Present Continuous Tense Exercises

1. What is the present continuous tense used for?

To describe an action that is happening now
To describe an action that happened in the past
To describe an action that will happen in the future
To describe an action that happened regularly

2. What is the structure of the present continuous tense?

Subject + verb + object
Subject + auxiliary verb + main verb + object
Subject + auxiliary verb + main verb
Subject + verb

3. Complete the sentence: "I ____ to the store."

Drive
Drives
Am driving
Driving

4. Which of the following is an example of the present continuous tense?

She was walking
She walked
She has walked
She is walking

5. What is the negative form of the present continuous tense?

Subject + verb + not
Subject + auxiliary verb + not + main verb
Subject + auxiliary verb + main verb + not
Subject + auxiliary verb + not

6. Complete the sentence: "He ____ to the store."

Go
Goes
Is going
Going

7. What is the question form of the present continuous tense?

Subject + verb + object?
Subject + auxiliary verb + main verb + object?
Subject + auxiliary verb + main verb + not?
Subject + auxiliary verb + main verb?

8. Which of the following is in the present continuous tense?

She will walk
She is walking
She has walked
She walked

9. What is the present continuous form of the verb "to eat"?

Eatting
Eating
Eats
Eat

10. Complete the sentence: "They ____ to the store."

Go
Goes
Are going
Going