Present Continuous: Complete the Sentences
Focused present continuous sentence practice with generous writing space and a separate answer key for quick checking.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Focused sentence-completion practice
- Generous answer spaces
- Separate answer key on page 2
- Printable student and teacher pages
Practise present continuous in 20 sentences about activity now, temporary periods and developing changes. Examples range from cooking now to cousins staying this week and traffic getting worse.
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Page 1 of 2 · A4 printable PDF
Page 2 of 2 · Answer key · A4 printable PDF
A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Use page 1 with page 2 withheld. Review am / is / are + verb-ing before treating all examples as actions happening at this exact second.
- Model I am reading and My cousins are staying. Explain the temporary period in the second sentence.
- Complete the gaps, checking agreement and spellings such as running, having and getting.
- Review the key, then sort selected examples into immediate activity, temporary activity and change. Explain a choice rather than relying only on time words.
Support and extension
Support with a be-form chart. Extend with a picture description or a temporary routine; all gaps request the target form, even where wider context could allow another interpretation.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
