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Present Progressive - Test 1

A - Put in the correct verb forms.
are
1) We _______ making sandwiches. 6) My friends _______
are watching a new DVD.
a) am a) am
b) are b) are
c) is c) is

2) I _______
am sending a text message. 7) George _______
is wearing a pullover today.
a) am a) am
b) are b) are
c) is c) is

3) Tom _______
is cleaning the shop. 8) Ronny and David _______
are running out of the
a) am house.
b) are a) am
c) is b) are
c) is
are
4) They _______ doing an exercise.
a) am is
9) My baby brother _______ playing with his
b) are toys.
c) is a) am
b) are
is
5) The teacher _______ checking the c) is
homework.
a) am 10) Our class _______
is visiting a museum.
b) are a) am
c) is b) are
c) is

B - Which answers are correct?

1) Which verbs forms are in the Present Progressive?

a) infinitive + -ed
b) infinitive + -ing
c) infinitive + -s
d) am + infinitive + -ing
e) are + infinitive + -ing
f) is + infinitive + -ing
g) to be + infinitive + -ing

2) Which verbs forms are correct?

a) she is puting
b) she is putting
c) she is runing
d) she is running
e) she is siting
f) she is sitting

3) Which short/contracted forms are correct?

a) I'm singing
b) he's singing
c) she´s singing
d) we're singing
e) your singing
f) you're singing
g) their're singing

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4) Which verbs forms are correct?

a) we are makeing
b) we are making
c) we are writeing
d) we are writing

5) What are typical signal words for the Present Progressive?

a) Listen!
b) always
c) Look!
d) at the moment
e) now
f) often
g) yesterday

6) Which sentences/questions are in the Present Progressive?

a) She drives a taxi.
b) He is 13.
c) I am watering the flowers.
d) She isn't helping her mother.
e) Are you listening to the radio?
f) We are painting the walls.

C - Form short/contracted forms.

1) we are playing - ______________________________________

we 're pkaying
2) he is repairing - he ' s repairing
______________________________________
3) I am dancing - I ' m dancing
______________________________________
4) it is raining - it 's raining
______________________________________
5) they are asking - they 're asking
______________________________________
6) you are sleeping - you 're sleeping
______________________________________
7) she is wearing - ______________________________________
she 's weaing

D - Negate the sentences.

1) The girls are riding their bikes. The girls are not riding their bikes
_______________________________________________________
2) He is taking out a book. He is not taking out a book
_______________________________________________________
3) I am washing my hair. I am not washing my hair
_______________________________________________________
4) The baby is crying. The baby is not crying
_______________________________________________________
5) You are listening to music. You are not listeining to music
_______________________________________________________
6) The dog is running after the cat. The doig is not running after the cat
_______________________________________________________
7) She is sitting on the chair. She is not sitting on preparing lunch now.
_______________________________________________________
8) My mum is preparing lunch now. My mum is not preparing lunch now.
_______________________________________________________
9) We are carrying buckets. we are not carrying buckets.
_______________________________________________________
10) The teacher is opening the window. The teacher is not opening the window.
_______________________________________________________

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E - Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.

1) Dennis ____________________
is swapping comics with Peter at the moment. (to swap)
2) Listen! Pete and Joe ____________________.
are screamming (to scream)
is pack
3) Timmy ____________________ the picnic basket. (to pack)
are shaking
4) Look! They ____________________ hands. (to shake)
5) I ____________________
am having a bath right now. (to have)
6) We ____________________
are collecting Stan from school. (to collect)
is coming
7) Listen! Angela ____________________ home. (to come)
8) The cat ____________________
is climbing through the window. (to climb)
9) Look! The robber ____________________
is stealing a bag. (to steal)
10) I ____________________
am going to the pet shop. (to go)

F - Which sentences/questions are correct?

1) Which sentence is in the Present Progressive?

a) I am reading a comic now.
b) I reading a comic now.
c) I ´ m reading a comic now.
d) I'am reading a comic now.

2) Which sentence is in the Present Progressive?

a) He has read a book.
b) He is going to read a book.
c) He is reading a book.
d) He read a book.
e) He reads a book.

3) In which sentence is the Present Progressive used correctly?

a) Andrew am washing the dishes.
b) Andrew are washing the dishes.
c) Andrew is washing the dishes.

4) Which negative sentence is in the Present Progressive?

a) Eric does not doing his homework.
b) Eric is not do his homework.
c) Eric is not doing his homework.

5) Which negative sentence is in the Present Progressive?

a) We aren't write a test.
b) We aren't writing a test.
c) We don't writing a test.

6) Which question is in the Present Progressive?

a) Does he sing in the bathroom?
b) Is he singing in the bathroom?
c) Singing he in the bathroom?

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Present Progressive - Test 2

A - Put in the correct verb forms.
is
1) Tom _______ playing the guitar. 6) _______
is your mother washing her hair?
a) am a) Am
b) are b) Are
c) is c) Is

2) The farmers _______

are milking the cows. 7) Conny _______
is moving to New Zealand next
a) am weekend.
b) are a) am
c) is b) are
c) is
3) Carmen _______
is not waiting for the school
bus. 8) Look! The rice _______
is cooking.
a) am a) am
b) are b) are
c) is c) is

are
4) _______ the children flying their kites? 9) My friends and I _______
are having tea right
a) Am now.
b) Are a) am
c) Is b) are
c) is
are
5) They _______ cycling with their friends.
a) am 10) Am I
_______ dreaming?
b) are a) Am I
c) is b) Are I'm
c) Is I'm

B - Which answers are correct?

1) Which actions are in the Present Progressive?

a) action happening at the moment of speaking
b) result of an action in the past is important in the present
c) things in general
d) you have already decided and arranged to do sth.
e) repeated actions

2) Which verb forms are formed correctly?

a) they are admiting
b) they are admitting
c) they are lieing
d) they are lying
e) they are picknicing
f) they are picknicking
g) they are serveing
h) they are serving

3) Which verb forms are correct?

a) he is phoneing
b) he is phoning
c) he is refering
d) he is referring
e) he is tidieing
f) he is tidying

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4) Which verb forms are formed correctly?

a) Hi's having a bath.
b) I'm having a bath.
c) Its having a bath.
d) She's having a bath.
e) Their having a bath.
f) We're having a bath.
g) You're having a bath.
h) Your having a bath.

5) What are typical signal words for the Present Progressive?

a) Listen!
b) ago
c) at this moment
d) ever
e) right now
f) since
g) usually

6) Which sentences/questions are in the Present Progressive?

a) He was with us.
b) Jessica is wearing a new dress.
c) Let's visit our aunt.
d) The boys like reading books.
e) The girls are doing the shopping.

C - Form short/contracted forms.

We ' re whispering
1) we are whispering - ______________________________________
2) it is whispering - it's whispering
______________________________________
3) they are whispering - they' re whispering
______________________________________
4) you are whispering - ______________________________________
you ' re whispering
5) she is whispering - she ' s whispering
______________________________________
6) I am whispering - ______________________________________
I ' m whispering
7) he is whispering – ______________________________________
he ' s whispering

D - Ask for the underlined parts.

1) Mr Brown is helping in the shop. where is Mr Broun helping?

_______________________________________________________
2) Claire is touching the screen. what is claire doing?
_______________________________________________________
3) Sheila is sitting on the sofa. where is she sitting?
_______________________________________________________
4) I am writing three e-mails. How many e-mails are you writing?
_______________________________________________________
5) Jack is working late. what is Jack doing?
_______________________________________________________
6) They are playing cricket. what are they playing?
_______________________________________________________
7) Anne is walking her dog. who is walking her dog?
_______________________________________________________
8) She is buying a present at the clothes shop. where is she buying a present?
_______________________________________________________
9) The ghost is disappearing. who is disappearing?
_______________________________________________________
10) They are carrying the bags to the car. _______________________________________________________
where are they carring the bagsto?

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E - Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.

1) Look! The boys ____________________

are putting up a tent. (to put up)
am not seeing
2) I ____________________ Andrew tonight. (not/to see)
3) What _______________
are Tim and Joe _______________
having for lunch now? (to have)
4) Jeff ____________________
is celebrating a party next Friday) (to celebrate)
am teaching
5) I ____________________ Polish in a school in Krakow. (to teach)
is waking
6) He ____________________ at the supermarket in the holidays. (to work)
is
7) Listen to Angela! What language _______________ speaking
she _______________? (to speak)
8) Mary ____________________
is staying at her aunt's home. (to stay)
are you doing
9) Hey! What ____________________ there? (you/to do)
10) She ____________________
is not phoning Mel now. (not/to phone)

F - Which sentences/questions are correct?

1) Which sentence is in the Present Progressive?

a) He is reading.
b) He is reads.
c) He likes reading.
d) He was reading.

2) Which sentence is in the Present Progressive?

a) He can't riding on the horse.
b) He does not riding.
c) He isn't riding on the horse.
d) He not riding.

3) Which negative sentence is in the Present Progressive?

a) Stephen is not polishing the car.
b) Stephen is polishing not the car.
c) Stephen polishing not the car.

4) In which sentence is the Present Progressive formed correctly?

a) Jane and Frank am running after the dog.
b) Jane and Frank are running after the dog.
c) Jane and Frank is running after the dog.

5) Which question is in the Present Progressive?

a) Are you sending text messages?
b) Have you sending text messages?
c) Is you sending text messages?
d) Were you sending text messages?

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Simple Present or Present Progressive - Test

A - Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.
goes
1) Pat often ____________________ to concerts. (to go)
2) Look! The boys ____________________
are running to the playground. (to run)
has
3) Every afternoon Jack ____________________ a cup of tea. (to have)
are playing
4) We ____________________ a computer game at the moment. (to play)
5) I ____________________
am watching a nice film now. (to watch)
6) Tom never ____________________
are write picture postcards. (to write)
7) They ____________________
are from Tokyo. (to be)
8) Listen! Anne and Susan ____________________
are singing a song. (to sing)
9) Angela sometimes ____________________
visit a museum. (to visit)
10) The cat seldom ____________________
slpeeps on the sofa. (to sleep)

B - Which sentences are correct?

1) 6)
a) Timmy is asking a lot of questions now. a) Listen! The girls are making a lot of noise.
b) Timmy is sometimes asking a lot of b) The girls are often making a lot of noise.
questions.
7)
2) a) Listen! We play the drums.
a) He often reads a book. b) We never play the drums.
b) He reads a book now.
8)
3) a) Dorothy helps with the cooking in the
a) Every afternoon Mum makes a cup of tea. afternoons.
b) Listen! Mum makes a cup of tea. b) Look! Dorothy helps with the cooking.

4) 9)
a) Every day the boy is making a snowball. a) They always go to school by bus.
b) Look! The boy is making a snowball. b) They go to school by bus at the moment.

5) 10)
a) Look! Stan is doing magic tricks. a) Andy repairs things at the moment.
b) Stan is usually doing magic tricks. b) Andy sometimes repairs things.

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C - Which answers are correct?

1) What are typical signal words for the Simple Present?

a) yesterday
b) sometimes
c) at the moment
d) every day
e) often
f) now

2) What are typical signal words for the Present Progressive?

a) Listen!
b) sometimes
c) at the moment
d) now
e) often
f) every day

3) Which verb forms are used in the Simple Present?

a) infinitive
b) infinitive + -ed
c) infinitive + -s
d) are + infinitive + -ing
e) infinitive + -ing

4) Which verb forms are used in the Present Progressive?

a) infinitive
b) infinitive + -ing
c) am + infinitive + -ing
d) are + infinitive + -ing
e) is + infinitive + -ing
f) to be + infinitive + -ing

5) Which sentences/questions are in the Simple Present?

a) Do you like tea?
b) He is British.
c) She dropped a glass of milk.
d) She is sitting on a chair.
e) We don't go by bus.
f) He's chatting.

6) Which sentences/questions are in the Present Progressive?

a) He does not make the beds.
b) I often take photos.
c) Is the cat playing in the garden?
d) She's doing her homework.
e) They are not cleaning their room.
f) We have a new car.

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D - Choose the correct verb forms.

am from New Zealand.
1) I _____ is
6) The baby _____ crying.
a) am a) am
b) are b) are
c) be c) be
d) is d) is

are feeding the cows.

2) Anne and Tom _____ 7) I _____
am preparing dinner.
a) am a) am
b) are b) are
c) be c) be
d) is d) is

3) Pat _____
drivesa school bus. 8) We _____
are drawing a picture.
a) drive a) am
b) drives b) are
c) be
4) Our friend sometimes _____
goes to the d) is
supermarket.
a) go 9) _____
DO they walk to school?
b) goes
a) Do
Is washing his pullover. b) Does
5) Andy _____
a) am forgets her homework.
10) Sandy often _____
b) are
a) forget
c) be
b) forgets
d) is

E - Which action – which tenses?

1) things in general
a) Simple Present
b) Present Progressive

2) repeated actions
a) Simple Present
b) Present Progressive

3) actions happening at the moment of speaking

a) Simple Present
b) Present Progressive

4) actions in the present – one follows after the other

a) Simple Present
b) Present Progressive

5) habitual actions
a) Simple Present
b) Present Progressive

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F - Negate the sentences.

1) Cathy forgets her homework. ______________________________________

Cathy does not forget her homework.
2) I collect picture postcards. ______________________________________
I do not collect pinture posteards
3) They play chess in a club. ______________________________________
They do not play chess in a clob
4) The dog is sitting under the tree. ______________________________________
The dog is not sitting under the tree
5) Sam and Max live with their mother. ______________________________________
Sam and Max do not live with their mother
6) Our teacher checks the homework every day. our teacher does not checks the homework every day
______________________________________
7) You are having fun. ______________________________________
you are not having fun
8) He is looking at a photo. He is not looking at a phono
______________________________________
9) I am repairing my bike. I am not repairing my bike
______________________________________
10) She does magic tricks. she does not do magic tricks
______________________________________

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Simple Present or Present Progressive - Test 2

A - Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.
am
1) I ____________________ thirsty. (to be)
2) John often ____________________
takes sugar in his coffee. (to take)
are coming
3) Listen! They ____________________ home. (to come)
4) I usually ____________________
work as a teacher in Germany,
but this summer I ____________________
am working as a language assistant in Rome. (to work)
5) Anne ____________________
has red hair. (to have)
6) The flowers ____________________
smell beautiful. (to smell)
7) The bus to New York ____________________
leaves at 6.30). (to leave)
talks
8) My history teacher ____________________ too much. (to talk)
9) Right now Christine ____________________
is working on the computer. (to work)
10) Hey! What ____________________
are you ____________________
doing there? (to do)

B - Which sentences are correct? Sometimes both sentences are correct.

1) 6)
a) I feel fine. a) I love holidays.
b) I'm feeling fine. b) I'm loving every minute of my holiday.

2) 7)
a) I am tasting the soup. a) I am needing an umbrella now.
b) The soup tastes good. b) I need a new computer.

3) 8)
a) She is weighing the turkey. a) I see what the teacher means.
b) She weighs 60 kilos. b) I'm seeing what the teacher means.

4) 9)
a) You are being very silly about this. a) I am thinking we should go.
b) You are silly. b) I think we should go.

5) 10)
a) I am remembering my first date. a) Andy repairs things at the moment.
b) I remember my first day at school. b) Andy sometimes repairs things.

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C - Which answers are correct?

1) What are typical signal words for the Present Progressive?

a) Listen!
b) Look!
c) ago
d) at the moment
e) just
f) never
g) now
h) yet

2) What are typical signal words for the Simple Present?

a) already
b) at the moment
c) every day
d) last week
e) normally
f) now
g) seldom
h) usually

3) Which sentences/questions are in the Present Progressive?

a) He had a shower in the morning.
b) He was sitting on the beach.
c) He's having a shower.
d) I don't think so.
e) We're thinking of buying a new car.

4) Which sentences/questions are in the Simple Present?

a) Anne is always coming late.
b) First I get up then I have breakfast.
c) He's just finished the letter.
d) I was having breakfast.
e) I'm here.
f) She lives in Sofia.

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D - Which actions – which tenses?

1) Which of the following action is in the Simple Present?

a) actions happening at the moment of speaking
b) action finished in the past
c) repeated actions

2) Which of the following action is in the Simple Present?

a) result of an action in the past is important in the present
b) things in general
c) planned action in the near future

3) Which of the following action is in the Simple Present?

a) actions beginning in the past and still continuing
b) actions in the present - one follows after the other
c) planned action in the future

4) Which of the following action is in the Simple Present?

a) actions were in progress at special time in the past
b) fixed arrangements, scheduled events in the future
c) spontaneous action in the future

5) Which of the following action is in the Present Progressive?

a) things in general
b) spontaneous action in the future
c) fixed plan in the near future

6) Which of the following action is in the Present Progressive?

a) actions happening at the moment of speaking
b) recently completed actions
c) repeated actions

E - Negate the following sentences.

1) They are using a dictionary. ______________________________________

2) Stacey works in the library. ______________________________________
3) She is good at sports. ______________________________________
4) The diary is lying on the floor. ______________________________________
5) Anne is smiling. ______________________________________
6) We are carrying a big box. ______________________________________
7) I like fish. ______________________________________
8) They are preparing the picnic. ______________________________________
9) My friend lives in Stockholm. ______________________________________
10) He is waiting for the bus. ______________________________________

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F - Choose the correct verb forms.

1) _________ in ghosts?
a) Does your little brother believe
b) Is your little brother believing

2) This cake __________ wonderful.

a) is tasting
b) tastes

3) My father __________ tea for breakfast.

a) is prefering
b) prefers

4) Hey John! __________ about Peggy?

a) Are you thinking
b) Do you think

5) I have to go now. __________ dark.

a) It gets
b) It's getting

6) We __________ music in the street.

a) are hearing
b) hear

7) I __________ his brother is football-crazy.

a) am thinking
b) think

8) __________ with you.

a) I agree
b) I am agreeing

9) He __________ with his grandmother until his mother comes back from China.
a) is living
b) lives

10) He __________ the newspaper at the moment.

a) is reading
b) reads

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