Present Continuous Tense Exercises Printable File

Instructions: Choose whether to use the Present Simple (for habits/routines) or Present Continuous (for actions happening right now).

Pair up students. Place Exercise 1 on a wall outside the classroom. One student runs to read the sentence, runs back, and dictates it to their partner, who writes down the correct present continuous answer. present continuous tense exercises printable

Change the -ie to -y and add -ing. (e.g., die →right arrow dying , lie →right arrow lying ). Present Continuous Tense Exercises Instructions: Choose whether to use the Present Simple

In Exercise 4, have students circle the time markers (e.g., every morning, right now, usually, this week ) in different colored highlighters before they write the answers. This builds a visual habit of identifying context clues. and dictates it to their partner