Present Continuous

Grammar
Exercise

-Present Continuous Tense-

CIKGU SHARE PRESS

NAME: __________________________________
CLASS: _________________________________
DATE: ___________________________________

Fill in the blanks below with the Present Continuous
Tense of the verb in brackets.

Singular Noun Subject Verb

Plural Noun • He / she is + verb + ing
Uncountable • Ayu / Karim / Fuad
• The family are + verb + ing
Noun • Each boy is + verb + ing
• Someone am + verb + ing
• Everyone are + verb + ing

• We / They
• Nizam and Khairul
• Most

• The water
• The fire

•I

• You

I am walking I am not walking
You are You are
He is He is
She is She is
It is It is
We are We are
They are They are

Am I Yes, No,
Are You
Is He walking? I am I am
Is She you are you are
Is It he is he is not
Are We she is she is
Are they is is
it are it are
we are we are
they they

CIKGU SHARE PRESS 2

Fill in the blanks below with the Present Continuous
Tense of the verb in brackets.

1. Look! The helicopter ___________________ (fall) down.
2. The ladies _______________ (cook) in the kitchen.
3. The boy ________________ (help) us.
4. Several girls __________________ (wait) at the gate.
5. The fire __________________ (get) bigger now.
6. Puan Sarah ________________ (write) on the board now.
7. Where ___________ you _____________? (go)
8. The little girl __________________ (skip) towards me.
9. The fisherman _________________ (row) the boat.
10. Help! My grandson _____________________.. (drown)
11. Grandfather _________________ (tell) a story now.
12. The wind ________________ (blow) strongly.
13. __________ they ______________? (come)
14. __________ I _______________ (sit) on the wrong chair?
15. The sun ________________ (shine) brightly now.
16. She _________________ (cry) in the room.
17. The pupils ___________________ (make) a lot of noise in the class.
18. James and Janet _______________ (study) in the same school.
19. One of the girls ________________ (stay) near my house.
20. The postman ________________ (deliver) some letters to my brother.
21. The women __________________ (bake) some cakes for Deepavali.

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22.The women __________________ (bake) some cakes for Deepavali.
23. Devi __________________ (wash) her clothes.
24. I _________________ (write) an email to my friend.
25. Mother ____________________ (sew) some new dresses for us.
26. The gardener ___________________ (grow) some rose in the garden.
27. An old man _________________ (cut) down the tree near our house.
28. Some of teachers ______________ (rest) in the staffroom.
29. The clerk ___________________ (type) in the office.
30. We ___________________ (wait) for you at the school gate.
31. Who _________ that _____________ (speak) to your friend?

CIKGU SHARE PRESS 4

Describe the picture

In the picture, there is a young girl in a park. She __is__s_t_a__n_d_i_n_g_

(stand) while _______________ (talk) on the phone. Behind her
there is a dog. It ______________ (sleep) on the grass. There is
man ____________ (sit) and ____________ (read) a newspaper on
the bench. There are two boys at the park. They ___________
(cycle) while ___________ (chat) with each other. The other two
children ____________ (wear) safety helmet. They ____________
(play) with their skateboards. There is a woman in the park too.
She ____________ (eat) her lunch.

CIKGU SHARE PRESS 5

Answer the questions below by using the present continuous
tense.

1. A: It’s four o’clock in the morning (now). What are you doing?
B: I __a_m__f_i_n_is_h_i_n_g_m__y__h_o_m__e_w__o_r_k_________________________________

2. A: It’s eight-thirty in the morning (now). What are you doing?
B: I ___________________________________________________________

3. A: It’s noon (now). What are you doing?
B: I ____________________________________________________________

4. A: It’s one-thirty in the afternoon (now). What are you doing?
B: I ____________________________________________________________

5. A: It’s quarter to four in the afternoon (now). What are you
doing?
B: I ____________________________________________________________

6. A: It’s five-thirty in the afternoon (now). What are you doing?
B: I ____________________________________________________________

7. A: It’s eight o’clock in the evening (now). What are you doing?
B: I ____________________________________________________________

8. A: It’s ten-thirty in the evening (now). What are you doing?
B: I ____________________________________________________________

CIKGU SHARE PRESS 6