WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

We are gossiping
about our friends
No, I’m not gossiping.

So, what are

you doing? I’m eating an ice-cream

1. Choose the best answer:

1. We use the present continuous…

A/to speak a habitual action
B/to speak about an action happening at the moment of speaking

2. We form the present continuous with…

A/the verb ‘to be’ in past and the verb in –ing
B/the verb ‘to be’ in present and the verb in –ing

3. With the present continuous we…

A/ don’t need auxiliaries for negatives and interrogatives
B/ need ‘do’ and ‘does’ to from negatives and interrogatives

2. Classify the following expressions:

RIGHT NOW / USUALLY / OFTEN / AT THE MOMENT / NOW / ALWAYS

PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

3. What is happening in these photographs? Write two sentences joined by ‘and’ or

‘but’.
The first is done as example

They are having a coffee, but she doesn’t like it

4. Complete the sentences with present simple or continuous

Right now I ____________ (live) in my grandparents house, but normally I

____________ (live) with my parents. We had problems at home and they

_____________ (repair) it. My room _________ (be) in a mess, I _________ (hate)

having everything untidy. However, it _________ (be) funny living here. My grandparents

never __________ (wake) me up soon, they always __________(prepare) my favourite

meals and they usually ________ (give) me presents.