Vocabulary Worksheets

Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 3. Verbs: Present activities

Complete the sentences. Write one of the verbs from the word pool in the present progressive in each sentence.
cry eat hold listen look put serve sleep talk work

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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

Im on an airplane. I see these people: 1. The flight attendant _______________ drinks.

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

3. A man in the front of the plane ___________ his bag in the overhead bin.

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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

5. The man across from me __________ on his laptop.

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

2. The woman next to me_______________ _________. Her eyes are closed.

7. The women in front of me _________________ to each other. 4. A man near me __________ dinner.

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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

____________ a drink in her hand and she is ___________ out the window.

6. A woman on the other side

8. A child behind me ______________, but I __________

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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

(negative) to him.

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

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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