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The present continuous Tense




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����������������������� I.�What are they doing?����
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���������������������Use the right form of the verb:
�� 1.���� Mary and� Bob ......�������� (dance).
��2.�� Mr. Smith �.....���������� (play the piano).
� 3.�The farmer� .....�� �� (cut the grass).
��4. The schoolchildren .....���� �� (go to school) in a school bus.
� 5.�The boy� .....����� ����� (skate) on the skating rink.
��6.� Bill's� �mother� .....����� ���� (wash).
� 7.� Tom�� ......���� � ��� �(play)�� basketball.
� 8.� Ann and Emma� .....��� �� (talk) over the phone.
� 9. They� .....���� ���� (watch) a film on TV.
��10.�� Becky� .....��� ����� (read) a book about dolphins.
� 11.� The chef��.....��� ��� (cook)� meat.
��12�.���It's 7�o'clock.�� �Jane��....�� � �� (get) up.
��������� II.���Choose the right option:�(am, is, are)
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��������������������������������� What a nice day!��Clap
� 1. It .....�� not raining.
� 2. The sun ..... shining.
��3.�Betty and Paul �.....� not going to school now.
� 4.�Mum ..... making a birthday cake for me.
� 5. Father ..... repairing a car.
� 6. Grandmother� and Grandfather ..... watering��roses in the garden.
� 7. My�brother ..... playing computer games
� 8. My littlte sister ....� waching cartoons.
��9.��My cat� .... liying on the lawn and sleeping.
�10. I ....��helping my Mum.
������III��������� Complete the sentences :
1.� Don't go out. It���_____������� �.
� 2. My family �_____�� .
� 3.� Look!����It� ______��� �.
� 4.�� Mr. Brown is a good artist. � Now he is� ______���� �.
� 5.�� It' warm and sunny today.� We�� ______� � �and having a lot of
������ �fun!
��� �IV.��� Unscramble the sentences and write:
1. Listening, I, music, to, am, favourite.
� 2.�Children, a, snowman,making,are,
� 3.�we, in, are,flowers, picking, the, wood.�
� 4. Sister, is,his,�the, dishes,the, washing, kitchen.�
��5.� Cat, my , around, running, house, the.
��� V.���Tick�the right sentences and cross out the wrong���
�������� ones:�
�� 1. The monkey are jumping and making faces.�
�� 2. The�dog is bucking at the cat.
�� 3. The ducks are swim in the pond.
�� 4. The birds flying to the south.
�� 5. The horse is eating grass.
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