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Present continuous and going to – English Grammar Exercises for A2

8 ejercicios

1. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

  • 1)
    buy / going / a new dress / I’m / the party / for / to .
  • I’m going to buy a new dress for the party.
  • 2)
    going / your wedding / you / are / invite / your / to / cousin / to ?
  • 3)
    aren’t / going / they / get married / to / this / year .
  • 4)
    going / are / do / after university / you / what / to ?
  • 5)
    visit / Spain next year / going / we’re / in / my relatives / to .
  • 6)
    to / you / are / wear / to / the party / what / going ?

2. Complete the conversation with the present continuous forms of the verbs in the box. Use contractions where possible.

stay     come     bring     not fly     arrive     take     meet (x2)
  • A So what have you arranged for this evening?
  • B Well, my parents (1) ) are arriving at the station on the 6:30 train from Paris.
  • A So, (2) ) you (3) ) them at the station?
  • B Yes, we are. We (4) ) a taxi from our house at 6:00. I booked it this morning.
  • A Good. So where (5) ) they (6) ) ?
  • B At the Hilton Hotel. They’ve got a double room with a balcony.
  • A Great. And what about the restaurant?
  • B I’ve reserved a table for eight at eight o’clock. Everyone (7) ) to the restaurant at 7:45 so we can all be there when they arrive.
  • A Brilliant. Have you told the restaurant that it’s your father’s birthday?
  • B Yes, they’ve made him a special cake with HAPPY 60TH on it. They (8) ) it to our table at ten o’clock, together with the coffee.
  • A And what about tomorrow?
  • B They (9) ) to Scotland until the afternoon, so there’s plenty of time. Their fl ight’s at 3:30.
  • A Great, so it’s all arranged. I have to go now because I (10) ) Sally for a coffee in ten minutes. See you later!

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the present continuous, using the verbs in brackets.

  • 1)
    My parents are buying(buy) me a computer for my birthday.
  • 2)
    He (study) French next year.
  • 3)
    (I / not walk) home tonight.
  • 4)
    ‘ (you / wear) a suit to the interview?’ ‘No, ’
  • 5)
    ‘When (your sister / move) to Italy?’ ‘In about 2 weeks.’
  • 6)
    (we / go) to the cinema after work.
  • 7)
    (I / not come) into the office on Friday morning because (I / go) to the doctor’s.

4. Look at the sentences in 3 again. What arrangements have the people made for each plan?

  • 1)
    The parents have already ordered the computer
  • 2)
  • 3)
  • 4)
  • 5)
  • 6)
  • 7)

5. Martina and Anna are planning a party. Complete the conversation with the correct form of going to.

  • A So, how’s the party planning going?
  • M WellWe’ve made a list of what we need to do. And I (1) ) ’m going to invite (invite) everybody on Facebook today.
  • A What (2) ) (you / do) about music?
  • M I (3) ) (not play) my music. We (4) ) (ask) Graeme to deal with that. He’s a DJ, you know! But (5) ) (we / write) a list of our favourites for him.
  • A Brilliant! (6) ) (there / be) a lot of food?
  • M Yes, quite a lot. Racheal loves cooking so (7) ) (she / make) the food the day before the party.
  • A Cool
  • M But (8) ) (she / not pay) for it all! We (9) ) (pay) her back for the ingredients.
  • A So what (10) ) (I / do)?
  • M (11) ) (you / clean) the house!
  • A Oh fantasticI get all the best jobs

6. Choose the most natural sentence to follow sentences a and b in each pair.

  • 1)
    a I’m going to have a party.
  • b)
    I’m having a party.
  • 1)
    It’s this Saturday. Do you want to come?
  • 2)
    I don’t know how many people to invite. What do you think?
  • 2)
    a They’re going to arrive in the afternoon.
  • b)
    They’re arriving in the afternoon.
  • 1)
    They’re not sure what time yet.
  • 2)
    They’ve arranged for a taxi to meet them at the station.
  • 3)
    a Are we going to play tennis on Saturday?
  • b)
    Are we playing tennis on Saturday?
  • 1)
    Yes, I’ve booked the court for 2 o’clock.
  • 2)
    Yes, what time do you want to play?
  • 4)
    a She’s going to study all day tomorrow.
  • b)
    She’s studying all day tomorrow.
  • 1)
    She’s got an exam next week, and she wants to pass.
  • 2)
    She’s got classes at university from 9 am to 6 pm.
  • 5)
    a I’m going to fly from Denver to Boston.
  • b)
    I’m flying from Denver to Boston.
  • 1)
    Which airline do you recommend?
  • 2)
    My plane leaves at 8 am.

7. Complete the sentences with the correct form of going to and the verbs in the box.

buy     go     travel     meet     not take     watch
  • 1)
    I a film at the cinema soon.
  • 2)
    They around South America this summer.
  • 3)
    Sile and Sean on holiday by the sea next summer.
  • 4)
    I an English exam this year.
  • 5)
    She something from the shops after work.
  • 6)
    We some friends for lunch tomorrow.

8. Complete the conversation with the present continuous forms of the verbs.

  • A (1) ) (you / do) anything this Saturday?
  • B I (2) ) (go) to my sister’s in the evening. She (3) ) (have) a party. I (4) ) (not do) anything in the afternoon.
  • A Great! I (5) ) (have) a barbecue. Do you want to come? Tina and Matt (6) ) (come).
  • B Sounds good! Do you want me to bring anything?
  • A Well, I (7) ) (make) vegetarian food. Is that OK?
  • B Yes, that’s great.

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