1. Tense System • Level 1

Present Continuous

10 Questions • 3 Minutes

📖 Lesson: Present Continuous

Definition

The Present Continuous uses "be" + "ing" to talk about actions happening *right now* or around now.

Rule / Formula

Positive: Subject + am/is/are + Verb-ing

Negative: Subject + am/is/are + not + Verb-ing

Examples

usage 1: Now. (I *am eating* now.)
usage 2: Temporary. (I *am living* in London this month.)
usage 3: Future Plan. (I *am meeting* him tomorrow.)

Spelling Rules

Silent 'e': Make -> Making (Drop 'e')
CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant): Run -> Running (Double last letter)
'ie': Die -> Dying (Change to 'y')

📋 Practice Questions

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1. They are _____ a movie.

Amakeing
Bmaking
Cmake
Dmaked

2. He is _____.

Aruning
Brunning
Cruns
Dran

3. I am _____ English.

Astudying
Bstuding
Cstudy
Dstudiing

4. She is _____.

Awriteing
Bwriting
Cwritten
Dwrites

5. We are _____.

Aswiming
Bswimming
Cswim
Dswams

6. It is _____.

Abegining
Bbeginning
Cbegins
Dbegan

7. Baby is _____.

Acrying
Bcriing
Ccry
Dcryying

8. They are _____.

Alisning
Blistening
Clistenning
Dlisten

9. I am _____.

Asiting
Bsitting
Csit
Dsat

10. Are you _____ fun?

Ahaveing
Bhaving
Chave
Dhavin