ESL Present Continuous

Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

1. What’s James doing?

A. He’s flying a plane.
B. He’s driving a car.
C. He’s riding a skateboard.
D. He’s riding a bike.

2. What’s Nina doing?

A. She’s eating food.
B. She’s sleeping.
C. She’s drinking water.
D. She’s riding a bike.

3. What’s Ernesto doing?

A. He’s playing tennis.
B. He’s playing basketball.
C. He’s playing football.
D. He’s playing hockey.

4. What’s Yasmina doing?

A. She’s baking a cake.
B. She’s jumping.
C. She’s swimming.
D. She’s talking.

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 ESL Present Continuous

5. What’s Helena doing?

A. She’s reading a magazine.
B. She’s writing.
C. She’s reading a book.
D. She’s doing her homework.

Write the sentences in the correct order.

1. is/what/doing/Nico?

2. sleeping/Nico/is.

3. Emily/drinking/what/is?

4. hot/She/chocolate/is/drinking.

5. Pieter/doing/Valentina/and/What/are?

6. playing/They/are/game/board/a.

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 ESL Present Continuous

Look at the pictures and write sentences about what the people are doing.

1. What are Brett and Simon doing?

2. What’s Veronica doing?

3. What’s Jakob doing?

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Present Continuous Tense
Present Continuous Tense

1. I TV now. (watch)

2. My mum banana cakes. (bake)

3. The cat under the table. (sleep)

4. The birds in the sky. (fly)

5. We lunch. (have)

6. The boy his bicycle. (ride)

7. My sister her hands. (clap)

8. My friends some apple juice. (drink)

9. They badminton. (play)

10. Bob and Kate in the sea. (swim)

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 Sentence Writing

Rearrange the words below to form a sentence.

1. That is book. reading a boy

2. friend My is too speaking loudly.

3. shining. The sun is

4. My and sister I playing a are game.

5. in the children are park. playing There

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 Sentence Writing

Rearrange the words below to form a sentence.

6. walking Sam school. to is

7. Matt homework. Lily doing are their and

8. show. television are children The watching a

9. some Lucia water. drinking is

10. looking is Raj something at with binoculars. his

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 ESL Present Continuous Answers
1. What’s James doing?
A. He’s flying a plane.
B. He’s driving a car.
C. He’s riding a skateboard.
✔ D. He’s riding a bike.
2. What’s Nina doing?
✔ A. She’s eating food.
B. She’s sleeping.
C. She’s drinking water.
D. She’s riding a bike.
3. What’s Ernesto doing?
✔ A. He’s playing tennis.
B. He’s playing basketball.
C. He’s playing football.
D. He’s playing hockey.
4. What’s Yasmina doing?
A. She’s baking a cake.
B. She’s jumping.
✔ C. She’s swimming.
D. She’s talking.
5. What’s Helena doing?
A. She’s reading a magazine.
B. She’s writing.
✔ C. She’s reading a book.
D. She’s doing her homework.

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 ESL Present Continuous
1. is/what/doing/Nico?
What is Nico doing?
2. sleeping/Nico/is.
Nico is sleeping.
3. Emily/drinking/what/is?
What is Emily drinking?
4. hot/She/chocolate/is/drinking.
She is drinking hot chocolate.
5. Pieter/doing/Valentina/and/What/are?
What are Pieter and Valentina doing?
6. playing/They/are/game/board/a.
They are playing a board game.

1. What are Brett and Simon doing?

They are eating breakfast.
2. What’s Veronica doing?
She's playing the flute.
3. What’s Jakob doing?
He's playing golf.

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