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Present Progressive Story 3

(Present Continuous)
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Who are they? Where are they? What are they doing?
Now the children are at school. Amy is sewing. She is practicing. She is
sitting on a bench. She is sitting near Timmy.

Timmy is at school too. Timmy is studying. He is sitting behind his desk. He

wishes he could play with the other children.

John and Susan are also at school. They are playing outside. They are
picking flowers for their teacher. John is carrying his hat. Susan is wearing a
bonnet.

At this moment, Sarah is walking by the door. She is helping the teacher.
She is carrying textbooks to the shelf.

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Present Progressive Story 3 – Exercises

A. Answer the following questions. Use the Present Progressive tense.

1. Where is Amy sitting now? What is she doing?

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2. Where are John and Susan playing? What is Susan wearing?

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

3. At this moment, where is Sarah? Why is she carrying textbooks?

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

B. Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences, yes/no

questions, WH-questions (using the underlined word or phrase) and tag
questions.

Examples for the sentence “Billy is writing a letter.”

Negative: Billy is not writing a letter.
Yes/No Question: Is Billy writing a letter?
WH-Question: What is Billy doing?
Tag Question: Billy is writing a letter, isn't he?

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1. Amy is sewing.

Negative: _____________________________________________________

Yes/No Question: ______________________________________________

WH-Question: _________________________________________________

Tag Question: _________________________________________________

2. He is sitting behind his desk.

Negative: _____________________________________________________

Yes/No Question: ______________________________________________

WH-Question: _________________________________________________

Tag Question: _________________________________________________

3. John is carrying his hat.

Negative: _____________________________________________________

Yes/No Question: ______________________________________________

WH-Question: _________________________________________________

Tag Question: _________________________________________________

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C. Rewrite the story using contractions.

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Present Progressive Story 3 – Answers

A. Answer the following questions. Use the Present Progressive tense.

1. Where is Amy sitting now? What is she doing?

Amy is sitting on the bench near Timmy. She is sewing.

2. Where are John and Susan playing? What is Susan wearing?

John and Susan are playing outside. Susan is wearing a bonnet.

3. At this moment, where is Sarah? Why is she carrying textbooks?

At this moment, Sarah is walking by the door. She is carrying textbooks

because she is helping the teacher.

B. Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences, yes/no

questions, WH-questions (using the underlined word) and tag questions.

1. Amy is sewing.

Negative: Amy is not sewing.

Yes/No Question: Is Amy sewing?

WH-Question: Who is sewing?

Tag Question: Amy is sewing, isn't she?

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2. He is sitting behind his desk.

Negative: He is not sitting behind his desk.

Yes/No Question: Is he sitting behind his desk?

WH-Question: Where is he sitting?

Tag Question: He is sitting behind his desk, isn't he?

3. John is carrying his hat.

Negative: John is not carrying his hat.

Yes/No Question: Is John carrying his hat?

WH-Question: Who is carrying his hat?

Tag Question: John is carrying his hat, isn't he?

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C. Rewrite the story using contractions.

Now the children are at school. Amy is sewing. She's practicing. She's sitting
on a bench. She's sitting near Timmy.

Timmy is at school too. Timmy is studying. He's sitting behind his desk. He
wishes he could play with the other children.

John and Susan are also at school. They're playing outside. They're picking
flowers for their teacher. John is carrying his hat. Susan is wearing a
bonnet.

At this moment, Sarah is walking by the door. She's helping the teacher.
She's carrying textbooks to the shelf.

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