Present Continuous Tense：練習題

Listen! Someone ______ at the door.

Quick! The chefs ________ dinner in the kitchen at the moment.

Look! One of the children ________ to climb that tall tree while his parents ________ on the bench nearby. It looks very dangerous!

Look! Tom ______ a new picture.

Look! The children ________ football on the playground right now.

Look at the picture below of the Snowman House. Use the Present Continuous Tense to describe what is happening: the girl _______ (build) the body of the snowman and the boy _______ (put) a carrot on its head for a nose.

Rewrite the following sentence in the present continuous tense to describe an action happening right now: "The tired man lies on the sofa." Then, identify and explain the specific spelling rule used to form the -ing version of the verb lie.

Read the dialogue between a teacher and a student below. Fill in the blanks with the correct Present Continuous Tense form of the verbs in brackets.

Teacher: Why are you still here, Tim? The bus is waiting!
Tim: I (a) ________ (look) for my English workbook. My classmates (b) ________ (help) me find it near the lockers.

Look at the sentences about a busy classroom. Complete each sentence using the Present Continuous Tense of the verb in the brackets.

a) The students _______ (listen) to the teacher's story.
b) Look! A small bird _______ (sit) on the window sill.
c) I _______ (write) the new words in my notebook now.

Imagine it's a calm Sunday afternoon at the Smith family's home. Each person and their pet are busy with different activities. Read the description carefully and then answer the questions below.

Description:

• Mr. Smith is reading a book on the sofa.
• Mrs. Smith is baking a cake in the kitchen.
• Their daughter, Emily, is drawing a beautiful landscape at her desk.
• Their son, Sam, is playing a board game with his friend.
• Their cat, Whiskers, is sleeping peacefully on the windowsill.

a) What is Emily doing right now?

b) Is Mrs. Smith watching TV? If not, what is she doing?

c) Formulate a question using the Present Continuous Tense to ask about an activity that Sam is not doing, and then provide the answer.