English Grammar Tenses 1

Present Continuous Tense

I. Write sentences, using the cues given in the Present continuous tense. Then turn into
Negative and Interrogative.
1. The children/ laugh/ and/ talk/ noisily/
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2. They/ listen/ music/ now/
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3. Van/ call/ her friend/ at the moment/
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4. The students/ read/ scientific books/ library/
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5. Mr. Brown/ give/ his students/ advice/
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II. Use the present continuous tense to give the correct form of verbs:
1. My students (run).............................. in the school yard.
2. The dog (chase)....................................a postman.
3. Children (swim)...................................... in the swimming pool.
4. Who (talk)..................Nga ..................... with? - Nga (talk)............................. with her teacher.
5. Ba and Bao (play) ................................. chess at home.
III. Underline the correct present continuous verbs in each sentence.
1. The Jones family are worrying/ is worrying about the rent.
2. He are drinking/ is drinking hot chocolate.
3. We are having/ is having a good time at our job.
4. The fish is swimming/ are swimming up the river.
5. I are doing/am doing my grammar exercises tonight.
6. It rains/is raining right now.
7. Those people is waiting/ are waiting for the bus.
8. The baseball player is laughing/ be laughing at the other team.
9. My mother cooks/ is cooking in the kitchen at the moment.
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IV. Put the verb in the correct form: present simple or present continuous:
1. It (rain) in winter?
2. It (be) 10 oclock. We (learn) our lesson.
3. They (not/ play) soccer in the morning.
4. Where (be) your children? - Theyre upstairs. They (play) video games.
5. Mr. Smith often (teach) class 9A but this morning he (teach) class 9B.
6. My brother (do) his homework in his room now. He (do) it everyday.
7. Wheres the old man living now? - He (live) with his son now. He usually (live) with him on
holiday.
8. James and his brother (play) soccer now. They (play) it every afternoon after school.
9. Lets go out. It (not/ rain) now.
10. You (listen) to the radio? - No, you can turn it off.
11. You (listen) to the radio every day? - No, just occasionally.
12. We usually (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we (not/ grow) any.
13. Trang usually (listen) to the teacher in the class, but she (not/ listen) now; She (look) out of
the window.
14. Wheres your father? He (be) in the bathroom. He (brush) his teeth. He (brush) his teeth in
the morning and evening.
15. Lets help Mom, Lan. She (clean) the floor.
16. Mary (not/ work) today because its Sunday.
17. Can you drive? - I (learn). My father (teach) me.
18. Julia is very good at languages. She (speak) four languages very well.
19. The train is never late. It (always/ leave) on time.
20. Hurry up! Everybody (wait) for you.
21. What ..................................................(your sister/ do) now?
- She ..............................(cook) dinner in the kitchen.
22. Mrs Cooper ..............................(eat) in the restaurant every Sunday.
12. Our cat never ..............................(jump) on the kitchen table.
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