Academia Britânica de Évora

Level 1

 Present Continuous
A – Look at the pictures and decide if the things are happening or not. Write afirmative () or negative
() sentences using the Present Continuous.

1- (George/eat/breakfast.) 
(George/sleep.) 

George isn’t eating breakfast.

George is sleeping.

2- (She/read/a book.)
(She/play/computer games.)

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3- (He/listen/to music.)
(He/watch/TV.)

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4- (They/cycle.)
(They/play/tennis.)

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5- (We/read/a magazine.)
(We/read/a book.)

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B – Complete the sentences using the Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

1 – Jay __________________ (give) a present to Tom. It’s his birthday.

2 – I __________________ (send) e-mails to my friends. 6 – You ________________ (not watch) T.V.

3 – Sally __________________ (dance) with Mark. 7 – They ______________ (do) their homework.

4 – We _________________ (not have) dinner. 8 – We ________________ (clean) the car.

5 – I _________________ (not study) Maths.

C – Put the words in the correct order to make questions in the Present Continuous.
E.g. - she/having/lunch/is/?
1 – playing football/are/they?
2 – the cat/sleeping/is/?
3 – listening/are/to the radio/they/?
4 – TV/they/watching/are/?
5 – doing/your homework/you/are/?
6 – Julia and Peter/are/dancing/?
D – Make questions and answers. Use the Present Continuous.
Questions
E.g. they/win/the match?
Are they winning the match?
1. you/study/English/at the moment?
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2. they/listen/to the radio?
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3 – she/live/in Madrid at the moment?
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4 – he/play/basketball?
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5 – they/eat/chocolate cake?
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- Is she having lunch?
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
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Answers
- No, they aren’t.
- Yes,_________________
- No, _________________
- Yes, _________________
- No, __________________
- Yes, __________________