Present continuous
1Completa la tabella.
base form
-ing form
watch
watching study
1
2
dancing
swim
3
4
saying
smile
5
2Completa le frasi con la forma giusta dei verbi tra parentesi.
Mum and Dad are writing e-mails. (write ✔)
1 The dog
in the garden. (play ✔)
2 My cousins
to music. (listen ✘)
3 I
my homework. (do ✔)
4 Nick
to school. (travel ✘)
5 We
at the moment. It’s Saturday! (study ✘)
3Completa le domande e le risposte con la forma giusta del Present continuous del
verbo tra parentesi. Scrivi anche il pronome dove necessario.
Why is Mary running ? (run)
1 ‘
‘Yes,
2 ‘What
‘He
the tourists
photos?’ (take)
.’
he
to music.’ (listen)
3 ‘
‘No,
Sarah
4 ‘
‘Yes,
Dad
basketball?’ (play)
’
football on TV?’ (watch)
.’
5 Mum
6 ‘
‘Yes,
?’ (do)
a letter, she
Marco
the computer?’ (use)
’
7 Abby and James
a book and they
the garden. (not / read, not / sit)
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an e-mail. (not / write, send)
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4Scrivi le parole nell’ordine giusto.
‘brother / basketball? / Is / your / playing’
‘is. / he / Yes,’
Is your brother playing basketball? Yes, he is. 1 ‘book? / Tony / a / reading / Is’
‘isn’t. / he / No,’
2 ‘teacher? / to / she / listening / Is / the’
‘she / No, / isn’t.’
3 ‘using / your / calculator? / you / Are’
‘I’m/ No, / not.’
4 ‘studying / Spanish? / Are / we’
‘are. / Yes, /we’
5Completa le frasi con la forma giusta del verbo tra parentesi.
You visit your cousins every week. (visit)
1 She always
2 They
3 Oh no! It
4 You often
to bed at ten o’clock. (go)
jeans today. (wear)
now. (rain)
your homework on the bus! (do)
6 Completa il brano con la forma giusta del Present simple o del Present continuous.
Ben’s thirteen and he lives (live) in London. He usually 1
(go) to school
at eight o’clock on Monday mornings. He’s a good student. He 2
(love)
3
Maths and he likes Chemistry, too. But he
(not / like) his Chemistry
teacher. She’s strict! But today is 1st August and Ben’s on holiday, so he 4
(not / study). At school, Ben always 5
(wear) a school uniform but today
he 6
(wear) jeans. It’s sunny and hot. He loves the sun and he 7
(smile). He’s with his friend Jamie in the garden. They 8
(not / talk) because
they 9
(play) football. They 10
(have) fun. They really like the
summer holidays!
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