Present Continuous · Exercises
C2Proficient practice
Formal passives and tricky state verbs.
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- Practice10 exercises at your own pace
- Time Attack60 seconds, as many as you can
- Survival3 lives, harder as you go
- Tense SortDrag sentences into their tense — 60 seconds
- Timelines10 sentences to match to their timelines
- C2 Boss12 hits before you lose 3 lives
- Irregular MatchPair verbs with their past forms — 60 seconds
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What you’ll practise at C2
- Negatives: isn’t / aren’t / ’m not
- Questions: Are you…?
- Present simple or continuous?
- State verbs (know, want, think…)
- Temporary situations and trends
- Annoying habits: always + -ing
- Passive: is being done
- Timelines: what the tense means
Need a refresher? Learn the present continuous: rules, tables and audio examples.
Sample exercises
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Rewrite the sentence as a complaint with “always” and the present continuous.
The people next door fish for compliments. (always)
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The people next door are always fishing for compliments!
be + always + -ing shows that a repeated habit annoys you: He’s always losing his keys! “Always” goes after am / is / are.
Write the verb in the present continuous passive.
The website _____ (update) this week.
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The website is being updated this week.
Present continuous passive: am / is / are + being + past participle (an action in progress; who does it isn’t important).
Rewrite the sentence as a complaint with “always” and the present continuous.
My parents play loud music at night. (always)
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My parents are always playing loud music at night!
be + always + -ing shows that a repeated habit annoys you: He’s always losing his keys! “Always” goes after am / is / are.
Choose the passive form.
The match _____ (show) live on TV this month.
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The match is being shown live on TV this month.
Present continuous passive: am / is / are + being + past participle (an action in progress; who does it isn’t important).
Choose the passive form.
The match _____ (show) live on TV this week.
Show answer
The match is being shown live on TV this week.
Present continuous passive: am / is / are + being + past participle (an action in progress; who does it isn’t important).
Write the verb in the present continuous passive.
The witnesses _____ (interview) this week.
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The witnesses are being interviewed this week.
Present continuous passive: am / is / are + being + past participle (an action in progress; who does it isn’t important).