Chapter 4-Using The Present Progressive

Vocabulary Worksheets
by Rachel Spack Koch
Beginning Level
Azar Grammar Series: Basic English Grammar, 3rd edition

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Chapter 4Using the Present Progressive
1. Verbs: Present activities

6. Verbs, nouns and prepostions
8. Verbs: Present time
11. Nouns: Things you fix
12. Verbs: Opposites
13. Which word doesnt belong?
14. Word search game
Answer Key
Word List
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive
Worksheet 1. Verbs: Present activities

What are these people doing?
Complete the sentences. Write the letter of the correct phrase from the word pool.
a. making breakfast
b. playing tennis
c. reading his newspaper
d. riding his motorcycle
e. running in a race f. sleeping
g. talking on the phone
h. washing his car
1. The child is _______.
2. Bernard is _______.
3. Jack is _______.
4. Amy and Rose are _______.
5. Nicole is _______.
6. Scott is _______.
8. Tony is _______.
7. Martin is _______.
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For each item, complete the second sentence. Write the present progressive tense of
the verb in bold.
1. Its 7:15 a.m. I usually eat breakfast with my family. Today I
______________________________ breakfast with my sons.
2. We dont have a big breakfast. Today we _____________________
just toast.
3. I am drinking coffee, but my sons dont usually drink coffee. Today
they ______________________________ milk.
4. My wife is at work. She is a pilot. She flies a large jet plane. Today
she ______________________________ to Singapore.
5. My mother lives with us. She jogs two miles every day. Right now she
______________________________ in the park.
6. Our dog Fido likes to run around outside. Right now he
______________________________ around in our backyard.
7. Our cat, Fluffy, watches birds through the window. Today she
______________________________ two red birds.
8. Our mail carrier usually delivers the mail about noon. But today he is
here early! He _______________________________________ a
package right now.
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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
Im on an airplane. I see these people:

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

_______________ drinks.
3. A man in the front of

the plane ___________
his bag in the overhead
bin.
4. A man near me
__________ dinner.
6. A woman on
the other side
____________
a drink in her
hand and she is
___________
out the window.
5. The man across

from me __________
on his laptop.
7. The women in front

of me
_________________
to each other.
8. A child behind me
______________,
but I __________
(negative) to him.
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Check all words and phrases that are possible to complete the sentences. More than
one answer may be correct for some items.
1. Jenny is washing _______.
her clothes
the water
her hands
2. Ali is listening to _______.
his father
his lunch
his voicemail the newspaper
3. Emma is watching _______.
TV
her face
4. Li is looking at _______.
his professor a movie
5. Peter is carrying _______.
a truck
his bicycle
her email
a football game
a picture
music in the air
his groceries his suitcase
6. Ivan is holding _______.
his baby
his house
his office
7. Melissa is riding _______.
a plane
a motorcycle her bicycle
8. George is driving _______.
a plane
a motorcycle a taxi
9. Jia is playing _______.
the violin
her books
tennis
a game
a pen
a car
a truck
her car
10. Sarah is putting _______.
plates on the table

salt on her food
her hands under the water a letter in the mailbox
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Look at the pictures in Chart A. Then complete the sentences in Chart B below.
Chart A
Julie is
bending her
body.
Sam is
hanging
his jacket
on a
Cars are not

turning left
here.
hanger.
Bob is
lying
down on
the sofa.
Harold is
standing up
Hans is
sitting
on a
rock.
Write the correct verbs in the blank spaces. Use the verbs from Chart A.
Chart B
1. The boat is
______________________
in the water.
4. This woman is
______________________
down on the floor.
2. The dresses are
3. This man is
______________________
_____________ in a chair.
in the closet.
5. The trees are

______________________
in the wind.
6. The horse is
______________________
up on four legs.
Worksheet 6. Verbs: Nouns and prepositions

Complete the sentences. Write the correct word from the word pool in each blank
space.
Susie is at the zoo. She sees these animals.
holding
hanging
watching
around
under
1. A monkey is __________________________________
from a branch on a tree. He is ______________________
the branch with his left hand and his two feet. His tail is
_______________________________ the branch.
learning
teaching
standing
hands
faces
2. These chimpanzees are ________________________

on two legs. The mother is ________________________
her baby how to walk. The mother and the baby are holding ____________.
below
around
branch
leaf
climbing
sitting
3. A brown bear is _____________________________ a tree.

His arms are _______________________________ the tree. He
is _____________________________________________
on a _____________________________ of the tree.
drinking
seeing
looking
water
grass
4. Two giraffes are standing on the ____________________

next to the ____________________________. One giraffe is
bending his head down and ___________________________. One giraffe is
turning his head to the left and ______________________ around the area.
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Check the word or phrase that means the same as the word or phrase in bold.
1. I am drawing a picture.
____ watching
____ looking at
____ making
2. Aunt Brenda is tired. Shes taking a nap. She is lying down on her
bed.
____ in a vertical position
____ in a horizontal position
____ bending her body
3. Our family is having dinner now. We are sitting down at the table.
____ on chairs
____ on sofas
4. We have ten chairs. Eleven people are in the room. Ten people are on
the chairs, and one person is standing up.
____ in a vertical position
____ under the chair
5. Larry
____
____
____
is telling a funny story. His friends are laughing.

making a happy sound
talking
teaching
6. People in the theatre are clapping their hands. They like the singer.
____ waving
____ holding
____ making a sound with their two hands
7. The roses are growing fast!
____ becoming big
____ becoming small
____ dying
8. Cristina is not studying. She is daydreaming.
____ thinking about her studies
____ not thinking about her studies
____ sleeping
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Worksheet 8. Verbs: Present time

Complete the sentences with a verb from the word pool. Use the simple present (e.g.,
I see you) or the present progressive (I am looking at you).
answer
borrow
listen
lose
catch
push
come
read
end
sell
fix
learn
walk
1.
Our professor teaches English. We are _learning_______________

English.
2.
Im getting into my car. I pull the door. It opens. When I get out of
the car, I ______________________________ the door. It closes.
3.
Alex is talking on the phone. His friend is ____________________ to

him.
4.
A famous author writes a book. Then many people ______________

the book.
5.
Michelle goes to work at 8:00 A.M. and ___________________

home at 6:00 P.M.
6.
The movie begins at 8:00 P.M. and _____________________ at

9:45 P.M.
7.
The teacher is asking a question, but the students arent _________

it. They dont know the answer.
8.
Banks lend money, and people _________________________

money from the banks.
9.
Look! Dad is throwing the ball to Billy, and Billy is _______________

it. They are having fun.
10.
Angie is playing tennis. She rarely ___________________________

a game. She usually wins. She is an excellent tennis player.
11.
There is a big sale. The store is _____________________________

shoes at half-price, and many people are buying the shoes. The store
is very crowded today.
12.
Shoemakers _____________________________
shoes. When you have a hole in your shoe, take
it to a shoemaker.
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Whats happening at the Clarks house on this holiday? Cross out the incorrect
bolded words in parentheses in each item.
2. Bobby is (lying / sitting) on
1. Grandpa is (kissing /
Grandmas knee.
hugging) his
Grandma is (telling
granddaughter Emily. He
/ hearing) a story.
(dislikes / loves) her.
Linda is (lending /
giving) a present to Grandma.
3. Aunt Helena is
3.
(kissing / hugging)
Frank and Ben are sitting on
the (roof /
her nephew Scotty.
floor). They
Scotty (likes / hates)
are playing
it.
(a game /
music).
5. Uncle Luis says,
Im hungry! And I
(hear / smell)
something good!
6. At one
corner of the
table, Lizzie is
playing with her food. Her mother
(doesnt like / doesnt know) it.
7. Cousin Alan says,

Wheres the TV? I (want /
hate) to watch the football game.
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Complete each sentence with a verb from the word pool. Write the correct form of
the verb in the blank space. One of the verbs belongs in two sentences.
cook
crawl
like
listen
pay
hate
hear
know
leave
smell
talk
think
want
1. A: Mm! This kitchen ________smells______________ good! What are

you __cooking_____________?
B: A turkey with apples and onions around it.
2. A: Do you _________________________ more potatoes?
B: Yes, please. Theyre delicious! I ________________ them very much.
3. A: Are you __________________________ to someone on the phone?
B: No. I __________________________ to my messages.
4. A: Shh! Whats that noise? Is something ______________________
around on the roof?
B: A noise? I (negative) _____________________________ a noise.
5. A: Why is Louise ___________________________________her job?
B: Because she ___________________________________ it.
6. A: Sandy, wheres the meeting? Do you _______________________?
B: Im not sure. I _____________________ that its in Brendas office.
7. A: David, youre not ____________________________ attention! Youre
daydreaming again!
B: Oh, sorry, Carla. Im _____________________ about my vacation.
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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
1. The plumber is fixing

the _________________.
2. Arthur is fixing a
_________________.
3. The mechanic is fixing

a _________________.
4. Uncle George is fixing

his _________________.
5. My co-worker is fixing
his _________________.
6. The repairman is fixing

the _________________.
7. My sister is fixing
a _________________.
8. The mother is fixing her
daughters ______________.
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Worksheet 12. Verbs: Opposites

Complete the sentences in Column A with words or phrases that are opposites.
Write the letter of the correct word or phrase in Column B in the blank space in
Column A.
Column A
Column B
1. The opposite of push is ____.
a. stand up
2. The opposite of break is ____.
b. pull
3. The opposite of love is ____.
c. throw
4. The opposite of catch is ____.
d. come
5. The opposite of lie down is ____.
e. lend
6. The opposite of go is ____.
f. end
7. The opposite of teach is ____.
g. fix
8. The opposite of borrow is ____.
h. cry
9. The opposite of laugh is ____.
i. learn
10. The opposite of begin is ____.
j. hate
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Worksheet 13. Which word doesnt belong?

Check the one word that does not belong in the group.
1.
O run
O throw
O sit
O jog
2.
O shoemaker
O plumber
O child
O mechanic
3.
O taste
O hear
O cook
O smell
4.
O bend
O sleep
O turn
O crawl
5.
O kiss
O hug
O love
O dislike
6.
O stove
O sink
O bed
O refrigerator
7.
O fix
O drive
O ride
O fly
8.
O smile
O laugh
O clap
O cry
9.
O listen
O watch
O look at
O see
10.
O think
O believe
O push
O know
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Worksheet 14. Word search game

Find the six words in the puzzle and circle them. A word can be horizontal (across),
vertical (up and down), or diagonal (from side to side).
The clues to the words are under the puzzle. All the words are from this chapter.
The gray shading shows the first letter of a word.
G W
Q W
CLUES:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Look _______the room. What do you see?

The cat is _______ on the sofa.
I'm looking out of the _______.
Are you listening to me? Please _______ attention!
We _______ TV every night.
Jane is sleeping. She is taking a _______.
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Answer Key
Worksheet 1
1.
3.
5.
7.
f. sleeping
a. making breakfast
g. talking on the phone
c. reading his newspaper
2.
4.
6.
8.
b. playing tennis
e. running in a race
h. washing his car
d. riding his motorcycle
Worksheet 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
Worksheet 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
Worksheet 4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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
plates on the table / salt on her food / her hands under the water / a letter in the
mailbox
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Worksheet 5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
turning
hanging
sitting
lying
bending
standing
Worksheet 6
1.
2.
3.
4.
hanging / holding / around

standing / teaching / hands
climbing / around / sitting / branch
grass / water / drinking / looking
Worksheet 7
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
making
in a horizontal position
on chairs
in a vertical position
making a happy sound
making a sound with their two hands
becoming big
not thinking about her studies
Worksheet 8
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
learning
push
listening
read
comes
ends
answering
borrow
catching
loses
selling
fix
2
Worksheet 9
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
hugging / loves
sitting / giving
kissing / hates
smell
floor / a game
want
doesnt like
Worksheet 10
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
smells / cooking
want / like
talking / am listening OR m listening
crawling / hear
leaving / hates
know / think
paying / thinking
Worksheet 11
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
sink
vacuum cleaner
car
clock
chair
stove
lamp
toy
Worksheet 12
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
b. pull
g. fix
j. hate
c. throw
a. stand up
d. come
i. learn
e. lend
h. cry
f. end
3
Worksheet 13
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
sit
child
cook
sleep
dislike
bed
fix
clap
listen
push
Worksheet 14
Clues:
1. around
2. lying
3. window
4. pay
5. watch
6. nap
G W
Q W Y
C M
B W
4
Word List
about
answer
around
baby
become
bed
bend
bicycle
big
borrow
branch
breakfast
car
catch
chair
child
clap
climb
clock
clothes
come
cook
crawl
cry
cry
deliver
dislike
drink
eat
end
father
fix
floor
fly
food
football game
game
give
grass
groceries
hand
hang
happy
hate
have
hear
hold
horizontal
hugging
in
job
kiss
know
lamp
learn
leave
lend
letter
lie
like
like
listen
look
lose
love
mailbox
make
mot orcycle
movie
nap
newspaper
not
on
pay
pen
phone
picture
plate
play
position
professor
pull
push
put
race
read
ride
run
salt
sell
serve
sink
sit
sleep
smell
sound
st and
stove
studies
suitcase
table
talk
taxi
teach
tennis
their
think
throw
toy
truck
turn
TV
under
vacuum cleaner
vertical
violin
voicemail
want
wash
watch
water
window
with
work
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Vocabulary Worksheets

by Rachel Spack Koch

Azar Grammar Series: Basic English Grammar, 3rd edition

Chapter 4Using the Present Progressive

1. Verbs: Present activities

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 1. Verbs: Present activities

1. The child is _______.

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 2. Verbs: Present activities

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 3. Verbs: Present activities

Im on an airplane. I see these people:

1. The flight attendant

3. A man in the front of

5. The man across

7. The women in front

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 4. Verbs: Present activities

2. Ali is listening to _______.

his voicemail the newspaper

3. Emma is watching _______.

his professor a movie

5. Peter is carrying _______.

music in the air

his groceries his suitcase

6. Ivan is holding _______.

7. Melissa is riding _______.

a motorcycle her bicycle

8. George is driving _______.

9. Jia is playing _______.

10. Sarah is putting _______.

plates on the table

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 5. Verbs: Present activities

Cars are not

2. The dresses are

5. The trees are

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 6. Verbs: Nouns and prepositions

2. These chimpanzees are ________________________

3. A brown bear is _____________________________ a tree.

4. Two giraffes are standing on the ____________________

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 7. Verbs: Present activities

is telling a funny story. His friends are laughing.

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 8. Verbs: Present time

Our professor teaches English. We are _learning_______________

Alex is talking on the phone. His friend is ____________________ to

A famous author writes a book. Then many people ______________

Michelle goes to work at 8:00 A.M. and ___________________

The movie begins at 8:00 P.M. and _____________________ at

The teacher is asking a question, but the students arent _________

Banks lend money, and people _________________________

Look! Dad is throwing the ball to Billy, and Billy is _______________

Angie is playing tennis. She rarely ___________________________

There is a big sale. The store is _____________________________

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 9. Verbs: Present time

(dislikes / loves) her.

1. A: Mm! This kitchen smells______ good! What are