Present Continuous Positive Sentence Exercises
Level: ⚪A1 Beginner
Practise making present continuous sentences in the positive/affirmative form with many free exercises below. Pdf printable worksheets can also be downloaded for free.
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- Present continuous positive form review👀
- Exercise 1: Say your answers aloud using the positive form.
- Exercise 2: Type your answers and test your spelling. Try using the short form.
Present continuous positive form review👀
Subject + am/is/are + verb+ing ____
- I am walking to the shop.
- He is walking to the shop.
- She is walking to the shop.
- It is walking to the shop. (This could be a robot or animal)
- We are walking to the shop.
- You are walking to the shop.
- They are walking to the shop.
Practise creating sentences below.
Exercise 1.
1 . _______ (Helen/prepare) her favourite dish for her family.
✅ Helen is preparing her favourite dish for her family.
ℹ️ This action is happening right now.
2. __________ (We/walk) to the library after class.
✅ We are walking to the library after class.
ℹ️ This is a future plan.
3. ________(I/play) with my computer. I will go out after this.
✅ I am playing
ℹ️ This is something that is happening right now.
4. _________ (Julian/run) around the stadium.
✅Julian is running
ℹ️ Something happening now
5. __________(He/work) a lot of hours these days.
✅ He is working
ℹ️ This is something that is happening around now. He is generally working a lot of hours around now.
6. __________ (They/build) a new shopping centre on the outskirts of town. I hope it will be finished soon.
✅ They are building
ℹ️ This is something happening around now.
7. 📱Sharon: What’s the weather like with you?
📱Marie : ______ (It/rain) very heavily. I hope it stops soon.
✅ It is raining
ℹ️ This is something happening right now at the time of speaking.
8. At the moment, _______(Susan/travel) to many different countries.
✅ She is sleeping upstairs now.
ℹ️ This is happening Susan is doing now and around now.
9. Tony: Where is Maria?
Phil: _________(She/sleep) upstairs now.
✅We are not going
ℹ️ This is happening right now.
10. _________ (They/learn) a lot of French before they go on holiday.
✅ They are learning
ℹ️ This is happening around now.
11. Jean: What is Rick doing these days?
Martine: _________ (Rick/write) a piece of music for a music contest.
✅ Martine: Rick is writing
ℹ️ This is something Rick is doing around now, but not at the time of speaking.
12. 📱 Kevin: Where are you?
📱David : ______ (I/walk) home. I’ll call you later after I’ve had dinner.
✅ I am walking
ℹ️ This is something happening right now at the time of speaking.
13. Pat: Where is Becky?
Luke: _______(She/call) her friend right now.
✅Luke: She is calling
ℹ️ This is something that is happening now in the present moment.
14. ___________(He/pick) her up from her office at 6pm tonight.
✅ He is picking
ℹ️ This is a future plan.
15. _________ (I/read) a lot of English mystery novels at the moment. I really like them.
✅ I am reading
ℹ️ This is something happening around now, but not at the time of speaking.
16. __________(It/snow) so much at the moment. It’s annoying because we can’t go outside.
✅ It is snowing
ℹ️ This is something happening right now.
17. _______(My friend/learn) the drums. He really loves it and recommends the lessons to me.
✅ My friend is learning
ℹ️ This process of learning the drums is happening around now.
18. Linda: Do they know where they want to go on holiday?
Chris: Yeah, __________ (they/think) about it at the moment. There are a lot of destinations, so they have to take some time to make the best decision.
✅ Yeah, They are thinking
ℹ️ Even though Chris says ‘at the moment’, it doesn’t mean now. It means around now, or around this moment.
19. __________(My brother/visit) me at the moment. I don’t see him very often, so it’s nice he’s here.
✅ My brother is visiting
ℹ️ This is something happening now and around now. His brother is visiting him, but maybe today his brother is out at the shopping centre nearby.
20. 📱 Sandra: Do you want to meet me now?
📱Kirsty: ______ (I/cook) at the moment, but I could meet you in a couple of hours?
✅ I am cooking
ℹ️ She is cooking now at the time of speaking.
21. __________(We/meet) them at 9:30pm outside the theatre.
✅ We are meeting
ℹ️ This is a future plan.
22. __________(I/feel) a bit strange. I think I ate something bad for lunch.
✅I am feeling
ℹ️ Happening now.
23. Laura: Where is Dave?
Rose: __________(Dave/garden) at the moment. Please go around and see him.
✅Dave is gardening
ℹ️ Happening now.
24. __________(I/learn) how to cook Italian food. My girlfriend is Italian.
✅ I am learning
ℹ️ He is learning to cook around now.
25. ___________(We/go) to Mike’s house later. You should come along as well.
✅ We are going
ℹ️ This is a future plan.
Exercise 2.
In this exercise you have to type your answers. Try to use the short form and be careful with the spelling of some verbs with the ‘ing’ ending.
1 thought on “Present Continuous Positive Sentence Exercises”
I like this exercise a lot. Thanks