Download this free A1–A2 grammar worksheet PDF for English learners and teachers. This lesson helps students practise the present continuous for actions happening now, temporary situations and changing situations.
Students learn how to use am / is / are + verb + -ing to talk about actions happening now. The worksheet gives clear examples such as I am studying now, She is talking on the phone, They are learning English and It is raining.
The worksheet also teaches the present continuous for temporary situations around now, such as We are staying in a flat this week and He is working from home today. This helps learners talk about short-term situations that are happening now but are not permanent.
Students also practise using the present continuous for changing situations, such as The price is going up, It is getting colder and My English is improving. The worksheet also covers positive sentences, negative sentences, questions and short answers with am, is and are.
The PDF includes a grammar focus section, present continuous exercises, choose-the-correct-form practice, sentence matching, mistake correction, mini-dialogues, rewriting tasks, meaning-and-use practice, speaking questions, writing practice, vocabulary and grammar sentence practice, an error-checking challenge, useful reminders and a full answer key.
This worksheet can be used in one-to-one lessons, group classes, online English lessons, adult ESL lessons, EFL classes, homework or independent grammar practice.
Level: A1–A2
Grammar point: Present continuous: actions now and temporary situations
Focus: grammar accuracy, actions now, temporary situations, changing situations, questions, negatives, speaking and writing
Format: Free grammar worksheet PDF with answer key
This free worksheet includes:
- a clear explanation of the present continuous
- practice with am / is / are + verb + -ing
- practice with actions happening now
- practice with temporary situations around now
- practice with changing situations
- practice with positive present continuous sentences
- practice with negative present continuous sentences
- practice with present continuous questions
- practice with short answers
- spelling practice with -ing forms
- choose-the-correct-form practice
- sentence-to-reason matching
- mistake correction
- mini-dialogues
- sentence rewriting
- meaning-and-use practice
- speaking practice
- writing practice
- vocabulary and grammar sentence practice
- an error-checking challenge
- useful reminder table
- full answer key for teachers and students
The worksheet focuses especially on common A1–A2 mistakes such as She working, Are you listen, They is waiting, I am not watch, makeing, siting, Is raining and are stay. The main classroom point is simple: use am, is or are before the -ing verb, and do not use do / does to make present continuous questions.
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