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PRESENT CONTINUOUS (THÌ HIỆN TẠI TIẾP DIỄN)

PRACTICE
Exercise 1: Choose the best answer.
1. Where ……….. his wife?
A. am B. is C. are D. be
2. Jack ……………….. suit today.
A. is wearing B. are wearing C. am wearing D. wears
3. The weather ……………….. warm this season.
A. gets B. are getting C. is getting D. are gets
4. My kids …………. downstairs now. They ………….. chess.
A. am / am playing B. is / is playing C. are / are playing D. be / being
5. Look! The train …………………
A. are coming B. is coming C. are coming D. is coming
6. Alex always ………… me cash and never ………. back.
A. is borrowing / giving B. are borrowing / giving
C. borrows / giving D. borrow / giving
7. While I …………… my homework, my sister …………… newspapers.
A. am doing / is reading B. are doing / is reading
C. is doing / are reading D. am doing / are reading
8. Why …….. at me like that? What happened?
A. do you look B. have you looked C. did you look D. are you looking
9. I ……. in the bathroom right now.
A. am being B. was being C. have been being D. am
10. It…….. late. Shall we go home?
A. is getting B. get C. got D. has got
11. - “Are you ready, Belle?” “Yes, I ……………”
A. am coming B. come C. came D. have came
12. - Look! That guy……….. to break the door of your house.
A. try B. tried C. is trying D. has tried
13. “May I speak to Dr. Paine, please?” – “Sorry, he ……. a patient at the moment.
Can I help you?"
A. is seeing B. have been seeing C. was seeing D. has been seeing
14. Look! It ………..
A. snows B. was snowing C. is snowing D. had snowed
15. Don’t make noise, children! Parents …………
A. sleep B. were sleeping C. slept D. are sleeping
16. ……. she ……….. in Hue at the moment?
A. Is / living B. Does / live C. Did / live D. Was / living
17. Please don’t make so much noise. I …………..
A. studying B. study C. am studying D. studied
18. “Hurry up! What’s taking you so long?” – “I ……… for an important phone call.
Go ahead and leave without me”
A. wait B. am waiting C. was waiting D. waiting
19. At the moment, Ann ………… a letter to her parents.
A. is writing B. writes C. was writing D. has written
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20. I ……….. for Christine. Do you know where she is?
A. look B. looked C. am looking D. looks
21. Where is John? – He ………….. his car in the garage.
A. repairs B. is repairing C. has repaired D. repaired
22. I can’t leave now. I ………. for an important telephone call.
A. wait B. am waiting C. had been waiting D. was waiting
23. “Are you going to Lena’s party?” – “No. I …… home tonight. I’m a little tired”.
A. stay B. am staying C. stayed D. have stayed
24. My father ……………. about the way I leave.
A. always complained B. always complains
C. is always complaining D. complains
25. Phong …………….. right now.
A. is sleeping B. sleeps C. slept D. was sleeping
Exercise 2: Give the correct form of the verb in the present continuous.
1. My grandfather (buy) __________________ some fruits at the supermarket.
2. Hannah (not / study) __________________ French in the library. She’s at home
with her classmates.
3. _______ she (run) __________________ in the park?
4. My dog (eat) __________________ now.
5. What ________ you (wait) __________________ for?
6. Their students (not try) __________________ hard enough in the competition.
7. All of Jack’s friends (have) __________________ fun at the concert right now.
8. My children (travel) __________________ around Asia now.
9. My little brother (drink) __________________ milk.
10. Listen! Our teacher (speak) __________________.
11. ______ it (get) ___________ dark. Shall I turn on the light?
12. Why are all these people here? What (happen) _________________?
13. Where is your mother? She (have) __________________ dinner in the kitchen.
14. They don't have any where to live at the moment. They (stay) ________________
with friends until they find somewhere.
15. The students (not / be) __________ in class at present.
16. Some people (not drink) ________________ coffee now.
17. At present, he (compose) _______________ a piece of music.
18. We (have) ______________ dinner in a resataurant right now.
19. Hurry up! Everybody (wait) __________________ for you.
20. My mother (plant) __________________ some flower trees in the garden now.
21. He (not do) __________________ his homework at the moment.
22. Listen! I (think) __________ someone (knock) __________________ at the door.
23. Look! The bus (come) __________________.
24. _____ he (write) __________________ a lesson now?
25. At present, all the students (do) __________________ a test.
26. They (have) __________________ lunch in the canteen now.
27. The farmers (work) __________________ in the field at the moment.
28. Look! The boy (cry) __________________.
29. My mother (cook) __________________ some food in the kitchen at present.
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30. Pay attention! The teacher (explain) __________________.
31. Mrs. Green always (go) _______________ to work by car, but this week she
(travel) __________________ by bus.
32. John (be) _____ a newcomer here and he (move) __________________ many
things to his new house now.
33. ______ Ann (cook) ___________ her dinner now? I (want) ______________ to
ask her something about the English exercise.
34. We (make) __________________ a cake at the moment.
35. Hurry! The bus (come) _____________. I (not / want) _____________ to miss it.
36. Peter and Jane (swim) __________________ at the moment.
37. Don’t make noise! The baby (sleep) __________________ in the room.
38. My brother (play) __________________ football at the moment.
49. I’m busy at the moment. I (redecorate) __________________ the sitting room.
40. Look! Aman (call) __________________ you.
41. At the moment, I (read) ___________ a book and my brother (watch)
__________________ TV.
42. It’s 9 o’clock in the morning, Lien (be) ________ in her room. She (listen)
__________________ to music.
43. “What ____ he (do) _________ now?” – “He (water) __________________
flowers in his garden”.
44. Keep silent! I (listen) __________________ to radio.
45. “Where (be) ________ your father?”
“He (be) ______ in the living room. He (watch) __________________ TV”.
46. Somebody (call) ________________ my name at the moment.
47. Look! Daisy (lie) ________________ in the Sun.
48. “Where (be) ____ your mom?” – “She (cook) _________________ in the
kitchen.
49. I (not / write) ____________________ a letter now.
50. Peter (not / iron) __________________ his shirt now.
51. My friends (do) _________________ their homework at the moment.
52. Her brother (have) ________________ a bath now.
53. ______ they (watch) ______________ TV at the moment?
54. I have lost my keys. I (always / lose) _______________________ things. I lose
things too often.
55. Some people (read) _________________ newspaper in the park now.
56. I have just started English course, I (study) ________________ English grammar.
57. It (be) _____ 10.00. We (learn) _________________ our lesson.
58. Now I (eat) ______________ an apple and Hoa (listen) _____________ to music.
59. At the moment, Nam and his friends (go) ______________ shopping.
60. The girl (help) _______________ her mum at present. She (sweep)
_______________ the floor.
61. Mark (sit) ___________ on the wall now. He (watch) ____________ the carnival.
62. Look! The boat (sink) _________________.
63. ______ John and James (ride) ____________ a bicycle now?
64. She (dance) ______________ with her boyfriend at the moment.
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65. Listen! Tracy (play) _________________ the piano.
66. Look! George (hide) _________________ behind the trees over there.
67. Look! The fire (burn) _________________ all night.
68. The teacher (read) ________________ the dialogue at the moment and we (listen)
______________ to him.
69. “What _____ the students (do) _______?” – “They (study) _________________
English”.
70. They (not / watch) _________________ TV right now.
71. Wait a moment. I (listen) ________________ to the news.
72. We can’t go out now. It (rain) ________________ very hard.
73. Someone (knock) _________________ the door. Can you answer it?
74. “What ____ you (go) _________, Hoa?” – “I (help) _________________ my
mum with the housework”.
75. “Where (be) ____ you, Phong?” – “I (be) ____ upstairs. I (do) _______________
my homework”.
76. Listen! I (think) ____________ someone (knock) ______________ at the door.
77. “Who _____ you (talk) _________ to on the phone now, Ann?” – “I (talk)
_______________ to my brother”.
78. I (hear) ____________ you. I (know) _________ what you (say) _____________
79. Be quiet! The teacher (be) ____________ angry.
80. They (run) ______________ to catch the bus now.
81. It’s 9.00 pm and my family (have) ________________ dinner.
82. She (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every morning. But now she (drink)
______________ a cup of milk.
83. Sarah can’t meet her son at the airport because she (hold) ______________ a
meeting at the office at the moment.
84. My brother often (have) ________ a cup of tea after dinner but today he (have)
_______________ a cup of coffee.
85. Look! It (rain) ______________ cats and dogs. We can’t go out now.
86. “What _____ you (do) _________?” – “I (write) _____________ to my parents. I
(write) ____________ to them every weekend”.
87. My mother (not / understand) __________________ his words now.
88. Mrs. Green always (go) __________ to work by car but this week she (travel)
_______________ by bus.
89. Ba (like) _______ electronic very much. He (repair) ___________ his lamps now.
90. “What _____ you (think) ____________, Minh?” – “I (think) _______________
of my mother.
91. She (not be) _________ here. She (sit) _____________ in the living room.
92. _______ the police (look) ______________ for the criminal now?
93. It’s her birthday. She (have) ________________ a meal with her friends.
94. The chief engineer (instruct) _____________ all the workers of the plant now.
95. We (plant) ______________ the herbs in the garden at present.
96. He (paint) _______________ his pictures at the moment.
97. They (ask) _______________ a man about the way to the railway station.
98. He (not / read) _________________ magazine right now.
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99. Paul and Sally have an argument. They (speak) ________________ to each other.
100. You (make) _______________ a lot of noise. Can you be quieter? I (try)
_______________ to concentrate.
Exercise 3: Add –ing to the given words.
leave put listen
cook swim go
write read watch
stand lie eat
fly shine take
try throw come
live make work
study play travel
walk meet do
Exercise 4: Give the infinitive from the given words.
enjoying staying learning
snowing driving waiting
building giving getting
lying having washing
wearing sleeping saying
helping laughing speaking
raining sitting moving
crying singing baking
dying dancing walking
looking running drinking
Exercise 5: Find a mistake and correct.
1. Are you do homework right now?
2. The children play football in the back yard at the moment.
3. What does your elder sister doing?
4. Look! Those people are fight with each other.
5. Noah is tries very hard for the upcoming exam.
6. We eating a lot of sweets at the moment.
7. He is drive a car at present.
8. Joland playing her toys with Peter.
9. My friends are plant a tree in the park.
10. I is meeting my cousin on Monday.
11. They are read an interesting article.
12. They am swimming in the lake.
13. I am study Maths now.
14. She watching a comedy on TV at present.
15. You are fly a plane at the moment.
16. Keep silent! You talking so loudly.

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17. Now she is lieing to her mother about her bad marks.
18. Does your brother sitting next to the beautiful girl over there at present?
19. Their students not trying hard enough in the competition.
20. All of Jack’s friends are have fun at the concert right now.
Exercise 6: Complete the following sentences.
1. I / wash / my hair. ___________________________________________________
2. It / snow. __________________________________________________________
3. They / sit / on the bench. ______________________________________________
4. It / rain / very hard. __________________________________________________
5. She / learn / English. _________________________________________________
6. He / listen / to the radio. ______________________________________________
7. Someone / smoke / in the class. _________________________________________
8. I / read / a newspaper. ________________________________________________
9. You / watch / TV? ___________________________________________________
10. What / you / do? ____________________________________________________
11. What / Sam and Anne / do? __________________________________________
12. It / rain / ? _________________________________________________________
13. That clock / work? __________________________________________________
14. You / write / a letter. ________________________________________________
15. Why / you / run ? ___________________________________________________
16. What / you / listen / on the radio?
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17. Your mother / walk / to the market / now?
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18. His dog / bit / my leg.
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19. My children / come / home / after / the party / tonight.
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20. Her co-workers / not / try / hard enough in their project.
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21. The Smiths / have / dinner / in the hotel / at the moment.
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22. Mum and Dad / work / at present?
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23. They / speak / to / the pollice officer / right now?
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24. Megan / go / on holiday to Cornwall / this summer.
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25. Where / Molly? – She / feed / her cat downstairs.
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