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Date: ______________________
GRAMMAR WORKSHEET Student’s details
PRESENT CONTINUOUS (1) Full name _________________________
ESL | Grade 4 | 30 minutes Class _________________________

(+) Affirmative:
I/You/We/They/He/She/It + am/is/are + V_ing.
E.g. We are singing in the music room right now.

(-) Negative:
I/You/We/They/He/She/It + am/is/are + not + V_ing.
E.g. We aren’t singing in the music room right now.

(?) Interrogative:
Am/Is/Are + I/you/we/they/he/she/it + V_ing?
E.g. Are you singing in the music room right now?

 USE 1: Something is happening at the moment of speaking:

E.g. Rosie is drawing in the art room at the moment.

 USE 2: Something is to happen in the future:

E.g. They are taking the final exam next two weeks.

 USE 3: Annoying habits:

E.g. My brother is always borrowing my CDs without asking.

Adverbs:
now/ right now/ at the moment/ at present
Listen!/ Hurry up!/ Be quiet!/ etc.

I. Write “-ing” form of the verbs.

1. drink  ___________________ 10. die  ___________________
2. lie  ___________________ 11. cut  ___________________
3. make  ___________________ 12. sleep  ___________________
4. hit  ___________________ 13. bake  ___________________
5. sit  ___________________ 14. meet  ___________________
6. shave  ___________________ 15. run  ___________________
7. begin  ___________________ 16. take  ___________________
8. play  ___________________ 17. type  ___________________
9. fly  ___________________ 18. drop  ___________________

II. Fill in the blanks with “am”, “is” or “are”.

19. Kate __________ cooking pasta for dinner.
20. Mom __________ setting the table.
21. __________ the boys watching TV?
22. It __________ snowing outside.
23. The dog __________ barking.
24. I __________ writing an email.
25. They __________ not painting Easter eggs.
26. Kate and John __________ not making coffee.
27. ___________ Jack baking pie?
III. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Continuous.
28. Dennis (swap) ______________________ comics with Peter at the moment.
29. Listen! Pete and Joe (scream) ______________________.
30. Timmy (pack) ______________________ the picnic basket.
31. Look! They (shake) ______________________ hands.
32. I (have) ______________________ a bath right now.
33. We (collect) ______________________ stickers from school.
34. The cat (climb) ______________________ through the window.
35. I (go) ______________________ to the pet shop.
IV. Unscramble the words and make sentences in Present Continuous.
36. a lorry / man / A / now / driving / tall / is /.
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37. is / cleaning / her / at the moment / Mrs.Gatsby / house /.
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38. an internet cafe / going to / The children / now / are /.
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39. watering / in the garden / isn’t / My father / the flowers /.
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40. to / letter / you / your aunt / Are / at the moment / writing / a /?
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V. Make questions for the underlined parts.
41. Mr. Brown is standing in the shop. _____________________________________
42. They are playing cricket. _____________________________________
43. I am writing three e-mails. _____________________________________
44. The ghost is disappearing. _____________________________________
45. Claire is touching the screen. _____________________________________