WEEK 27 THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE Name Exercise 1 Fill in the blanks with the present continuous form of the given verbs 1 I to watch a movie at Inox (go) 2 We in the nearby park (play) 3 The boys[.]
WEEK 27: THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………… Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the present continuous form of the given verbs I to watch a movie at Inox (go) We _ in the nearby park (play) The boys in the pond (swim) Rita at the function (sing) The child baseball (play) The chef his famous ravioli (cook) The teacher the students (teach) I Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (read) The man a Royal Enfield (ride) 10 Sheema for her dance performance (practise) 11 The boys _ everyone present at the party (annoy) 12 My mother a sweater for my sister (knit) 13 The man _ on the streets (beg) 14 The baby _ with her mother (giggle) 15 Ronaldo _ his team (train) Exercise 2: Change into the present continuous tense He goes to play in the park - COVID affects our lungs - I ate a cheeseburger - The Prime Minister will visit the school - Ram walks to school - The mason was building this tower - Riya spoke at the inter-school competition - The wrestlers fought hard - The cuckoo sings beautifully - 10 Prerna left for Dubai - 11 I cleaned my room - 12 We bought a new car - 13 Anurag plays the guitar - 14 You went in the wrong direction - 15 I did a new project - Exercise 3: Make the present continuous, positive or negative 1) (I / study at the moment) - _ 2) (I / not / sleep) - _ 3) (you / play badminton tonight) - _ 4) (we / watch TV) - _ 5) (she / not / work in Spain) - _ 6) (he / not / wait for the bus) - _ 7) (they / read) - _ 8) (we / not / go to the cinema tonight) - _ 9) (you / not / read the newspaper) - _ 10) (she / eat chocolate) - _ 11) (I / not / live in Paris) - _ 12) (we / study French) - _ 13) (they / not / leave now) - _ 14) (they / live in London) - _ 15) (he / work in a restaurant now) - _ 16) (I / not / meet my father at four) - _ 17) (she / not / drink tea now) - _ 18) (she / play the guitar) - _ 19) (we / cook) - _ 20) (he / walk to school now) - _ Exercise 4: Complete the following sentences using present continuous tense My son _ (talk) on the phone right now Are you sleeping _ (you / sleep)? Jason _ (do) his homework at the moment Tom _ (work) on a project nowadays My kids _ (play) in the garden now Some people _ (wait) to talk to you My wife _ (not cook) today _ (Lucas / study) for his exam right now? _ (Ryan / play) the piano now? 10 Lea and I _ (paint) the fences today 11 Andrea _ (help) me at present 12 My children _ (not listen) to the radio now 13 Selena _ (not drink) tea now 14 I _ (vacuum) the carpet right now 15 My father _ (watch) TV now 16 What _ (she / eat) right now? 17 _ (your dog / hide) from me? 18 What book _ (you / read) nowadays? 19 Thomas _ (drive) me home now 20 I _ (wash) my face at the moment Exercise 5: Complete the following sentences using present continuous tense You look really great! (you, work) out at the fitness center recently? A: What (you, do) _ when the accident occurred? B: I (try) _ to change a light bulb that had burnt out I (have) _ the same car for more than ten years I'm thinking about buying a new one If it (snow) _ this weekend, we (go) _ skiing near Lake Tahoe Sam (arrive) _ in San Diego a week ago Samantha (live) _ in Berlin for more than two years In fact, she (live) _ there when the Berlin wall came down If Vera (keep) drinking, she (lose, eventually) _ her job Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) _ It (rain) _ all week I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach 10 Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) _ the bus this morning You (be) _ late to work too many times You are fired! 11 I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we (wake) _ up tomorrow morning, the sun (shine) _ 12 I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit) _ the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States 13 I (see) _ many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt Pictures of the monuments are very misleading The pyramids are actually quite small 14 Joseph's English (improve, really) _, isn't it? He (watch) _ American television programs and (study) _ his grammar every day since he first arrived in San Diego Soon he will be totally fluent 15 When I (arrive) _ home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner