Present Continuous Verb Tense Exercises, and pdfs
On this page you can practice making all forms of the present continuous which is a very common verb tense in English. All the exercises are free and you can download free printable pdf worksheets if you need to.
Exercise 1.
25 questions and answers using positive, negative, and question sentences.
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Question: ___________ (She/feel) very happy at the moment.
Answer： She is feeling very happy at the moment.
1 . ______ (It/rain) at the moment.
✅ It is raining at the moment.
2. ______(Steve/play) the guitar in the other room.
✅Steve is playing the guitar in the other room.
3. What_____ (you/do) with my computer?
✅What are you doing with my computer?
4. _______ (it/snow) outside?
✅ Is it snowing outside?
5. __________ (I/not/eat) that food! It looks terrible….
✅ I am not eating that food!
6. ___________ (Why/he/watch) TV now? We have to go!
✅ Why is he watching TV now?
7. ____________ (Why/he/shout) at me?
✅ Why is he shouting at me?
8. __________ (I/cook) more vegetarian food these days.
✅ I am cooking more vegetarian food these days.
ℹ️ ‘these days’ means recently or around the present time.
9. ________ (We/watch) a great series on Netflix at the moment.
✅ We are watching a great series on Netflix at the moment.
ℹ️ In this example, they do not mean now, but they mean around now. This could be last night or over the last few weeks.
10. ______ (Why/you/eat) a lot more food these days?
✅ Why are you eating a lot more food these days?
11. ___________ (He/swim) a lot at the moment.
✅ He is swimming a lot at the moment.
ℹ️ This does not mean now. Again, the expression, ‘at the moment’ in this context, means around now. Maybe he went swimming several times this month.
12. ____________ (She/not/study) very hard these days. It’s a shame.
✅ She is not studying
13. ________ (We/visit) our friends in Italy later this year.
✅ We are visiting
14. __________ (Why/they/leave) at 10pm? It’s too late.
✅ Why are they leaving
15. _________ (Eric/catch) the train in 2 hours.
✅ Eric is catching
16. ____________ (We/not/drive) to our friend’s house tomorrow.
✅ We are not driving
17. ____________ (He/wait) at the train station now. We should leave soon.
✅ He is waiting
18. ____________ (We/not/use) our washing machine at the moment because it’s broken.
✅ We are not using
19. ____________ (I/not/watch) that film. I didn’t enjoy it when I first watched it.
✅ I am not watching
20. __________ (What/we/do) later today? I hope we can go shopping or go to the new shopping mall.
✅ What are we doing
21. Next week, _________(he/travel) to his mother’s house in Scotland. It’s a long way.
✅ he is travelling
22. ______________ (Mark/work) for a large new tech company in Australia. He really enjoys it.
✅ Mark is working
23. ____________ (I/charge) my laptop at the moment because the battery is very low.
✅ I am charging
24. ____________ (Helen/not/learn) Spanish at school this year, but she will next year when she begins high school.
✅ Helen is not learning
25. ____________ (Robin/get) ready upstairs. I think he is still using the shower.
✅ Robin is getting
Exercise 2.
In this fill-in-the-blank exercise try to use the contracted short form.
For example: I am ➡️ I’m
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