Present Continuous Interactive Exercises

Reading & Grammar: Present Continuous

Read the story about the Summer Festival and complete the exercises below.

We use Present Continuous for things happening right now.

Glossary

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Festival A special day or period with fun activities. ပွဲတော်

Shining Giving out bright light (like the sun). တောက်ပနေသည်

Decorating Making something look beautiful. အလှဆင်နေသည်

Stage A raised floor for performers. စင်မြင့်

Preparing Getting ready. ပြင်ဆင်နေသည်

Bench A long seat for two or more people. ခုံတန်းလျား

Chasing Running after someone to catch them. လိုက်ဖမ်းနေသည်

Enjoying Having a good time. ပျော်ရွှင်နေသည်

The Summer Festival

It is a lovely Sunday afternoon. The sun is shining brightly in the sky. The town park is very busy today because everyone is celebrating the Summer Festival.

Many people are working hard to make the park beautiful. Mr. Jones is decorating the main gate with colorful balloons. His children, Tom and Lisa, are helping him. They are blowing up the balloons.

In the center of the park, a band is standing on a large stage. They are playing happy music. Some people are dancing near the stage, and others are clapping their hands.

Not everyone is working. Mrs. Green is sitting on a bench under a big tree. She is eating an ice cream and watching the people. Her dog, Max, is running on the grass. He is chasing a small butterfly.

Near the food stalls, a chef is cooking burgers. The food smells delicious! People are waiting in a long line to buy lunch. Everyone is enjoying the beautiful day.

Exercise 1: True or False

1. It is raining today.

2. Mr. Jones is decorating the gate.

3. The band is sitting on a bench.

4. Max the dog is chasing a butterfly.

5. People are waiting to buy ice cream. (Look carefully at the text!)

Exercise 2: Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentences using am / is / are + verb-ing.

Example: I (play) -> am playing

1. Look! She (read) a book.

2. We (watch) TV right now.

3. I (study) English at the moment.

4. The children (play) in the garden.

5. It (rain) outside.

Exercise 3: Spelling Rules (-ing)

Choose the correct spelling for the -ing form.

1. (sit) She is ____ on the chair.

2. (make) He is ____ a cake.

3. (run) They are ____ fast.

4. (write) I am ____ a letter.

Exercise 4: Make it Negative

Change the sentences to negative. Use am not, isn't, or aren't.

1. He is sleeping.

2. They are working today.

3. I am eating lunch.

Exercise 5: Make Questions

Arrange the words to make questions.

1. (you / are / listening)

2. (is / raining / it)

3. (what / doing / are / they)

Exercise 6: Find the Mistake

Rewrite the sentences correctly.

1. She are coming home.

2. I is playing football.

3. We not listening.

Exercise 7: Describe what is happening

Look around you right now. Imagine you are texting a friend. Answer these questions to practice writing:

Where are you sitting or standing right now?
What are you wearing?
What are you doing? (besides writing this)
Is anyone else with you? What are they doing?
What is happening outside the window?

(Practice writing this on a piece of paper or in your notebook).

Sample Answer (English):
Right now, I am sitting at my desk in my bedroom. I am wearing a blue T-shirt and black shorts. I am typing on my computer and learning English grammar. My brother is in the room too. He is sleeping on the bed. Outside, it is raining heavily. Cars are driving slowly on the street. I am drinking a cup of hot tea while I work.

Myanmar Translation:
အခုချိန်မှာ ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မက အိပ်ခန်းထဲက စားပွဲမှာ ထိုင်နေပါတယ်။ ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မက တီရှပ်အပြာနဲ့ ဘောင်းဘီတို အနက်ရောင် ဝတ်ထားပါတယ်။ ကွန်ပျူတာရိုက်နေပြီး အင်္ဂလိပ်သဒ္ဒါကို လေ့လာနေပါတယ်။ ကျွန်တော့်အစ်ကိုလည်း အခန်းထဲမှာ ရှိပါတယ်။ သူက ကုတင်ပေါ်မှာ အိပ်နေပါတယ်။ အပြင်ဘက်မှာ မိုးသည်းထန်စွာ ရွာနေပါတယ်။ ကားတွေက လမ်းပေါ်မှာ ဖြည်းဖြည်း မောင်းနေကြပါတယ်။ ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မ အလုပ်လုပ်ရင်းနဲ့ လက်ဖက်ရည်ပူပူတစ်ခွက် သောက်နေပါတယ်။