PRESENT CONTINUOUS exercises
Interactive exercises with present continuous tense.
- affirmative sentences fill in the blanks exercise
- negative sentences fill in the blanks exercise
- questions fill in the blanks exercise
About PRESENT CONTINUOUS tense
The present continuous tense is formed with the subject plus the present particle form (-ing) of the main verb and the present continuous tense of the verb to be: am, is, are . This tense is a grammatical tense that can be used to describe when an action happened, or may happen. You can use it to describe both events that are happening in the present – right now, while you are talking about something.
The form is: Subject + Be + Verb with ING.
Positive/affirmative sentences - e. g.
She is working at the moment.
I am playing football now.
Negative forms of present continuous are used to talk about things that are NOT happening at the time of speaking. To create a negative sentence with the present continuous, add not after the auxiliary to be or shorter way of negative form of not to be is: isn't, aren't, I'm not .
The form is: Subject + Be + Not + Verb with ING.
Negative sentences - e. g.
He is not working very hard.
You are not driving fast enough.
Present continuous questions are created by moving the verb BE to the beginning of the sentence. It's simple and easy here are the rules:
To Be + subject + verb with ING?
Questions - e. g.
Am I going on holiday this summer?
Is she playing football at the moment?
VERB PLAY in PRESENT CONTINUOUS
AFFIRMATIVE | NEGATIVE | QUESTIONS | |
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I | I am playing | I am not playing | Am I playing? |
He, She, It | He is playing She is playing It is playing |
He isn't playing She isn't playing It isn't playing |
Is he playing? Is she playing? Is it playing? |
We, You, They | We are playing You are playing They are playing |
We aren't playing You aren't playing They aren't playing |
Are we playing? Are you playing? Are they playing? |
VERB WATCH in PRESENT CONTINUOUS
AFFIRMATIVE | NEGATIVE | QUESTIONS | |
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I | I am watching | I am not watching | Am I watching? |
He, She, It | He is watching She is watching It is watching |
He isn't watching She isn't watching It isn't watching |
Is he watching? Is she watching? Is it watching? |
We, You, They | We are watching You are watching They are watching |
We aren't watching You aren't watching They aren't watching |
Are we watching? Are you watching? Are they watching? |