IV. 2. Continuous (or Progressive)

Exercise 19: Write what the people are doing, using the verbs in brackets:

1. Jack and Susan .................. (clean) the living room.

2. Veronica ....................... (look) out of the window.

3. She .......................... (talk) to someone on her mobile phone.

4. The baby ..................... (sit) on the floor.

5. Ronald and John .......................(have) a cup of coffee.

6. The baby ........................... (eat) the flowers.

7. We ............................(watch) television.

8. The two older children ........................... (do) their homework.

9. The machine ............................ (work) at the moment.

10. They .......................... (wait) for the doctor.

Exercise 20: You saw Joe and Martin in the street yesterday afternoon. What were they doing? Make up positive sentences making use of the given words:

1. Joe / wear / a jacket

2. Martin / carry / a bag

3. They / go / to the dentist

4. Martin / eat / an ice-cream

5. Joe / carry / an umbrella

6. They / walk / fast

7. Joe / wear / a hat

8. Martin / wear / a cap

9. They / smile

10. Joe / drink / Cola

Exercise 21: Write what these people shall be doing at 5 PM tomorrow using the Future Continuous forms of the given verbs:

1. Mary / feed / her pets

2. Susan / ride / a bicycle

3. Peter and Garry / do gardening

4. I / learning / English

5. My mother / do / shopping

6. Jack’s sister / talk on the phone / with her boyfriend

7. Susan’s parent / watch a new film on TV

8. Mary’s brother / wash / his car

9. My father / wait for a train / at the station

10. Children / walk / in the park

Exercise 22: Make negative sentences about these people using the Present Continuous:

1. she / wash / her car / now

2. Carol / drive / her car / now

3. Catherine / work / at the moment

4. children / sing / right now

5. students / pass / an exam / at the moment

6. I / play tennis / now

7. Mr. Hall / wear / a suit / now

8. Mrs. Hall / cook / supper / right now

9. the telephone / ring / at the moment

10. the sun / shine / now

Exercise 23: Make negative sentences in the Past Continuous out of the given words:

1. At 9.45 / she / dream

2. At 11.45 / my father / smoke

3. At 9 o’clock / a Biology teacher / sit in a train

4. At 12.50 / children / shout

5. At 8.15 / sportsmen / run

6. At 10.30 / pop stars / sing and dance

7. At 3 o’clock / I / get up

8. At 6 o’clock / my hand watch / go

9. At 4.40 / managers / train

10. At 7.15 / I / do morning exercises

Exercise 24: Write what your friends and relatives shall not be doing at 8 PM tomorrow:

1. Betty / iron / her clothes

2. Sam and Willy / read / German books

3. My brother / drive / to Los Angeles

4. I / walk my dog

5. My parents / take part / competitions

6. My sister and I / celebrate New Year

7. My dogs and I / play / in the garden

8. Sue / write a letter / to her boyfriend

9. Tom / repair / his car

10. I / speak Italian / to my neighbours

Exercise 25: Ask questions in Present Continuous:

1. working / Paul / today?

2. what / doing / the children?

3. you / listening / to me?

4. where / going / your friends?

5. your parents / television / watching?

6. what / cooking / Ann?

7. why / you / looking / at me?

8. coming / the bus?

9. they / running / along the park?

10. dreaming / I?

Exercise 26: Put the given verbs into the Past Continuous:

1. What........................ (you / do) when the phone rang?

2. How fast .................. (you / drive) when the police stopped you?

3. What....................... (you / watch) on TV at 5 o’clock yesterday?

4. What........................ (Jenny / wear) last night?

5. Why.......................... (you / climb) when they saw you?

6. Where....................... (Joe / run) at 6.30?

7. ....................... (she / wash up) when I called you?

8. ....................... (they / play) when you came?

9. ....................... (it / rain) when you left the office?

10. ......................... (the sun / shine) all the day yesterday?

Exercise 27: Ask what these people shall be doing at 7 PM on Friday:

1. what / your parents / do?

2. where / Jack / go?

3. children / sleep?

4. you / make a phone call?

5. whom / your sister / talk to?

6. who / this team / play with?

7. it / work?

8. Peter / skate?

9. you / have fun with our classmates?

10. where / Jim and Carol / dance?