Study Guide & Preview Questions:
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She ____ dinner right now.
Options: cook, cooking, is cooking, cooks
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The present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening now.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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I ____ to music at the moment.
Options: am listening, listen, listening, listens
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We add 'ing' to verbs to form the present continuous tense.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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They ____ football in the park.
Options: are playing, playing, plays, is playing
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He ____ his homework now.
Options: doing, is doing, do, does
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The verb 'run' becomes 'runing' in present continuous tense.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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My brother ____ TV in the living room.
Options: watching, is watching, watch, watches
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The children ____ in the classroom.
Options: is studying, studying, are studying, study
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For verbs ending in 'e', we keep the 'e' when adding 'ing'.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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It ____ outside, so take an umbrella.
Options: rain, raining, is raining, rains
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You ____ too fast. I can't understand you.
Options: speak, are speaking, speaking, speaks
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The verb 'swim' becomes 'swimming' in present continuous tense.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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My parents ____ on vacation this week.
Options: are going, going, goes, is going
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She ____ a letter to her friend.
Options: write, writes, is writing, writing
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The cat ____ on the sofa right now.
Options: sleep, sleeping, is sleeping, sleeps
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We always use 'am', 'is', or 'are' with the -ing form in present continuous.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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I ____ for my English test at the moment.
Options: study, studying, am studying, studies
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They ____ to the teacher carefully.
Options: listen, listening, are listening, listens
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The verb 'die' becomes 'dieing' in present continuous tense.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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The students ____ their projects this week.
Options: present, are presenting, presenting, presents
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He ____ a new car these days.
Options: drive, driving, is driving, drives
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We ____ for the bus at the corner.
Options: wait, waiting, are waiting, waits
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For most verbs, we simply add 'ing' without changing the spelling.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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The company ____ new employees this month.
Options: hire, hiring, is hiring, hires
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You ____ very well today!
Options: dance, dancing, are dancing, dances
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The baby ____ because he's hungry.
Options: cry, crying, is crying, cries
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The verb 'lie' (to recline) becomes 'lieing' in present continuous tense.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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Our team ____ hard to finish the project on time.
Options: work, working, is working, works
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The sun ____ brightly today.
Options: shine, shining, is shining, shines