PRESENT CONTINUOUS

The present continuous tense is also called the present progressive. This tense is used for actions going on at the time of speaking.

Read the following sentences!

- I am watching TV

- You are singing

- The baby is crying for milk

- It is raining outside

- They are playing football

- He is cooking in the kitchen

- She is singing a song

- We are studying English

Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets in each case!

1.      The students.......................................... in the class. (study)

2.      Our teacher............................................ English grammar. (teach)

3.      They........................................................ their lessons. (write)

4.      The dog.................................................. at the strangers. (bark)

5.      Please don’t be noise, I........................ (work)

6.      We........................................................... a new house. (build)

7.      He............................................................ here this afternoon. (reach)

8.      We........................................................... for the bus. (wait)

9.      They........................................................ their homework. (do)

10.  She........................................................... tennis with her friend. (play)

11.  The boys................................................. in the swimming pool. (swim)

12.  Mother.................................................... food in the kitchen. (cook)

13.  The news-reader................................... the news. (read)

14.  My brother............................................. from fever. (suffer)

15.  Children................................................. a noise. (make)

16.  he............................................................. his hands after taking meals. (wash)

Adverbs of time: now, right now, at present, at the moment, today, still.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

In the classroom, there are a teacher and ........................ students. The teacher is Mr. ...................... He is an English teacher. He is ........................ English. The ...................... students are ..................... They are taking out: pens, pencils, rulers, dictionaries from their bags. ........................ is writing the lesson and ................... is reading the lesson while ...................... is looking at blackboard.

........................ is sitting beside ........................, and ........................ and ........................ are doing exercises. ........................ is speaking English with her friends. ........................ is pondering someone.

Student’s Vocabularies:

1.      teach

2.      take out

3.      write

4.      read

5.      look at

6.      sit

7.      do

8.      speak

9.      ponder

10.  clean

11.  sweep

12.  mop

13.  dust

14.  take a chat