Progressive Tenses We are worker bees!

Present Progressive I am + + He She It verb ing is You We They are

Exercise #1 1. I jump the rope. ____________________________________ Change these sentences to the Present Progressive: 1. I jump the rope. ____________________________________ 2. Does she eat pizza? 3. They won´t clean their room. 4. Did we play basketball? I am jumping the rope. Is she eating pizza? They aren’t cleaning their room. Are we playing basketball?

Exercise #2 Write a sentence for: Affirmative, 1st. person, singular. (write) ____________________________________ Negative, 2nd person, plural. (swim) Interrogative, 3rd person, singular. (throw) Negative Interrogative, 1st person, plural. (leave) Short answer negative, 3rd person, plural. (creep) I am writing … You aren’t swimming … Is he, she, it throwing … ? Aren’t we leaving … ? No, they aren’t.

Past Progressive I He She It was + + verb ing You We They were

Exercise #1 1. I walk to school. ____________________________________ Change these sentences to the Past Progressive: 1. I walk to school. ____________________________________ 2. Does she play charades? 3. They won´t go to Hawaii. 4. Did we run fast? I was walking to school. Was she playing charades? They weren’t going to Hawaii. Were we running fast?

Exercise #2 Write a sentence for: Affirmative, 3rd. person, singular. (draw) ____________________________________ Negative, 1st person, plural. (drink) Interrogative, 2nd person, singular. (buy) Negative Interrogative, 3rd person, plural. (eat) Short answer affirmative, 1st person, singular. (weep) She was drawing … We weren’t drinking … Were you buying … ? Weren’t they eating … ? Yes, I was.

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