Grammar point
Present continuous
I am working
9 free materials for adult English beginners on present continuous (I am working), from Patina's live ESOL classes: 3 sheets, 1 sentence builder, 2 readings, 2 listening exercises, 1 game. Use them on a phone, in print, or on a screen.
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Sheet
I Work / I Am Working
Every day, or right now? The two present tenses side by side, with examples in your language and the am/is/are verb tree.
Class 3 · Job Applications
Sheet
Find the Parts — Right Now
Hunt the subject, helping verb, -ing verb, and time word in job-and-goal sentences.
Class 3 · Job Applications
Builder
Build It — Right Now
Build present-continuous sentences, the helping verb fills in by itself.
Class 3 · Job Applications
Reading
Hugo's Application
Hugo is filling out a job application at the library, and his friend Jasmine catches a mistake. Read what they are doing right now, then find the answers.
Class 3 · Job Applications
Listening
At the Library
A phone call. Jasmine is at home. Hugo is at the library. Listen first with the script hidden, then read along, answer, and write the missing words.
Class 3 · Job Applications
Sheet
She Wears · She Is Wearing
Every day, or now? The time word chooses the form: she wears, she is wearing. Then the verbs that never take -ing: like, need, cost.
Class 3 · Fashion
Game
Wear Sprint
A clothes picture and a time word: type the verb. Every day, she wears; right now, she is wearing. Like, need and cost never take -ing.
Class 3 · Fashion
Reading
Order a Jacket
An online clothing store: a jacket on sale, the size chart, the cart with shipping and tax, the order and the return policy.
Class 3 · Fashion
Listening
A Size Too Small
Nkechi returns a jacket at a clothing store: too small, a medium, the receipt, a refund to her card.
Class 3 · Fashion
Related grammar:Simple present