing form of “eat”? (a) eateing (b) eatting (c) eating
  25. 25.Which is the correct -ing form of “tell”? (a) telleing (b) telling (c) tellling
  26. 26.___ we throwing the ball now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  27. 27.We ___ a letter right now. (a) am writing (b) are writing (c) are write (d) is writing
  28. 28.___ Aarav drinking milk right now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  29. 29.Which is the correct -ing form of “win”? (a) wineing (b) wining (c) winning
  30. 30.He ___ in the park now. (a) is run (b) am running (c) are running (d) is running
  31. 31.My parents ___ the ball right now. (a) are throwing (b) are throw (c) is throwing (d) am throwing
  32. 32.___ Priya studying science now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  33. 33.Zoya ___ tea now. (a) is make (b) is making (c) are making (d) am making
  34. 34.___ he dancing on the stage now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  35. 35.They ___ a story now. (a) is telling (b) are telling (c) are tell (d) am telling
  36. 36.Aisha ___ Grandma at the moment. (a) am helping (b) are helping (c) is helping (d) is help
  37. 37.They ___ a cake right now. (a) is baking (b) are baking (c) are bake (d) am baking
  38. 38.Which is the correct -ing form of “climb”? (a) climbing (b) climbeing (c) climbbing
  39. 39.She ___ the dishes now. (a) are washing (b) is washing (c) is wash (d) am washing
  40. 40.Which is the correct -ing form of “feed”? (a) feedeing (b) feedding (c) feeding

Answer key

  1. are bringing
  2. Am
  3. Are
  4. Are
  5. are dancing
  6. Is
  7. are playing
  8. are baking
  9. playing
  10. are singing
  11. bringing
  12. is cooking
  13. Is
  14. Are
  15. carrying
  16. buying
  17. Are
  18. is eating
  19. Is
  20. is flying
  21. Are
  22. are bringing
  23. is catching
  24. eating
  25. telling
  26. Are
  27. are writing
  28. Is
  29. winning
  30. is running
  31. are throwing
  32. Is
  33. is making
  34. Is
  35. are telling
  36. is helping
  37. are baking
  38. climbing
  39. is washing
  40. feeding

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