The Present Continuous Picture Description Exercises 47743 2m134r

Put the right verbs in the gaps. a) is jogging b)is riding c) are eating d) are looking e) is playing f) is flying g) is sunbathing h) is chasing i) are crossing j) is flapping k) is going l) is fishing m) is sinking n) is running

1) A boy ................... a bike. 2) A man and his wife....................... at a map. 3) In the canal, a dog .....................a swan. 4) The man sitting on the box ...................... 5) The man at the front of the boat ....................an accordion. 6) A lady ................... on the roof of the boat. 7) A man and woman .................. a meal. 8) A butterfly ..................... past the ducklings. 9) A girl ....................... along the canal bank. 10) The duck and her ducklings .................. the towpath. 11) A dog .................... along the towpath. 12) A sailing boat ...................... under the bridge. 13) The swan ........................ its wings. 14) A miniature Titanic ....................... in the canal.

The form I am verb stem ing He is ______ ing She is _____ ing It is _____ing You are _____ ing We are _____ ing They are _____ing If the letter before the last consonant is a vowel, we double the consonant e.g. sitting/putting/getting/ patting/trotting. Cross off e. e.g. bite/biting.

Match up the correct parts of the sentences: One is done for you. 1) The man in blue dungarees is hoping a) is running away because it has seen a dog. 2) The couple sitting at the table outside the pub b) is lying on top of the narrow boat sunbathing. 3) The swan is flapping its wings angrily c) floating in the sky. 4) The man on the bridge d) to catch some fish! 5) The lady in the swimsuit e) are consulting their map. Maybe they are lost. 6) There are two hot air balloons f) the duck is right in front of his bike. 7) The couple in the foreground g) is looking through his binoculars. 8) A ginger cat h) because the dog is swimming towards it. 9) The boy on the bike is worried because i) are having a nice meal and drinking beer.

Answer the questions in full sentences. Replace the noun with a pronoun: the man = he, the woman = she, the duck = it, the ducklings = they. Etc... 1) What is the dog doing? 2) What is the lady with the pony tail doing? 3) What are the man and his wife in the foreground doing? 4) What are the couple outside the pub doing?

Did you spot the

shark’s 5) What is the boy in pink bicycle shorts doing?

fin???

6) What is the man in the red cap doing? 7) What is the man on the bridge doing? 8) What is the lady in the purple swimsuit doing? 9) What is the mother duck doing? 10) What is the man at the front of the narrow boat doing?

True or false? Has/have got/there is/there are. 1) The duck has got six ducklings. 2) The man on the boat has got an accordion. 3) The boy on the bike has got a green helmut. 4) The weather is cold and rainy. 5) The swan is behind the boat. 6) The man on the bridge has got some binoculars. 7) There is a school on the opposite bank. 8) There are three hot air balloons in the sky. 9) There are some cows and sheep in the field. 10) The older couple have got a map.

Key 1b,2d,3h,4l,5e,6g,7c,8f,9a, 1oi,11n,12k,13j,14m Match up: 1d,2i,3h,4g,5b,6c,7e,8a,9f. True/false: 1T 2T 3F 4F 5F 6T 7F 8H 9T 10T