Exercise 2. Chia động từ trong ngoặc.

0. Listen! It (rain) is raining heavily outside.

1. She’s tired. She (want)……………… to go home now. Want

2. ………………Tom (plant)……………… the trees in the garden at the

moment?is planting

3. What …… you (do)…………… now ? are doing

4. Listen! Someone (knock)……………………… on the front door. Is

knocking

5. He (write)………………… a novel at present. Is writing

6. …..they (watch)…………… T.V at present? - No. They (listen)

…………… to the radio. Are watching/ are listening

7. He and I (play)…………………… soccer at the moment. Are playing

8. Tom and I (be)…………… busy at the moment. Are

9. They (see)…………………… a movie at the [Link] seeing

10. We (want)………………… to go to school at the moment . want

Exercise 3. Cho dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc

0. Now I (write) am writing a dictation.

1. Sit down! A strange dog (run)___________ to you. Is running

2. My brothers (not/ drink)__________ coffee at the moment. Are not

drinking

3. Look! Those people (climb)__________ the mountain so [Link]

climbing

4. That girl (cry)_______ loudly in the party [Link] crying

5. What (you/ do)________ in the kitchen?are doing

6. Tonight we (not/ go)_______ to our teacher’s wedding party. Are not

going
7. Where are you? We (wait)__________ for you! Are waiting

8. What are the boys (do)___________ now? Doing

9. My brother (not listen)___________ to the radio at present. Is not

listeningl

10. My parents (drive)_______ to work now. Are driving

Exercise 4. Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or the
present continuous.

0. She is always (forget) forgetting to turn off the light.

1. She always _______________ (remember) my birthday. Remembers

2. Mr Brown _______________ (work) in a [Link] ( kh có

dấu hiệu nhận biết ) (HTĐ)

3. I _______________ (work) in this factory until I find a better [Link]

working

4. Look! It _______________ (snow).is snowing

5. Can you hear those girls? What _______________ (they/talk) about?

Are talking

6. _______________ (you/know) Helen? Do know ( HTĐ)

7. We _______________ (never/go) to work by tube. It is too [Link]

go (HTĐ)

8. When I'm in Paris I _______________ (usually/stay) in the Hotel du

Pont, but this time I _______________ (stay) in the more expensive Hotel
Notre Dame. Usually stay / stay

9. Ruth _______________ (be) a vegetarian. She _______________

(not/eat) meat or [Link] / does not eat ( không có dậu hiệu nhận biết )

10. My father _________ (be) an engineer, but he _______________

(not/work) right now. Is / isn’t working

Exercise 5. Give the correct form of these verbs

0. Now I (write) am writing an essay.

1. The sun (set) ……………in the West. Sets

2. It usually (rain) ……………………in the summer. Rains

3. They (build) …………………………the buildings at the [Link]

building

4. Bees (make) …………………honey. Make

5. They (get) ………………on the scale now. Are getting

6. The earth (circle)…………………the Sun once every 365 days. Circles

7. Rivers usually (flow) …………… to the sea. Flow

8. Don’t worry. I (give) ………………him your message when I (see)………

him. Will give / see

9. Look! Jane (play) ……………… the guitar. Hurry up! The bus (come)
……… is playing / is coming

10. I (not talk) ………………………… to her at present. Am not talking

xercise 6. Give the correct form of these verbs

0. Hoa and I (buy) are buying some books at the moment.

1. Lan and Hoa (read) …………… in the library at the moment . are
reading

2. We (not come) ……………………… here tomorrow morning. Are not

coming

3. Listen ! The girl (play) ………………….the piano. Is playing

4. Nam (go) ………………… to the English club every Saturday. Goes

5. What ………………you (do) ……………now?are doing

6 . Students often (go) …………………to the school cafeteria at lunch

[Link]

7. You can (find) …………math books on the racks in the [Link]

8. Look! The teacher (come) …………………….[Link] coming

9. She (study) …………………maps in [Link]

10. Ba can (fix) ……………the lights [Link]

Bài tập bổ sung

Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous

tense.

1. They (meet) ________ their teacher at the moment. Are meeting

2. We (visit) ________ the museum at the moment. Are visiting

3. John (not read) ________ a book now. Is not reading

4. What ________ you (do) ________ tonight? Are doing

5. Silvia (not listen) ________ to music at the moment. Is not listening

6. Maria (sit) ________ next to Paul right now. Is sitting

7. He ________ always (make) ________ noisy at night. Is making

8. Where your husband (be) ________? Is

9. My children (be) ________ upstairs now. They (play) ________ games.

Are / are playing

10. Look! The bus (come) ________.is coming

9. He always (borrow) ________ me money and never (give) ________

back. Borrows/ gives

10. While I (do) ________ my housework, my husband (read) ________

books. Am doing / is reading

11. He (not paint) ________ his pictures at the moment. Is not painting

12. We (not plant) ________ the herbs in the garden at present. Are not
planting

13. ________ they (make) ________ the artificial flowers of silk now? Are
making
14. Your father (repair) ________ your motorbike at the moment. Is
repairing

15. Look! The man (take) ________ the children to the cinema. Is taking

16. Listen! The teacher (explain) ________ a new lesson to [Link]

explaining

17. Ba (study) ________ Math very hard [Link] studing

18. We (have) ________ dinner in a restaurant right now. Are having

19. I (watch) ________ TV with my parents in the living room now. Am

watching

20. Some people (not drink) ________ coffee now . are not drinking

Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous

tense.

1. They (go) ________ to school. Are going

2. Lan and Hoa (have) ________ breakfast. Are having

3. My father (read) ________ a book. Is reading

4. The students (do) ________ their homework. Are doing

5. They (brush) ________ their teeth. Are brushing

6. Mr and Mrs Smith (travel) ________ to [Link] traveling

7. My sister (not do) ________ her homework. She (sleep) ________. Is

not doing / is sleeping

8. His parents (not work) ________ in the factory. They (do) ________ the
gardening. Are not working / are doing

9. The girl (not do) ________ the housework. She (watch) ________ TV.
Is not going / is watching

10. Nga (read) ________ a book now? Is…. Reading

11. They (play) ________ a game in the yard? Are playing

12. The children (wash) ________ their clothes? Are washing

13. Your mother (travel) ________ to Danang now? Is traveling

14. What Mr. Hung (read) ________ now? - He (listen) ________ to the
radio. Is [Link] reading / is listening

15. She (travel) ________ to work by car? Is traveling

Exercise 3. Using the suggested words, write complete sentences in

the Present Continuous tense.

1. They/ play/ soccer/ at present. They are playing soccer at present

2. She/ listen/ music/ in the room. She is listening music in the room

3. My sister/ read/ books/ her room. My sister is reading books in her room

4. My mother/ work/ in the garden/ now. My mother is working in the

garden now

5. Nga and Phuong/ watch/ TV/ now. Nga and Phuong are watching TV
now

6. - What/ she/ do/ at the moment? - She/ cook dinner. What is she doing
at the moment ?

7. - Where/ you/ go/ now? - I/ go/ the post office. Where are you going now
? I am going to the post office

8. - What/ the students/ do/ in the class/ now? - They/ [Link] are the
students doing in the class now ?

9. He / do/ his housework/ now? Is he doing his homework now ?