We use the present continuous tense to talk about events that are happening now or ongoing over a period of time. Some examples include "the girl is riding her bicycle" to talk about something happening now and "our football team isn't playing well this season" to talk about something happening over a period of time like a season. The present continuous tense is used to discuss actions that are in progress or temporary situations at the present time or across an extended time period that is still current.
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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