Present Continuous

Interrogative Form

BASIC ENGLISH
Lic. Patricia Reyes Burgos
Email:preyes@usat.edu.pe
 Yes /No Questions

Is he running? Yes, he is.

Is he swimming? No, he isn’t.

 Imagine you are at home. In teams, students ask you
questions to find out where you are (kitchen,
bathroom, bedroom, living room etc.) and what you
are doing.

S 1: Are you in the living room?

Leader: Yes, I am/ No, I’m not
S2: Are you watching TV?
Leader: Yes, I am/No, I'm not
S3:…
Ask and Answer questions.
People’s names: Jason . Claire . Tom . Sam. Danny . Lucy . Dave . Jodie . Helen . Eve

Actions: laugh . sing . dance . talk . drink soda . eat pizza . listen

Directions

Team A and B:Ask questions and take notes of their correct answers.
Leader :Looks at the picture and answer questions.

Example:
Team A: Is Dave dancing? Team B: Is Lucy singing?
Leader: Yes , he is/ No, he isn’t Leader: Yes , she is/ No, she isn’t
Answer the questions in the negative as in the
example. Use your own ideas.
Example:
Are you doing your homework?
No, I'm not .. I'm writing my diary.

1 Are you cleaning your bedroom now?

2 Is your mother at the supermarket right now?
3 Is your teacher reading a book right now?
4 Is your dad working on his laptop now?
5 Are your parents going to the cinema tonight?
6 Is your sister talking on her mobile right now?
Listening Activity
Wasting my time on the phone
Listen to Meredith making phone calls to her friends. What are her friends doing?
helping his mother at the kitchen a) playing football with his friends
1. Bruce is………………………………………….
b) helping his mother at the
playing football with his friends
2. Josh is………………………………………....... kitchen
walking the dog
3. Adrian is……………………………………........ c) working out
sleeping
4. Marcy is……………………………………........ d) sleeping
having lunch right now
5. Gaby is………………………………………… e) having lunch
taking a shower right now
6. Ivonne is……………………………………….... f) taking a shower right now
fixing his video game
7. George is………………………………………… g) at the cinema
picking her sister up from school h)
8. Jhon is…………………………………………… picking her sister up from school
working out
9. Mary is………………………………………........ i) walking the dog
at the cinema
10. Blanche is……………………………………… j) fixing his video game
Speaking Activity
Do you know what is your friend doing now? Call her/him!

A:Hello
B:Hi ; can I talk to Gaby
please?
A:I’m sorry . She’s having
lunch right now.
B:Ok thank you
A:See you
 Wh- Questions

What is he doing?

He is running.
Write questions with what and the present continuous.
Then answer. 1-They/ watch/ TV 5-They/eat / sandwiches
She/ read / a book What are they watching? What are they eating?
What is she reading ? They are watching TV They’re eating sandwiches
2-She/ do / her homework 6-Mysister/wash/her hair
She’s reading a book
What is she doing? What is your sister washing?
She’s doing her homework My sister is washing her hair
3-You /listen to/ music 7-We/ write/our reports
What are you listening? What are you writing?
I’m listening to music We’re writing our reports
4-He/ drink/coffee
What is he drinking?
He’s drinking coffee
Write questions using the pictures:
 Write a question :

She’s buying . What is………....? A t-shirt.

They are watching TV. What ………....?
Write the sentences in full to complete the email.

Hi, Vernon
How are you? We’re in Spain at the moment. We’re on holiday.
1.....................................................................................
(we / stay / our grandparents’ house)
2.....................................................................................
(we / have breakfast/ moment)
3.....................................................................................
(the sun / shine)
4.....................................................................................
(we / wear / T-shirts and shorts)
5.....................................................................................
(what / you / do / moment?)
See you soon!
Love, Carla
Complete the conversation.
Carrie
listen to the radio do his homework
write an email make a sandwich
talk to you take a photo Eva

Eva: Hi, Carrie. What are you doing?

Dad
Carrie: Hi, Eva. 1...........................................
Eva: What’s your dad doing?
Carrie: 2........................................................... Mum
Eva: What’s your mum doing?
Carrie: 3...........................................................
Nigel
Eva: What’s Nigel doing?
Carrie: 4...........................................................
Eva: What’s Macy doing?
Carrie: 5..........................................................
And what are you doing? Macy
Eva: 6..........................................................
Complete the message that Kelly is sending to her
friend. What are people doing?
• Hi Jason,I’m in the window
of my house right now. From
my window I can see the
people at the park…
 Useful Links

• https://avi.cuaed.unam.mx/repositorio/moodle/pluginfile.php/1510/mod_resour
ce/content/25/contenido/index.html
• https://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/present_progressive2.htm
• http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1D.html
• https://elt.oup.com/student/project3rdedition/level1/unit6/grammar/exercise4?
cc=pe&selLanguage=en
• https://elt.oup.com/student/champions/starter/starter_grammar/grammar_unit
06_02?cc=pe&selLanguage=en
• https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-
progressive/form/exercises?form04
 Lic. Patricia Reyes Burgos
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