Present Progressive

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Ego 4 U

• Present Progressive - Form
• Present Progressive - Form (affirmative sentences)
• Present Progressive - Form (negative sentences)
• Present Progressive - Form (yes/no questions)
• Present Progressive - Form (questions with question words)
• Present Progressive Test

Really Learn English

• Present Progressive – Exercise 01

Englisch-Hilfen

• Sentences and questions in Present Progressive – Exercise 1

Worksheet Answers: Present progressive or simple present?

Present progressive or simple present?

What do these people normally do and what are they doing now?

Write sentences. Use the simple present or the present progressive.

1.    Silky often talks to other seals but today she is talking to an octopus.

2.    Bibi is singing a song in the shower at the moment. She sometimes sings a song on Youtube.

3.    Unicorns always eat fairy dust and today they are eating glitter too.

4.    Angela Merkel often speaks in parliament in Berling but today she is visiting the Georg-Ackermann-Schule.

5.    Ed Sheeran never plays the bagpipe but at the moment he is singing a Scottish song and he is playing the bagpipe too.

6.    Look, Maya and Lucy are talking on the phone. They don't often talk on the phone, they usually meet in town.

Worksheet Answers: Present progressive with future meaning

Present progressive with future meaning

It’s Friday morning. Form 8M is getting ready for Open Day. What are the students doing in the afternoon?

Write sentences. Use the present progressive.

1.     Jessica is handing out some brochures in the afternoon.

2.     Kevin and Lilly are selling muffins in the afternoon.

3.     Jordan is cleaning tables in the afternoon.

4.     Mary-Anne is playing with younger children in the afternoon.

5.     Samuel is looking after dogs in the afternoon.

6.     Eleanor is playing the piano in the afternoon.

7.     Matthew and Margaret are dancing in a show in the afternoon.

8.     Siobhan is presenting Smart Boards in the afternoon.

9.     Mrs Hickman is showing visitors around school in the afternoon.

10.  Mr Baxter is talking to parents in the afternoon.

Worksheet Answers: Present progressive

Present progressive

It’s lesson 6 on Friday and Form Time. The students are cleaning their classroom. What are they doing?

Write sentences. Use the present progressive.

1.     L. and C. are writing the date on the board.

2.     R. and S. are handing out some letters.

3.     L. and S. are copying the timetable into the register.

4.     M. is is putting up some posters.

5.     J. is decorating the window.

6.     L. and M. are putting away the overhead projector.

7.     L. and K. are ordering food at the canteen.

8.     T. is getting some drawing pins from the secretary’s office.

9.     T. and L. are tidying up the classroom.

10.  A. is watering the plants.