Worksheet 8 — Right Now

Print this worksheet or complete it online. Answers are provided at the end for self-checking.

Part A: Present Continuous Gap-Fill

  1. She ___ (read) a book right now.
  2. They ___ (not/watch) TV — they’re sleeping.
  3. ___ you ___ (listen) to music?
  4. What ___ he ___ (do)?

Part B: Present Simple or Continuous?

Choose the correct form.

  1. I usually ___ (drink/am drinking) coffee in the morning.
  2. Look! She ___ (dances/is dancing)!
  3. He ___ (works/is working) as a teacher.
  4. Right now, we ___ (study/are studying) English.

Part C: Picture-Description Gap-Fill

Complete the description using the words in brackets.

In this photo, a boy ___ (9. wear) a ___ (10. color) shirt. He ___ (11. stand) next to a tree. A girl ___ (12. play) with a dog nearby.

Part D: Clothes & Colors

  1. Put in order: shoes / new / blue (Answer format: adjective + noun)
  2. Choose is/are: These socks ___ dirty.

Answer Key

1. is reading | 2. aren’t watching | 3. Are you listening | 4. is he doing
5. drink | 6. is dancing | 7. works | 8. are studying
9. is wearing | 10. (any color, e.g. red) | 11. is standing | 12. is playing
13. blue new shoes (color before other adjectives, or simply “new blue shoes”) | 14. are

CEFR A1: Reading & Writing — can understand and complete simple descriptive texts about ongoing actions and appearance.

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