Present Continous Tense

PRESENT CONTINOUS TENSE Put in the verb in brackets into the gaps and form affirmative sentences. Use the long form of the auxiliary. Example: Jane __________ a magazine. (to read) Answer: Jane is reading a magazine. 1) Alexander 2) We

a film. (to watch) a computer game. (to play)

3) The dog 4) Peter

at the cat. (to bark) his rabbits. (to feed)

5) Philipp and Johnny 6) Mary 7) I

a song. (to sing)

her hair. (to wash) to Doris. (to talk)

8) Peggy

a picture. (to draw)

9) Henry and his sister 10) You

their mother. (to help)

the poem by heart. (to learn)

Example: Jane __________ home from work. (to come) Answer: Jane is coming home from work. 1) He

in the lake. (to swim)

2) Andrew and Colin 3) Simon 4) They 5) Kathy 6) You 7) I

muffins. (to make) a letter. (to write)

pictures. (to swap) with Bob. (to dance) home. (to run) a shower. (to take)

8) We

money for new computer. (to save)

9) She

the grass. (to cut)

10) The teacher

his bike. (to ride)

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the Present Progressive/Present Continuous. Watch the punctuation and form sentences or questions. Example: ____ she ______ a magazine? (to read) Answer: Is she reading a magazine? 1) The teacher 2)

the door. (not/to close) you

the washing-up? (to do)

3) They 4)

the printers. (to check) your grandmother

5) We 6)

the checkpoint. (not/to pass) they

7) She 8)

at birds? (to look)

to help? (to try) to the centre of the town. (not/to walk)

the policemen

9) Look! Steve's mother 10) You

into the bank? (to run) a cup of coffee. (to make)

the words correctly. (not/to link)

Out in the verbs in brackets in the Simple Present or the Present Progressive. Example: Steve always ____ his bike in the afternoon. (to ride) Answer: Steve always rides his bike in the afternoon. 1) Andy sometimes 2) We never 3) Listen! Sandy

comics. (to read) TV in the morning. (to watch) in the bathroom. (to sing)

4) My sister usually

in the kitchen. (to help)

5) My mother

breakfast now. (to make)

6) They often

the bathroom. (to clean)

7) Look! The boys 8) Every day his grandfather

home. (to come) for a walk. (to go)

9) I

with my friend at the moment. (to chat)

10) Cats

mice. (to eat)

Use the verbs in brackets in the Simple Present or in the Present Progressive. Watch the types of sentences (affirmative statements, negations or questions). Example: __ Chris _______ for his brother now? (to wait) Answer: Is Chris waiting for his brother now? 1) Look! This lady

a hamburger. (not/to eat)

2) Our cat seldom 3)

they

4) I

text messages at the moment? (to send)

supermarkets, but my father doesn't. (to like)

5) What

the man

6) We

in our garden? (to do)

the bus to school. (not/to take)

7) Where 8)

on the sofa. (to lie)

you

from? (to come)

your girlfriend always

9) I

a cup of tea now. (to have)

10)

the boy

green T-shirts? (to wear)

in the pool right now? (to swim)

Choose the correct forms of to be and form sentences in the Present Progressive. 1) John and Mandy

cleaning the kitchen.

2) I

reading a book at the moment.

3) It

raining.

4) We 5) The children 6) My pets

singing a new song. watching TV. sleeping now.

7) Aunt Helen

feeding the ducks.

8) Our friends

packing their rucksacks.

9) He

buying a magazine.

10) They

doing their homework.

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the Present Progressive/Present Continuous. Watch the punctuation and form sentences or questions. Beispiel: ____ they _______ the girl? (to bully) Lösung: Are they bullying the girl? 1) He

her name. (not/to shout)

2) We

nice photos. (to take)

3)

Phil

4) What 5) I

you

on the carpet. (not/to lie) they

to radio now? (to listen)

8) The eagle 9) Why 10) The boys

here? (to do)

on the sofa. (not/to sit)

6) The cat 7)

the exercise? (to explain)

the mouse. (to catch) Ruth

for money? (to ask) into the pool. (not/to dive)

ADJECTIVES Answer: Peter works slowly. 1) He

reads a book. (quick)

2) Mandy is a

girl. (pretty)

3) The class is

loud today. (terrible)

4) Max is a

singer. (good)

5) You can

open this tin. (easy)

6) It's a

day today. (terrible)

7) She sings the song 8) He is a

. (good)

driver. (careful)

9) He drives the car

. (careful)

10) The dog barks . (loud) Fill in the words in brackets as adjective or adverb like in the example. Example: Peter works ______ (slow). Answer: Peter works slowly. 1) The bus driver was 2) Kevin is

injured. (serious)

clever. (extreme)

3) This hamburger tastes 4) Be

. (awful)

with this glass of milk. It's hot. (careful)

5) Robin looks

. What's the matter with him? (sad)

6) Jack is

upset about losing his keys. (terrible)

7) This steak smells

. (good)

8) Our basketball team played 9) Don't speak so 10) Maria

last Friday. (bad)

. I can't understand you. (quickly) opened her present. (slow) SIMPLE PAST

Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use the Simple Past in the statements. Example: I ______ to the teacher. (to talk) Answer: I talked to the teacher. 1) Jane 2) He

a film. (to watch) a box. (to carry)

3) They

their father. (to help)

4) John and Amy 5) I

things. (to swap)

to Andrew. (to talk)

6) Susan

with Peter. (to dance)

7) The boys

basketball. (to try)

8) We

a trip. (to plan)

9) She

her hair. (to wash)

10) The car

at the traffic lights. (to stop)

Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use the Simple Past in the statements. Example: She ______ her mother in the kitchen. (to help) Answer: She helped her mother in the kitchen. 1) They

something to drink. (to order)

2) Last summer I 3) She 4) He

to Stuttgart. (to go)

her homework in the afternoon. (to do) to 10. (to count)

5) Our cat

a big mouse. (to catch)

6) In 2001 our class 7) The weather 8) The secretary 9) Paul 10) The people

a trip to Norwich. (to make) really nice. (to be) the file yesterday. (to delete)

nothins to me. (to say) something to each other. (to whisper)