Present Continuous – exercises (1)

Positive Negative Questions

I am playing the violin I am not playing the violin. Am I playing the violin?
He/she/it is cleaning the house He/she/it is not cleaning the house. Is he/she/it cleaning the house?
We/you/they are doing a project. We/you/they are not doing a project. Are we/you/they doing a project?
What are you doing now?

I. Write true sentences about this moment in the
Present Continuous tense.
1. We / learn/ English
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2. I / jump _________________________________
3. My friends/ dance________________________
4. We / do an exercise_______________________
5. It / snow ________________________________
6. The teacher / watch us_____________________
7. My classmate / sleep
__________________________________________
8. We / watch/ TV __________________________
9. We / listen to a song
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II. Write questions for ‘around now’ in the Present
Continuous tense.
1. you / learn / German? _____________________
2. you / play football? _______________________
3.Why/ my best friend / sleep?
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4. my classmates / sit? _______________________
__________________________________________
5. you / prepare for an exam?
___________________________________________
6. What / you / plan for your holidays?
___________________________________________
7. your friends / do a lot of tests this week?
___________________________________________
___________________________________________

III. Write about the pictures.

1 Sam/drink milk/ 2 Children/play 3 Kate/write/ 4 Ted/play the piano/ 5

Mary/sing/
repair his car. chess/football sleep the guitar paint
Sam isn’t drinking _______________ _______________ ___________________ ________________
milk. He’s repairing _______________ _______________ ___________________ ________________
his car. _______________ _______________ ___________________ ________________
_______________ ________________ ___________________ ________________

IV. Write sentences about people’s clothes in this picture.

Example: Sam’s wearing dark trousers and black shoes. /
He isn’t wearing jeans.

1. Jane______________________________________________________

2. Ann______________________________________________________

3. Jill_______________________________________________________

4. Sarah_____________________________________________________

5. I__________________________________________________