Vocabulary Worksheets

Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 6. Verbs: Nouns and prepositions

Complete the sentences. Write the correct word from the word pool in each blank space.
Susie is at the zoo. She sees these animals.

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

holding hanging watching around under

1. A monkey is __________________________________ from a branch on a tree. He is ______________________ the branch with his left hand and his two feet. His tail is _______________________________ the branch.
learning teaching standing hands faces

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

2. These chimpanzees are ________________________ on two legs. The mother is ________________________ her baby how to walk. The mother and the baby are holding ____________.
below around branch leaf climbing sitting

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

3. A brown bear is _____________________________ a tree. His arms are _______________________________ the tree. He is _____________________________________________ on a _____________________________ of the tree.

drinking

seeing

looking

water

grass

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

4. Two giraffes are standing on the ____________________ next to the ____________________________. One giraffe is bending his head down and ___________________________. One giraffe is turning his head to the left and ______________________ around the area.

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game