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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 399 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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Present Tenses: Posters for the Classroom

Present Tenses: Posters for the Classroom

You can use these posters as a visual aids for kids for a short period of time until they get present tenses accurately.... it's like a feedback. Personally my kids did it better with this aid. Ho ...
31 Views 47,157 BegElemPre-Int
Grammar Revision Boardgame

Grammar Revision Boardgame

This is a colorful boardgame which is aimed to review some important grammar topics: verb tenses, reported speech, degrees of comparison, plural nouns, some / any, adverbs, modal verbs, etc. Suit ...
15 Views 39,063 ElemPre-Int
Grammar Review Exercises: Mixed Tenses

Grammar Review Exercises: Mixed Tenses

This is a ws to review some grammar points at the beginning of school year, which can also help you spot the "problem areas" your students might have in terms of grammar. The exercises include tas ...
21 Views 42,022 Elem
Present Continuous Tense: Elementary Worksheet

Present Continuous Tense: Elementary Worksheet

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This 2-page worksheet is suitable for elementary students. The first page is basically just a study sheet with detailed explanations and example sentences, and the second page has a simple a ...
19 Views 23,799 ElemPre-Int
Present Continuous Worksheet: What Are They Doing

Present Continuous Worksheet: What Are They Doing

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In this exercise you have to write sentences using present continuous tense. We can see many people doing different activities in the open air. In this exercise there is a house so students can ta ...
10 Views 16,631 Elem
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Diagnostic Test

Diagnostic Test

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I would llike to share this diagnostic test I've prepared for my 3rd-year English students at my High School. There is a Grammar section with exercises of present simple and continuous, past simpl ...
28 Views 53,736 Pre-Int
Present Simple or Present Continuous?

Present Simple or Present Continuous?

Present Continuous,
Here is a simple but effective worksheet to teach the differences between these two present tenses. It has explanations and examples at the top and 3 different exercises to go with it. Recommende ...
10 Views 8,167 ElemPre-Int
TO BE: Tense Review

TO BE: Tense Review

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A cheat sheet perfect for students to review tenses of the verb 'to be'. Beside each tense it shows a timeline, which is excellent for students who are visual learners. The sheet includes present ...
11 Views 10,886 ElemPre-Int
Video Worksheet: Bee Movie

Video Worksheet: Bee Movie

Present Continuous,
Video activity to practice the Present Continuous/Progressive. First you have the movie plot to read, after that while watching the movie students complete the dialogues and write sentences accord ...
12 Views 22,853 Elem
Song Worksheet: Lemon Tree by Fool's Garden [WITH VIDEO] Alternative 2

Song Worksheet: Lemon Tree by Fool's Garden [WITH VIDEO] Alternative 2

Present Continuous,
A good song to practice Present Continuous. The worksheet contains different activities to do with the lyrics of the song " Lemon Tree" by Fools Garden. Students have to complete them with the cor ...
10 Views 33,096 Elem
Future: Will / Going to / Present Continuous

Future: Will / Going to / Present Continuous

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This is an excellent way to review will, going to and present continuous to express future time. There are two activities, with audio, in which students are asked choose which tenses or verb form ...
42 Views 54,758 Pre-IntInt
Verb Tenses Boardgame

Verb Tenses Boardgame

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With this board game students will practice the most common tenses while playing! They are asked to make affirmative, negative or interrogative sentences with the correct form of the verb (presen ...
57 Views 229,604 Pre-IntInt
Present Continuous Revision Exercises

Present Continuous Revision Exercises

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Worksheet to provide Present Continuous practice. There are two exercises in which students fill in the blanks with the right form of the Present Continuous and build up sentences with the correc ...
14 Views 12,958 ElemPre-Int
Present Simple vs Present Continuous: Today is My Day

Present Simple vs Present Continuous: Today is My Day

Present Continuous,
The worksheet practices the contrast between Present Simple and Present Continuous. While completing the task students make sentences to describe the situations given in the cards, exchange inform ...
20 Views 12,038 ElemPre-Int
Action Cards for Continuous Tense Practice

Action Cards for Continuous Tense Practice

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This worksheet can be used to practice the continuous tenses. I used it for past continuous specifically. I handed each student a card and then called on two students at once to perform their acti ...
10 Views 14,206 ElemPre-Int
Present Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense

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This worksheet is an exercise of Present Continuous Tense for primary students. It includes three exercises. Using the pictures, this will ease the students to form the Present Continuous Tense. T ...
15 Views 47,222 Elem
Present Continuous Worksheet

Present Continuous Worksheet

Present Continuous,
This worksheet was made for elementary students to practice the Present Continuous Tense. Here students should finish sentenses using the positive form of Present Continuous. The worksheet is colo ...
17 Views 9,871 BegElemPre-Int
Present Continuous

Present Continuous

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Worksheet to practice the present continuous tense. There are two different tasks in which students choose a verb and complete the sentences and build dialogues using the present continuous. Reco ...
8 Views 6,620 Elem
Past Continuous Speaking Cards

Past Continuous Speaking Cards

Present Continuous,
A set of cards to encourage conversation. Students will learn or reinforce the use of the past continuous tense. They have to look at the card and make sentences using the affirmative, interrogat ...
24 Views 34,529 Pre-IntInt
Present Simple or Continuous

Present Simple or Continuous

This material contains a grammar guide and three types of exercises - one on present simple, another on present continuous, and one on both tenses. Hope you find it useful!
26 Views 12,550 ElemPre-Int
Present Continuous - Formation and Exercises

Present Continuous - Formation and Exercises

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The worksheet contains the rules of formation and four exercises - to write the "-ing" form of the verbs, and three other exercises - use the verbs in affirmative, interrogative and negative cont ...
16 Views 110,796 Elem
Mixed Tenses Test

Mixed Tenses Test

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This is a test on the use of tenses. Contains not a big number of sentences, so you can you is in the end of a lesson or as a part of homework.
17 Views 27,726 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Movie Worksheet: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

You will find some activities based on the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You will be able to work on grammar (Present simple & present continuous, can/can’t), vocabulary (the ...
8 Views 36,832 BegElem
What are they doing? Present Continuous

What are they doing? Present Continuous

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Five different exercises to practice the present continuous tense. Students Look at the pictures and write sentences using the present continuous, fill in the blanks with the correct form of the p ...
21 Views 57,180 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega [WITH VIDEO] Alternative 2

Song Worksheet: Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega [WITH VIDEO] Alternative 2

Present Continuous,
Fill in the blanks activity with the present continuous using the Tom's diner's lyrics! There are the Teacher's and student's sheets that you can use in the classroom with the meaning of specific ...
14 Views 21,189 ElemPre-IntInt

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