USEFUL

INFORMATION

Form
To be + ing form
Use

William is reading now.

Affirmative: He is reading.
Negative: He isn't reading
Interrogative: Is he reading?

Look at the picture and write

what these people are doing.

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The present continuous is used to talk about

events that are taking place at the moment
of speaking.
Ann is studying French at the moment.
Note: Verbs ending in y retain the y: Cry +
ing (crying)

Example: Will is
eating an ice-cream.
1. Adela
2. Suzane and
Adam
3. Will
4. Dmitri
5. Ann
6. John
7. Clare
8. Mr Cardoso
and Mrs Kean
9. Sarah
10. Paul

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2. Write the questions correctly and use the present continuous:

a) what/you/do ?
b) you/learn/ English at school?
c) Where/you/stay ?
d) It/snow?
e) Why sit /you/outside?
f)

They/dance/together?

g) What/he/wait for?
3. Write he following sentences in negative:
a) He is learning how to write.
b) We are having a good time together.
c) Carol is leaving him.
d) The kids are washing the dishes.
e) Im locking for my keys.
f)

She is selling her boat.

g) They are drinking orange juice.

4. Fill in the blanks with the present continuous of the verbs in brackets:

Today is a lovely day. The sun ___________ (shine), the birds _________ (sing) and
I _________ (feel) very well.
I _____________ (do) all the tasks very well and my mother __________ (shop)
while my father ___________ (wait) for her in the car.
I think he __________ (sleep) while he ____________ (listen) to the radio.
My brothers ____________
game.

(not/study), they ____________ (play) computer