Forming the Present Continuous Tense 1 Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the

verb (Present Continuous), then rewrite the sentences

To form the verb in the Present Continuous Tense you need into negative ones. Look at the example.
the correct form of to be (am, is, are) and the ing
e.g.: Paul a hamburger. (eat) is eating, Paul isn't eating
(Gerund) form of the verb.
a hamburger.
1) The Sullivans _______________ on holiday. (go)
Forming negative sentences
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I am not 2) We _______________ round the school. (run)
reading a book.
You watching TV. ____________________________________________
are not / 3) The dog _______________ in the dog house. (hide)
We going to the cinema now.
aren't
They playing basketball. ____________________________________________
starting his plan. 4) She _______________ the truth. (tell)
He standing next to me.
is not/ ____________________________________________
She raining now.
isn't 5) You _______________ at me . (smile)
It
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6) Henry _________________ his homework. (do)
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Fill in the sentences with the negative form of the
7) It ________________ at the moment. (snow)
Present Continuous Tense.
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e.g.: You . (dance) aren't dancing
8) I ________________ now. (get up)
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1) I _________________ my soup. (eat)
9) The girls _________________ stars from paper. (cut)
2) You _________________ the cat. (feed)
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3) Mum _________________ us chocolate. (bring)
10)He _______________ a test. (write)
4) They _________________ pictures about animals.
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(draw)
11) We _______________ to the beach. (travel)
5) It _________________ now. (rain)
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6) The boy _________________ his cars. (push)
12)Mavis _______________ a new dress. (buy)
7) Mandy _________________ English at school.
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(teach)
13)The teacher _____________ us new exercises. (give)
8) Tim and Kim _________________ their hands. (clap)
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9) We _________________ stones on the beach.
14)You ________________ on the stones. (step)
(collect)
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10)You _________________ to your grandpa. (talk)
15)My sister _________________ on a concert. (dance)
11) Joyce _________________ the flowers in the
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garden. (water)
12)I _________________ the bedroom. (tidy)
You can see 7 different pictures. Write negative sentences in Present Continuous using these pictures. You can name t
13)Phil _________________ photos about us. (take) You can see 7 different pictures. Write negative
to carry books
14)You _________________ a newspaper. (read) sentences in Present Continuous using these pictures. You
to blow
15)The family _________________ breakfast. (have) can name the people in the pictures. You can write more
to swim
sentences to the pictures. Write the sentences into your
to rain
exercise-book. Use the following verbs.
to smile
to carry books
to skip the rope
to blow
to ride a bike
to swim
to read a comic
to rain
to sit on a bench
to smile
to hold a torch
to skip the rope
to ride a bike
to read a comic
to sit on a bench
to hold a torch
 You can see a lot of words above. Yourtask is to First make the sentences negative. Then rewrite
write negative sentences in Present Continuous. Just them with the given information. Look at the example.
follow the arrows and look at the numbers which show e.g.: Mary is cooking lunch. (write an e-mail) Mary isn't
you which words belong to which sentence. cooking lunch Mary is writing an e-mail.

1) __________________________________________ 1) Travis is holding a book. (read)

____________________________________________ ___________________________________________
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2) __________________________________________ 2) Clive and Steve are playing basketball. (eat an ice-
____________________________________________ cream)
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3) __________________________________________ __________________________________________
____________________________________________ 3) Mum is washing up. (iron the clothes)
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4) __________________________________________ _________________________________________
____________________________________________ 4) I am listening to music. (watch TV)
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5) __________________________________________ __________________________________________
____________________________________________ 5) The boys are skating. (build a snowman)
4 5___________________________________________
6) __________________________________________ _________________________________________
____________________________________________ 6) You are sitting on a chair. (lie in the bed)
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7) __________________________________________ _________________________________________
____________________________________________ 7) Barbie is dreaming about a new skirt. (buy)
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8) __________________________________________ _________________________________________
____________________________________________ 8) Mum is picking up the laundry. (wash)
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Where is the mistake? Correct the mistakes if there
is. If the sentence is correct, put a tick on the lines.
First find out which verb goes to which sentence then
1) Jill and I am not playing cards. fill in the sentences with the negative form of it in the
___________________________ Present Continuous Tense. Look at the example.
e.g.: You home. aren't going
2) You are not writting a letter.
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3) I am not wearing black shoes. ride paint
___________________________ listen have
4) Mary isn't studiing Maths.
lie put
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5) My teeth isn't aching. write cut
___________________________ clean carry
6) I amn't ironing your T-shirts.
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1) Larry ________________ his teeth now.
7) Jason isn't plantting trees in the garden.
2) Tom and Davy ________________ the books into
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their schoolbags.
8) The rabbit isn't hopping.
3) The dogs ________________ under the tree.
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4) You ________________ the walls of his house.
9) The family aren't having lunch.
5) The two men ________________ a heavy box.
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6) Mavis ________________ a horse.
10) Ben isn't rideing a bike.
7) The family ________________ the lunch.
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8) I ________________ to Chopin.
9) Mr Green _________________ my hair.
10) We __________________ a test in English.

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 First find out which verb goes to which sentence then Write true sentences using the negative form of the
fill in the sentences with the negative form of it in the present continuous about you and your classmates or
Present Continuous Tense. Look at the example. family.
e.g.: You home. aren't going
1) __________________________________________
swim iron ______________________________________
watch get 2) __________________________________________
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drink snow 3) __________________________________________
bring mend ______________________________________
4) __________________________________________
travel go
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5) __________________________________________
1) The Lees _________________ TV. ______________________________________
2) Charles ________________ in the lake. 6) __________________________________________
3) Mummy ________________ the clothes. ______________________________________
4) The men ________________ the roof. 7) __________________________________________
5) The children ________________ milk. ______________________________________
6) It ________________. 8) __________________________________________
7) Mandy ________________ on the bus. ______________________________________
8) It's nine o'clock. I ________________ to bed. 9) __________________________________________
9) It's almost 6 o'clock. It ________________ dark. ______________________________________
10) The postman ________________ the letters. 10) __________________________________________
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A. Complete the sentences with the Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

1. It __________ (rain), so Mary and Simon __________ (not swim) in the pool taday.

2. you__________ (wait) for the bus

3. Be quiet! The baby __________ (sleep).

4. They are outside. They __________ (wash) the car.

5. Charles __________ (study) Spanish at the University.

6. Stop shouting! I __________ (try) to do my homework.

7. You __________ (wear) a beautigul dress today.

8. Lets go home! We __________ (not have) a good time.

9. My mother __________ (make) a cake for my sisters birthday.

10. They __________ (run) at the moment

11. Mark __________ (buy) some food at he supermarket.

12. You can switch on the TV, I __________ (not work) now.