1. We use "present continuous" when we talk about events that are going on at the time of speaking.
Examples: Look! The girl is riding her bicycle. / I am having my brakfast at the moment.I can't come out. /
The students are writing the summary of the reading text now. / Be quiet! The baby is sleeping.
We use "present continuous" when we talk about a period of time close to present.
Examples: Our football team isn't playing well this season. / She is preparing the project today. / We're
having a lot of meetings this week. / Mark is working in China this month.
1.I'm in a very big forest now.The birds ________ 8.Look! The browns __________ (move) to another
(sing) and the ants __________ (carry) food. city.Let's go and help them carry the furniture.
2.Sally __________ (dry) her hair now. 9.The children __________ (play) in the garden.
3.Two man __________ (walk) in the street now. 10.Our boss __________ (have) a meeting at the
4.Brian __________ (play) the guitar at the moment.Can you wait for a short time?
moment. 11.I __________ (solve) a very difficult Maths
5.Steven and Rachel __________ (cook) the dinner problem.I can't listen to you at the moment.
in the kitchen.It smells wonderful. 12.The girls __________ (organize) a surprise party
6.My father __________ (read) his newspaper and for Joseph at the moment.
my mother __________ (write) a letter to her 13.Be careful! A dog __________ (run) toward us.
sister at the moment. 14.Don't make noise! The teacher __________
7.You're __________ (study) hard this term. (talk) about an important subjec.t
1. a lorry / man / a / now / drive / tall
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2. clean / her / at the moment / Mrs.Gatsby /house
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3.internet cafe / go to / the children / now
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4.water / in the garden / my father / the flowers
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5.letter / I / my aunt / at the moment / write
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1.You can't talk to Janet now.She ____________ 6.dolls / play / Susan / with / home / at / now
in her bedroom. _______________________________________
2.Look! The weather __________ .Take your 7.park / Clark / car / in the / his / at the moment
umbrella with you. _______________________________________
3.The children __________ a cartoon on TV now. 8.on / the baby / sit / the floor / play / and / now
4.She __________ to music and __________ in her _______________________________________
room at the moment. 9.nice / a / tell / the teacher / story / now
5.Oh,Mary! Where __________ ? To school or _______________________________________
tothe library? 10.now / read / in the / Betty / a book / library
6.Larry and Peter __________ hamburgers and _______________________________________
__________ coke in the school cafeteria now. 11.barn / milk / Fanny / now / the cows / in the
7.My mother __________ the dishes and my sister _______________________________________
is __________ her in the kitchen at the moment. 12.iron / I / shirts / at the moment / and / ties
8.I'm __________ for my university exam this year _______________________________________
9.We __________ in the lake at the moment.The 13.the zoo / watching / we / in / the animals / now
water is warm and nice. _______________________________________
10.Helen __________ problems with her classmates 14.the letters / now / deliver / the postman
this semester.Nobody likes her. _______________________________________
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