Present Continous / Present Progressive

Atividade de reforço escrita sobre o tempo verbal Presente Contínuo através da compreensão textual e resolução de exercícios.

Objetivo: Verificar a compreensão de um texto no tempo Presente Contínuo, através das estratégias de leitura,  além da resolução dos exercícios, por extenso e em inglês.

1. Who are they? Where are they? What are they doing? 

 

            Now Janet is in her house. She is sitting on a wooden chair. She is holding a coat. She is fixing it.
James is Janet's husband. He is sitting in front of her. He is fixing clothes too.

            Elizabeth is sitting next to James. She is Janet's sister. Right now she is helping Janet and James. They are working together. They are fixing clothes.

            At this moment a man is coming in. He is wearing dark clothes. He is carrying a pile of clothes. They are all working very hard.

A. Answer the following questions. Use the Present Progressive tense.

I. Where is Janet sitting now? What is she doing?

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II. Where is James sitting now? What is he doing?

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III. Who is coming in at this moment? What is he carrying?

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B. Rewrite the story using contractions.

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2. Complete the text with the present continuous. Use each of the verbs once. Use short forms where possible.

work       listen       watch        write        study        read       sit       play       do       sing

I _________________ on the computer. I _________________ a story for our school magazine. My father _________________ TV and my mother _________________ a magazine. My sister _________________ to her Ipod because she loves music. She _________________ but she’s not a good singer! My brother _________________ very hard. He _________________ at a desk and he _________________ his homework. Our dog and cat _________________ in the corner.