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Present continuous tense Exercise-1

Exercise – 1
 
 
Fill in the blank: Add -ing to the verb:

  1. smoke ____

  2. play ____

  3. study ____

  4. die ____

  5. travel ____

  6. take ____

  7. stop ____

  8. write ____

  9. see ____

  10. make ____

  11. cut ____

  12. lie ____

 

Fill in the blanks.

  1. Please be quiet. I ____
a. am working
b. have worked
c. was working
d. worked
 
  1. Look at Aarjoo! She ____ her new hat.
a. had worn
b. is wearing
c. was wearing
d. has worn
 
  1. The weather is nice at the moment. It ____ not raining.
a. was
b. is
c. has
d. does
 
  1. ‘Where are the children?’ ‘They ____ in the park.’
a. were playing
b. have played
c. are playing
d. played
 
  1. (on the phone) We ____ dinner now. Can you phone a. again later?
a. were taking
b. was taking
c. are taking
d. have taken
 
  1. Write the sentence in present continuous form
You can turn off the television. I ____ it.
a. am not watching  
b. have not watched
c. was not watching
d. do not watch
 
  1. ____ an apple.
a. She is eating
b. She was
c. She has been
d. She ate
 
  1. He ­­­­­­­­­____ for a bus.
a. was waiting
b. has waited
c. is waiting
d. waited

 

Answers:

  1. smoking

  2. playing

  3. studying

  4. dying

  5. travelling

  6. taking

  7. stopping

  8. writing

  9. seeing

  10. making

  11. cutting

  12. lying

  13. a

  14. b

  15. b

  16. c

  17. c

  18. a

  19. a

  20. c