Vocabulary Worksheets

Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 11. Nouns (things you fix)

What are they fixing? Complete the sentences. Write the correct word from the word pool in each blank space.
car chair clock lamp truck sink stove toy vacuum cleaner

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

1. The plumber is fixing the _________________.

3. The mechanic is fixing a _________________.

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

5. My co-worker is fixing his _________________.

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

2. Arthur is fixing a _________________.

4. Uncle George is fixing his _________________.

6. The repairman is fixing the _________________.

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

7. My sister is fixing 8. The mother is fixing her

a _________________.

daughters ______________.

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Copyright 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.

Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game