Present Continuous (Rules+exercises)

Present Continuous
He is (not) reading
Am/is/are + V ing
They are (not) reading
She is (not) reading
 Do+ing=doing
 Play+ing=playing
 Study+ing=studying
 Sit[i]+ing = sitting meet[i:]+ing =meeting
 Die+ing =dying, lie+ing =lying
1. Action at the moment of speaking (signal words: now, at the moment,

look! Listen!)
Alice is sleeping now. Is she sleeping now?
It’s 10 a.m. now. Alice is still sleeping. What is going on?
Look! Alice is returning home alone.
Do you hear the voices? Are they speaking German?
2. Action happening in a period round now (signal words: today, this week,
this evening)
Is Alice working this week?
3. Changes
Your English is getting better
The population is increasing fast
It’s getting cold/warm
4. Negative characteristics=you do something more often than normal (signal

words: always, constantly)
She is constantly losing her pen!
Why are you always complaining?
5. Future plans (signal words: tomorrow, next Monday, this Sunday etc)
We are flying to Italy next Friday
Present Simple or Present Continuous (exercises)
Task 1. Choose the correct answers

Kathy and Mandy 1_____ a flat at university this year. Kathy 2_____ much money and she can’t go out very
often so she 3_____ every evening. She says food 4_____ more and more expensive all the time. She is
paying for her studies 5_____ so she has to be careful with money. Mandy 6_____ careful with money. In
fact, she usually 7_____ more money than she has!
1. a share b is sharing c shares d are sharing
2 a isn’t having b doesn’t have c don’t have d doesn’t having
3 a usually studies b studies usually c is usually studying d is studying usually
4 a get b gets c is getting d are getting
5 a myself b yourself c herself d himself
6 a isn’t always b always isn’t c doesn’t always d is always not
7 a spends b spend c are spending d is spending
Task 2. Choose the correct answers

Sam and Dave are best friends and they 1_______ at the same university now. Sam 2_______ out, he works
hard. He looks after 3___ very well though and he 4_______ his gym class. This week he 5_______ to cook
healthy meals at the cooking club. Dave is very sociable and he has lots of friends – he 6_______ bored! He
loves meeting his friends and socialising, so this week he 7_______ a party.
1. a studies b studying c are studying d study often
2 a doesn’t often go b doesn’t go often c don’t often go d isn’t often going
3 a myself b yourself c herself d himself
4 a never misses b misses never c is never missing d does never miss
5 a learns b is learning c doesn’t learn d isn’t learning
6 a is never feeling b isn’t feeling never c never feels d feels never
7. a organises b is organising c organise d usually organises
Task 3. Complete the sentences and questions with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. You ______________always (watch) TV! Can you do something else?
2. She always __________(go) to work by car.
3. The water ________(boil). Can you turn it off?
4. Water ________(boil) at 100 degrees Celsius and ________(freeze) when the temperature ______(drop)
below zero.
5. Why __________(you, stare) at me like that?
6. The weather ___________(improve). We can go for a walk.
7. Hurry up! The train __________(approach).
8. She _________(do) nothing at the moment. She seldom ________(do) anything at this part of the day.
9. What ___________(you, do) with your hair? Don’t touch it.
10. ___________(It, rain) now? It never _________(rain) in autumn here.
11. We usually ___________ (play) football on Saturday, but I can’t play this week because we
___________ (get) ready for a tennis competition.
12. Technologies _____________(develop) faster than ever before.
13. Look! Roger __________(kick) the ball and __________(pass) it to John.
14. ____________(the price of computers/go down) or are they the same price as before?
15. How often _____________ (Jamie/play) football with his classmates?
16. I can’t talk right now, I ___________ (watch) a film.
17. Is your exercise programme at the gym good? ___________ (you/get) stronger?

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1. Action at the moment of speaking (signal words: now, at the moment,

4. Negative characteristics=you do something more often than normal (signal

Task 1. Choose the correct answers

Task 2. Choose the correct answers

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