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Teachers can always use some new ideas so welcome to the present continuous page which has not only worksheets, but also several articles and warmers that you can use when teaching this topic. For this topic, there are now 162 available worksheets which you can print out as they are, edit, or even just use for ideas when creating handouts of your very own. This Present Progressive worksheet is perfect for young students. It consists of two exercises; in the first exercise students complete sentences with present continuous verbs and then match those sentences to the pictures in part two. This is a great way to check not only their comprehension of the tense but also of vocabulary words and sentences. The images are so cute; your students are sure to enjoy them. If you’d like to make changes, simply edit it to suit your needs. If you are teaching older students or think another activity might be better for your students, just look through the rest of the section. There are plenty of worksheets to choose from.
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GRAMMAR TIP: What Is Present Continuous?
The present continuous is one of the present tenses used in modern English, the others being the simple present and the emphatic present. All of these can be employed in both the indicative and subjunctive moods. The present continuous is used in several instances: to describe something which is happening at the exact moment of speech, to describe an action that is taking place now, but not at the exact moment of speech, to describe an event which is planned in the future, with always, but meaning often. To form the present continuous, one uses the appropriate conjugation of 'to be' from the present simple and puts the present participle of the chosen verb after. When using the interrogative with the present continuous, one does not use the verb to do as with the present simple, rather, one swaps the positions of the conjugation of to be and the present participle.
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Elementary Revision Worksheet for Children Elementary Revision Worksheet for ChildrenThis is a worksheet I have prepared for my students. It includes:Complete with the words from the box Answers the questionsRevision of have and has got Match the two halves Make the questions. Th ...
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Elementary
 
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Seasons of the Year Seasons of the YearThis is a power point presentation that I have created for my students after they have learnt the vocabulary related to the weather and seasons of the year. They have to choose different pictures ...
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Elementary
 
Present Continuous Pictures (Doing Sports) Present Continuous Pictures (Doing Sports)These funny pictures can help you not only to practice Present Continuous tense, but also to revise the sports vocabulary. You can use them to elicit the words that your children has already known ...
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rated by 7 teachers

Elementary
 
Present Simple and Present Continuous Present Simple and Present ContinuousThis worksheet focuses on some of the different uses of the present simple and the present continuous tenses. There are activities that compare both tenses and other activities that are based on j ...
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Pre-Intermediate
 
Wh-Questions - Present Progressive Game Wh-Questions - Present Progressive GameMy Beginners were having problems understanding the use of: what / who / when and where + Present ContinuousAfter some exercises and explanation, I decided to create this game to reassure they und ...
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rated by 4 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
What Are They Doing Now? What Are They Doing Now?Great photos for students to practice Present Continuous! They have to look at the photos and say what people are doing at the moment. They can also ask each other questions (e.g. Are they running ...
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rated by 3 teachers

Pre-Intermediate
 
Present Continuous Grammar Study Guide Present Continuous Grammar Study GuideGrammar study sheets affirmative/negative and interrogative explanations with exercise. In color and black&white version.these sheet could be used in class or for homework as it contains expla ...
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rated by 6 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Present Continuous Through Photographs Present Continuous Through PhotographsThis collection of photographs helps students to produce statements using present continuous. One of my favourite activities is to show the photograph just to one student and make the rest of the ...
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rated by 10 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Present Continuous: Extra Practice Present Continuous: Extra PracticeThis activity can be used as a follow-up one, once Present Continuous has been presented. The aim is for students to see the structure minimally contextualized and for them to actually be confront ...
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Elementary
 
Present Continuous Activities Present Continuous ActivitiesThis is a three-page worksheet on the Present Continuous. It includes an introduction of the new tense, the rules and exceptions and several exercises, with visual support. I used it in a second y ...
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rated by 7 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
 
Family Vacation: Reading Comprehension Test Family Vacation: Reading Comprehension TestA reading comprehension worksheet with vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation activities which target the use of present continuous and "going to" future for making holiday plans. It is suitable f ...
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Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
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