Sunday afternoon: exercises on the use of the present continuous tense

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

English is fun English teacher: Dรกlia Baptista

May, 2013


PRESENT CONTINUOUS What are they doing? It’s Sunday afternoon. The Greens are in the garden.

A – Say and write what they are doing. Use: clean

read

spend

climb

sing

swim

drink

sleep

talk (x 2)

play (x 2)

shine 

water

English is fun English teacher: Dália Baptista

May, 2013


PRESENT CONTINUOUS The sun → is shining, so the Greens (spend)

the

afternoon

2____________________

the

(sing).

3____________________

(swim)

4____________________ 5____________________

in

(climb)

garden.

The in

1____________________

white

the

the

The

pool.

tree.

birds ducks

The The

cat radio

(play) pop music.

Mr Green 6____________________ (read) the newspaper. Mrs Green

7____________________

8____________________

(talk) to her mother. They

(drink) tea.

While Mike 9____________________ (clean) the windows, Paul 10____________________ 11____________________

Simon

(water)

the

flowers.

The

girls

(play) with their favourite dolls.

12____________________

(talk) to his father, while his

garndfather 13____________________ (sleep).

English is fun English teacher: DĂĄlia Baptista

May, 2013


PRESENT CONTINUOUS B – Now answer these questions. → Is Mr Green watering the flowers? No, he isn’t. He is reading the news. 1 Is it raining? 2 Is the grandmother sleeping? 3 Are the girls playing hide and seek? 4 Is Mike cleaning the windows? 5 Is Paul having a cup of tea? 6 Are the birds singing?

English is fun English teacher: Dália Baptista

May, 2013


PRESENT CONTINUOUS

ANSWER KEY

English is fun English teacher: Dรกlia Baptista

May, 2013


PRESENT CONTINUOUS ANSWERS A– 1 are spending

8 are drinking

2 are singing

9 is cleaning

3 are swimming

10 is watering

4 is climbing

11 are playing

5 is playing

12 is talking

6 is reading

13 is sleeping

7 is talking

B– 1 No, it isn’t. The sun is shining. 2 No, she isn’t. She is drinking tea. [or] She is talking to her daughter. 3 No, they aren’t. They are playing with dolls. 4 Yes, he is. 5 No, he isn’t. He is watering the flowers. 6 Yes, they are.

English is fun English teacher: Dália Baptista

May, 2013


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