Present continuous：练习题

Look! The students ___ (organise) the listening materials into meaningful sections using a graphic organiser right now.

Imagine you are observing a Science lab session right now. Choose the correct verb form to complete the observation:
"Look! The student ___ (take) notes while listening to the weather forecast on the Internet for her oral report."

Read the classroom observation and choose the correct present continuous sequence:

"Right now, half of the class ___ (mime) a set of oral instructions, while the other half ___ (try) to identify the sequence of events based on their classmates' movements."

Read the following sentence about a classroom activity mentioned in the English curriculum document:

"Listen to the teacher! He ___ (explain) what listening entails and how we might approach the task right now."

Choose the correct present continuous form of the verb to complete the sentence.

A teacher is currently demonstrating a "think-aloud" technique to students. Choose the correct present continuous form to describe the action happening right now:

"Listen carefully! The teacher ___ (model) his own thought processes in deconstructing this complex science text for us."

Complete the sentence with the present continuous form of the verb provided:
"Please be quiet! The principal (give) ______ a speech to the visitors in the hall at the moment."

Identify the time marker and complete the sentence using the present continuous tense:
Look! The children (play) ______ in the garden right now, even though it is starting to get dark.

Read the live commentary of an ongoing student robotics demonstration and complete the tasks below.

"At this very moment in Hall B, our engineering team (1. test) the newly assembled drone. Karen and Liam (2. adjust) the propeller angles, while Marcus (3. transmit) control signals from the ground console. Meanwhile, the school principal (4. observe) the flight trajectory carefully."

(a) Fill in blanks 1 through 4 with the correct present continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. (4 points)

(b) Rewrite the fourth clause "the school principal is observing the flight trajectory carefully" as a negative statement. (1 point)

Read the following short description of a classroom activity and fill in the blanks with the correct present continuous form of the verbs in brackets:

Currently, the teacher (1. demonstrate) ______ how to deconstruct a scientific report. While she explains the rhetorical functions, her students (2. take) ______ notes in their data grids. Everyone (3. work) ______ hard to understand the connection between language items and text structures.

Read the following description of an English classroom activity and complete the tasks below.

It is Monday morning. In Room 302, the students (1. participate) ______ in a role-play activity. Two students (2. discuss) ______ the differences between formal and informal speech at the front of the class. Meanwhile, the teacher (3. note) ______ down common errors to provide feedback later.

(a) Fill in the blanks with the correct present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. (3 points)

(b) Change the third sentence (about the teacher) into a negative statement and a question. (2 points)