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Present Continous Tense

The document provides examples of using verbs in the present continuous tense and simple past tense in English. It gives sentence structures with blanks to fill in verbs in various tenses, including affirmative sentences, questions, and negatives. The examples cover common verbs like watch, play, help, swim, and eat. They illustrate how to change verbs to the appropriate tense in different sentence types and contexts in English.

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Present Continous Tense

The document provides examples of using verbs in the present continuous tense and simple past tense in English. It gives sentence structures with blanks to fill in verbs in various tenses, including affirmative sentences, questions, and negatives. The examples cover common verbs like watch, play, help, swim, and eat. They illustrate how to change verbs to the appropriate tense in different sentence types and contexts in English.

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PRESENT CONTINOUS TENSE

Put in the verb in brackets into the gaps and form affirmative sentences. Use the long form of
the auxiliary.

Example: Jane __________ a magazine. (to read)

Answer: Jane is reading a magazine.

1) Alexander a film. (to watch)


2) We a computer game. (to play)
3) The dog at the cat. (to bark)
4) Peter his rabbits. (to feed)
5) Philipp and Johnny a song. (to sing)
6) Mary her hair. (to wash)
7) I to Doris. (to talk)
8) Peggy a picture. (to draw)
9) Henry and his sister their mother. (to help)
10) You the poem by heart. (to learn)

Example: Jane __________ home from work. (to come)

Answer: Jane is coming home from work.

1) He in the lake. (to swim)


2) Andrew and Colin muffins. (to make)
3) Simon a letter. (to write)
4) They pictures. (to swap)
5) Kathy with Bob. (to dance)
6) You home. (to run)
7) I a shower. (to take)
8) We money for new computer. (to save)
9) She the grass. (to cut)
10) The teacher his bike. (to ride)

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the Present Progressive/Present Continuous.
Watch the punctuation and form sentences or questions.

Example: ____ she ______ a magazine? (to read)

Answer: Is she reading a magazine?

1) The teacher the door. (not/to close)


2) you the washing-up? (to do)
3) They the printers. (to check)
4) your grandmother at birds? (to look)
5) We the checkpoint. (not/to pass)
6) they to help? (to try)
7) She to the centre of the town. (not/to walk)
8) the policemen into the bank? (to run)
9) Look! Steve's mother a cup of coffee. (to make)
10) You the words correctly. (not/to link)

Out in the verbs in brackets in the Simple Present or the Present Progressive.

Example: Steve always ____ his bike in the afternoon. (to ride)

Answer: Steve always rides his bike in the afternoon.

1) Andy sometimes comics. (to read)


2) We never TV in the morning. (to watch)
3) Listen! Sandy in the bathroom. (to sing)
4) My sister usually in the kitchen. (to help)
5) My mother breakfast now. (to make)
6) They often the bathroom. (to clean)
7) Look! The boys home. (to come)
8) Every day his grandfather for a walk. (to go)
9) I with my friend at the moment. (to chat)
10) Cats mice. (to eat)

Use the verbs in brackets in the Simple Present or in the Present Progressive. Watch the types
of sentences (affirmative statements, negations or questions).

Example: __ Chris _______ for his brother now? (to wait)

Answer: Is Chris waiting for his brother now?

1) Look! This lady a hamburger. (not/to eat)


2) Our cat seldom on the sofa. (to lie)
3) they text messages at the moment? (to send)
4) I supermarkets, but my father doesn't. (to like)
5) What the man in our garden? (to do)
6) We the bus to school. (not/to take)
7) Where you from? (to come)
8) your girlfriend always green T-shirts? (to wear)
9) I a cup of tea now. (to have)
10) the boy in the pool right now? (to swim)

Choose the correct forms of to be and form sentences in the Present Progressive.

1) John and Mandy cleaning the kitchen.


2) I reading a book at the moment.
3) It raining.
4) We singing a new song.
5) The children watching TV.
6) My pets sleeping now.
7) Aunt Helen feeding the ducks.
8) Our friends packing their rucksacks.
9) He buying a magazine.
10) They doing their homework.

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the Present Progressive/Present Continuous.
Watch the punctuation and form sentences or questions.

Beispiel: ____ they _______ the girl? (to bully)

Lösung: Are they bullying the girl?

1) He her name. (not/to shout)


2) We nice photos. (to take)
3) Phil the exercise? (to explain)
4) What you here? (to do)
5) I on the sofa. (not/to sit)
6) The cat on the carpet. (not/to lie)
7) they to radio now? (to listen)
8) The eagle the mouse. (to catch)
9) Why Ruth for money? (to ask)
10) The boys into the pool. (not/to dive)

ADJECTIVES

Answer: Peter works slowly.

1) He reads a book. (quick)


2) Mandy is a girl. (pretty)
3) The class is loud today. (terrible)
4) Max is a singer. (good)
5) You can open this tin. (easy)
6) It's a day today. (terrible)
7) She sings the song . (good)
8) He is a driver. (careful)
9) He drives the car . (careful)
10) The dog barks . (loud)
Fill in the words in brackets as adjective or adverb like in the example.

Example: Peter works ______ (slow).

Answer: Peter works slowly.

1) The bus driver was injured. (serious)


2) Kevin is clever. (extreme)
3) This hamburger tastes . (awful)
4) Be with this glass of milk. It's hot. (careful)
5) Robin looks . What's the matter with him? (sad)
6) Jack is upset about losing his keys. (terrible)
7) This steak smells . (good)
8) Our basketball team played last Friday. (bad)
9) Don't speak so . I can't understand you. (quickly)
10) Maria opened her present. (slow)

SIMPLE PAST

Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use the Simple Past in the statements.

Example: I ______ to the teacher. (to talk)

Answer: I talked to the teacher.

1) Jane a film. (to watch)


2) He a box. (to carry)
3) They their father. (to help)
4) John and Amy things. (to swap)
5) I to Andrew. (to talk)
6) Susan with Peter. (to dance)
7) The boys basketball. (to try)
8) We a trip. (to plan)
9) She her hair. (to wash)
10) The car at the traffic lights. (to stop)

Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use the Simple Past in the statements.

Example: She ______ her mother in the kitchen. (to help)

Answer: She helped her mother in the kitchen.

1) They something to drink. (to order)


2) Last summer I to Stuttgart. (to go)
3) She her homework in the afternoon. (to do)
4) He to 10. (to count)
5) Our cat a big mouse. (to catch)
6) In 2001 our class a trip to Norwich. (to make)
7) The weather really nice. (to be)
8) The secretary the file yesterday. (to delete)
9) Paul nothins to me. (to say)
10) The people something to each other. (to whisper)

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