PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Put the verbs into the correct form.

It ______________ (to rain) now. The children ___________________ (to gather) mushrooms in the forest now. Grandfather _______________ (to tell) his grandchildren an interesting story. We ___________________ (to discuss) a difficult problem now. Carol ______________ (to buy) a new skirt now. The pupils ________________ (to have) geography lesson now.I _____________ (to learn) a funny poem now.They _______________ (to speak) English now. The boy ____________

(to play) computer games now. My relatives ______________(to go) to the railway station now. Tim __________________(to answer) the teacher’s questions now. It ____________(to get) dark now. I _____________(to cook) soup now. Liz _____________(to sweep) the floor now. It _____________(to start) raining now. The sun ____________(to shine) now. I ______________ (to wear) my new beautiful dress now. It ______________(to get) cold now. It _____________(to rain) now. Granny ________________(to make) a cake now. We ______________(to do) shopping now.

2. Open the brackets. Write sentences in the negative.

a) Dan _______________ (to play) the guitar in the hall now. _____________ _______________________ b) I ______________ (to wait) for my friend in the corner of the street now. ___________________________________________________________ c) The pupils _________________ (to ask) their teacher questions now. _________________________________

__________________________ d) I _____________ (to repair) TV set now. __________________________________________________________________ e) David _________________ (to drive) his new car now. ___________________________________________________________ f) The children _________________ (to water) flowers in the garden. ____________________________________

___________________________________________ g) He ______________ (to sit) in the library now. ____________________________________________________________________ h) Nan ______________ (to sweep) the floor in the dining-room now. _____________________________

___________________________________________ i) The women _____________(to speak) Italian now. ___________________________________________________________

3. Write the sentences in the negative and interrogative.

The cat ________________(to run) across the street now. ________________________________

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They _____________(to lye) in the sun now. __________________________________________

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The man ________________(to sell) newspapers near the shop now. _______________________

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Paul and Helen _______________(to dance) in the next room now. ________________________

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They ______________(to do) something in the kitchen garden now. _______________________

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4. Form the sentences from the words.

now, a literature lesson, we, having, are. _______________________________________________

a child, sleeping, in the bedroom, now, is. _____________________________________________

am, now, playing, I, the guitar. ______________________________________________________

isn’t, now, he, a detective story, reading. ______________________________________________

are, we, now, a composition, writing. _________________________________________________

a disco club, now, Al and Kate, going, are, to. __________________________________________

is, now, rising, the sun. ____________________________________________________________

in the forest, is, Sam, skiing, now. ___________________________________________________

5. Fill in “am”, “is”, “are”.

_____ Jack and Margaret dancing in the garden now?_____ he translating from English into Russian now? _____ you going to the Zoo now? _____ they listening to the opera now? _____ the cat eating meat now? ______ Granny cleaning the window now? ______ my little kittens sleeping now? ______ the girls playing with their dolls now? ______ Bill watching a film now?

6. Open the brackets.

What she (to cook) for supper now? __________________________________________________

Where Tib (to sleep) now? _________________________________________________________

The parents (to sit) in the dining-room now? ___________________________________________

Where the boys (to play) football now? _______________________________________________

What book Alice (to read) now? _____________________________________________________

What problem they (to discuss) now? _________________________________________________

Where Helen and Carol (to go) to now? _______________________________________________

The telephone (to ring) now? _______________________________________________________

7. Form the questions from the words.

is, what, he, doing, now? __________________________________________________________

are, they, with whom, speaking, now? ________________________________________________

Jack, is, why, now, reading, book, this? _______________________________________________

the girls, are, what, now, looking for? ________________________________________________

are, now, where, playing, they, baseball? ______________________________________________

the boys, what, now, doing, are? ____________________________________________________

is, what, cooking, now, she? ________________________________________________________

is, helping him, now, who? ________________________________________________________
is, who, decorating, a flat, now? ______________________________________________________

8. Write the sentences in the 3^rd person singular.

Ex. The girls are playing the piano now. She is playing the piano now.

They are listening to music now. _____________________________________________________

Ted and Susan are taking a dog for a walk now. _________________________________________

We are playing football now. ________________________________________________________

Helen and Bess are cooking dinner now. _______________________________________________

My parents are going to the theatre now. _______________________________________________

We are laying the table now. _________________________________________________________

Molly and Phil are going to a café now. ________________________________________________

9. Translate from Russian into English.

Идет дождь сейчас. _______________________________________ Мои родители играют в теннис сейчас. _____________________________________________ Моя мама читает интересный детективный рассказ сейчас. ___________________________________________

____________ Мы танцуем сейчас. _________________________________ Наша бабушка готовит завтрак в кухне сейчас. ___________________________________________________ Светит солнце сейчас. ________________________________ Мария обедает сейчас. _________________________________________ Они разговаривают сейчас. _______________

_______________________________ Я иду на прогулку в парк сейчас. ____________________

__________________________ Его брат играет в шахматы сейчас. _______________________

____________________ Темнеет сейчас. ____________________________ Они идут в кино сейчас. _____________________________________________ Ее тетя слушает музыку сейчас. ___________________________________________________ Я не иду в бассейн сейчас. ________________________________________________________ Папа не читает газету сейчас. ______________________________________________________

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