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Progressive and Continuous Tenses

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 9-10
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  1. Which time clue fits best with "We will be flying over the sea"?

    • this time tomorrow
    • yesterday at noon
    • every Friday

  2. What tense is this sentence? "They were playing football."

    • present progressive
    • future progressive
    • past progressive

  3. Which sentence tells what is happening right now?

    • I eat lunch at noon.
    • I am eating lunch.
    • I ate lunch at noon.

  4. Future progressive is formed with 'will be' plus a verb ending in -ing.

    Circle one:   True   False

  5. Choose the sentence that correctly uses past progressive.

    • She was reading when the phone rang.
    • She is reading when the phone rang.
    • She was read when the phone rang.

  6. Complete the sentence: "The children ___ playing in the park yesterday afternoon."

    • was
    • were
    • is

  7. Which question asks what someone is doing right now?

    • What are you doing?
    • What do you do?
    • What did you do?

  8. What is the -ing form of the verb 'make'?

    • makeing
    • making
    • makking

  9. "This time tomorrow, I will be sitting on the plane." What does this sentence tell us?

    • The plane trip is already finished by then.
    • The sitting will already be going on at that time tomorrow.
    • The speaker sits on a plane every day.

  10. Which sentence shows the rain was already falling when Ana left?

    • It rained when Ana left.
    • It is raining when Ana leaves.
    • It was raining when Ana left.
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  1. this time tomorrow · Future progressive needs a future moment. 'This time tomorrow' names one. 'Yesterday' is past, and 'every Friday' is a habit.
  2. past progressive · 'Were' is the past form of the helper verb, and 'playing' ends in -ing, so it is past progressive.
  3. I am eating lunch. · 'am eating' is present progressive, so the action is happening right now, not a habit or a finished past action.
  4. True · That is exactly the pattern: will be plus verb-ing, like 'will be swimming.'
  5. She was reading when the phone rang. · Past progressive needs was plus reading, matching the past moment when the phone rang.
  6. were · 'Yesterday' needs a past helper, and 'the children' is more than one person, so the helper is were.
  7. What are you doing? · 'Are you doing' is present progressive, asking about this moment. 'Do you do' asks about habits, and 'did' asks about the past.
  8. making · Make ends in a silent e, so drop the e before adding -ing: making.
  9. The sitting will already be going on at that time tomorrow. · Future progressive, 'will be sitting', means the action will already be in progress at that future moment.
  10. It was raining when Ana left. · 'Was raining' is past progressive: the rain was already in progress when Ana left. Plain 'rained' does not show that.
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