Question

Present Progressive Story 2 (Present Continuous)
By Really Learn English

Who are they? Where are they? What are they doing?

Right now, it is Monday morning. Mike and Tina are at home. They are sitting at a table. They are eating breakfast. At this moment, Tina is drinking coffee. She is eating a pastry. She is sitting across the table from Mike. She is talking to Mike. Mike is Tina’s husband. He is sitting at the table with Tina. He is also drinking coffee. Mike is listening to Tina. After breakfast, Mike and Tina are leaving for work. They work in the city. They are riding the bus to work.


A. Answer the following questions. Use the Present Progressive tense.

1. Where are Mike and Tina on Monday morning? What are they doing?
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2. Where is Tina sitting now? What is Tina eating? ________________________________________________________________________
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3. Where are Mike and Tina going after breakfast? How are they getting there?
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B. Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences, yes/no questions, WH-questions (using the underlined word) and tag questions.

Examples for the sentence “Sandy is cooking tonight.”

Negative: Sandy is not cooking tonight.
Yes/No Question: Is Sandy cooking tonight?
WH-Question: When is Sandy cooking?
Tag Question: Sandy is cooking tonight, isn’t she?


1. They are eating breakfast.

Negative:______________________________________________________________
Yes/No Question:________________________________________________________
WH Question___________________________________________________________
Tag Question:__________________________________________________________



2. Mike is listening to Tina.
Negative:______________________________________________________________
Yes/No Question:_______________________________________________________
WH Question:__________________________________________________________
Tag Question:___________________________________________________________



3. They are riding the bus to work.

Negative: ______________________________________________________________
Yes/No Question: _______________________________________________________
WH-Question: __________________________________________________________
Tag Question: __________________________________________________________


C. Rewrite the story using contractions. ________________________________________________________________________
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D. Imagine and write a similar situation using the present progressive.

Answer 1

Mike and Tina are staying at home on Monday morning. They are sitting at the kitchen table and facing each other. They are having breakfast as well. For instance, whereas Tina is drinking some coffee and having a piece of pie, Mike is situated across the table, also having a steamy and tasty cup of coffee.