47743 the present continuous

Put the right verbs in the gaps.
a) is jogging b)is riding c) are eating d) are looking e) is playing f) is flying g) is sunbathing h) is
chasing i) are crossing j) is flapping k) is going l) is fishing m) is sinking n) is running

1) A boy ................... a bike.
2) A man and his wife....................... at a map.
3) In the canal, a dog .....................a swan.
4) The man sitting on the box ......................
5) The man at the front of the boat ....................an accordion.
6) A lady ................... on the roof of the boat.
7) A man and woman .................. a meal.
8) A butterfly ..................... past the ducklings.
9) A girl ....................... along the canal bank.
10) The duck and her ducklings .................. the towpath.
11) A dog .................... along the towpath.
12) A sailing boat ...................... under the bridge.
13) The swan ........................ its wings.
14) A miniature Titanic ....................... in the canal.

The form
I am verb stem ing
He is ______ ing
She is _____ ing
It is _____ing
You are _____ ing
We are _____ ing
They are _____ing
If the letter before
the last consonant is a
vowel, we double the
consonant e.g.

sitting/putting/getting/
patting/trotting. Cross
off e. e.g. bite/biting.


Match up the correct parts of the sentences: One is done for you.
1) The man in blue dungarees is hoping
2) The couple sitting at the table outside the pub
3) The swan is flapping its wings angrily
4) The man on the bridge
5) The lady in the swimsuit
6) There are two hot air balloons
7) The couple in the foreground
8) A ginger cat
9) The boy on the bike is worried because

a) is running away because it has seen a dog.
b) is lying on top of the narrow boat sunbathing.
c) floating in the sky.
d) to catch some fish!
e) are consulting their map. Maybe they are lost.
f) the duck is right in front of his bike.
g) is looking through his binoculars.
h) because the dog is swimming towards it.
i) are having a nice meal and drinking beer.

Answer the questions in full sentences. Replace the noun with a pronoun: the man = he, the
woman = she, the duck = it, the ducklings = they. Etc...
1) What is the dog doing?
2) What is the lady with the pony tail doing?

3) What are the man and his wife in the foreground doing?
4) What are the couple outside the pub doing?

Did you spot the

shark’s
5) What is the boy in pink bicycle shorts doing?

fin???

6) What is the man in the red cap doing?
7) What is the man on the bridge doing?
8) What is the lady in the purple swimsuit doing?
9) What is the mother duck doing?
10) What is the man at the front of the narrow boat doing?

True or false? Has/have got/there is/there are.
1) The duck has got six ducklings.
2) The man on the boat has got an accordion.
3) The boy on the bike has got a green helmut.
4) The weather is cold and rainy.
5) The swan is behind the boat.
6) The man on the bridge has got some binoculars.
7) There is a school on the opposite bank.
8) There are three hot air balloons in the sky.
9) There are some cows and sheep in the field.
10) The older couple have got a map.

Key
1b,2d,3h,4l,5e,6g,7c,8f,9a,

1oi,11n,12k,13j,14m
Match up:
1d,2i,3h,4g,5b,6c,7e,8a,9f.
True/false:
1T
2T
3F
4F
5F
6T
7F
8H
9T
10T