4 present continuous

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Put the correct verb in the gaps. Remember to addis or are and ing.

1) The lady in sunglasses _______ a magazine.

2) The policeman _______ an ice cream.

3) The baby in the pushchair __________

4) An old lady _______ a letter.

5) A traffic warden _______ a ticket on the bluecar .

6) A man ______ a call in the telephone box.

7) A lady in a pink tracksuit ______ . She _______

her dog. Oops, where’s it going???

8) A man in a white overall _______ a ladder.

9) A boy on a skateboard _______ the road.

10) At the top right, the artist is in his room. He

_______ a picture.

11) In the fish shop, people ______ up.

12) A lady ________ out of her window. She

________ to the man on the roof who ________

the aerial.

Give jog point stand serve cry queue fix paint post wear

wear chase lean read scream cut hold eat stop talk cross

make walk put look fall paint climb text

13) The blond lady _________ sunglasses.14) The cat _______ a seagull.

15) The boy in the red cap ______ someone.

16) The boy in the fish shop _______ a ball.

17) The lady in the green car _______

because she thinks they will hit the boy on the

skateboard.

18) The policeman _______ at the blond lady.

19) The green car ___________ at the zebra

crossing.

20) The boy with the mobile and the boy on

the zebra crossing __________ red caps.

21) The workman on the ladder __________

the gutters green.

22) The tin of paint _________ to the ground.

23) The lady behind the counter in the fish

shop _________ a bag of chips to the man.

24) The angry man who __________ beside

the blue car __________ his finger.

25) The barber ___________ a customer’s

hair. They ________ about the weather. Well,

they are English!



Put in is or are to complete the sentence and in

or on :

1) There ___ a cat __the roof.

2) There ___ many people __ the bus.

3) There ___ two cars __the picture.

4) There ___ four birds __the roof.5) There ___ a workman __ a ladder.

6) There ___ a man __ the telephone box.

7) There ___ two people __ the green car.

Find the mistake in the sentence and

correct it.

1) The lady who is jogging is wearing a blue

tracksuit.

2) The policeman is eating a packet of crisps.

3) The barber is cutting a lady’s hair. 4) The cat on the roof is sun bathing.

5) The workman who is climbing a ladder is

wearing a blue overall.

6) The blond lady is texting her friend.

7) A young boy is posting a letter.

8) The traffic warden is directing the traffic.

9) People are wearing winter clothes.

10) There are lots of passengers on the No.6

bus.11) The baby in the pushchair is sleeping.

12) This is a countryside scene.

13) The boy who is texting is wearing a green

cap.

14) The jogger has got a big, black dog.

15) A boy on a bike is crossing the road.

16) The artist is a beautiful young woman.

What?Why?Who?Where?When?How?Whose?

Answer the questions about the picture.

1) What is the weather like? How do you know?

2) Why is the workman climbing the ladder?

3) Who is cutting the man’s hair?

4) Where is the scene set?

5) When is this? Is it morning, afternoon, or

evening? How can you tell?

6) How many people are on the bus? Where

might they be going?

7) Whose dog is it? What is it doing?

8) What is the name of the fish shop?

Higher level questions/tasks:

1) The barber shop is called ‘Sweeney Todd’.

Sweeney Todd used to cut throats. Do you

think it’s a good name for a barber shop? Why

or why not?

2) The picture contains a lot of humour. Do you

agree? Can you find examples?

3) Can you find an example of a play on words?4) Look at each of the characters in the

picture. What do you think each of them is

thinking or feeling?

5) Write a short role play of the conversation

between the motorist and the traffic warden.

Suggestions for further use of the picture:

1) SPLAT! Put the picture on screen. Split the class

into two groups. One member from each team

comes up. The teacher gives a sentence e.g. ‘He is

feeling very angry because he’s getting a ticket.’

The first student to touch the right character

gets a point. You can develop this game to have thestudents make the sentences.

2) QUESTIONS. Ask the students to write

questions for each other about the picture and

after a while, take the picture away, so it’s a

memory game.

3) BEAT THE CLOCK Put a student in the hotseat.

The rest of the class must ask questions about the

picture, but the student in the hotseat cannot

answer yes or no. E,g, Is the policeman eating a

packet of crisps? He is eating an ice cream etc...

Brilliant fun! They love to try to catch each other

out and they are learning.



Key for the first exercise. 1) is reading 2) is eating 3) is crying 4) is posting 5) is giving 6) is

making 7)is jogging/is walking 8) is climbing 9) is crossing 10) is painting 11) are queueing 12) is

looking/is talking/is fixing 13) is wearing 14) is chasing15) is texting 16) is holding17) is

screaming 18) is looking19) is stopping 20) is wearing 21) is painting 22) is falling 23) is

serving24) is standing/is pointing 25)is cutting/are talking.

Mistakes in the sentence 1) pink2) ice cream 3)man 4) chasing a seagull 5)white 6) reading a

mag 7)an old lady 8) giving out a ticket9)summer 10) No 9 11) crying 12) town/street 13) red 14)

small brown 15) on a skateboard 16) handsome, slightly older man.

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