Put the right verbs in the gaps.

a) is jogging b)is riding c) are eating d) are looking e) is playing f) is flying g) is sunbathing h) is
chasing i) are crossing j) is flapping k) is going l) is fishing m) is sinking n) is running

The form
1) A boy ................... a bike. I am verb stem ing
2) A man and his wife....................... at a map. He is ______ ing
3) In the canal, a dog .....................a swan. She is _____ ing
4) The man sitting on the box ...................... It is _____ing
5) The man at the front of the boat ....................an accordion. You are _____ ing
6) A lady ................... on the roof of the boat. We are _____ ing
7) A man and woman .................. a meal. They are _____ing
8) A butterfly ..................... past the ducklings. If the letter before
9) A girl ....................... along the canal bank. the last consonant is a
10) The duck and her ducklings .................. the towpath. vowel, we double the
11) A dog .................... along the towpath. consonant e.g.
12) A sailing boat ...................... under the bridge. sitting/putting/getting/
13) The swan ........................ its wings. patting/trotting. Cross
14) A miniature Titanic ....................... in the canal. off e. e.g. bite/biting.
 Match up the correct parts of the sentences: One is done for you.

1) The man in blue dungarees is hoping a) is running away because it has seen a dog.
2) The couple sitting at the table outside the pub b) is lying on top of the narrow boat sunbathing.
3) The swan is flapping its wings angrily c) floating in the sky.
4) The man on the bridge d) to catch some fish!
5) The lady in the swimsuit e) are consulting their map. Maybe they are lost.
6) There are two hot air balloons f) the duck is right in front of his bike.
7) The couple in the foreground g) is looking through his binoculars.
8) A ginger cat h) because the dog is swimming towards it.
9) The boy on the bike is worried because i) are having a nice meal and drinking beer.

Answer the questions in full sentences. Replace the noun with a pronoun: the man = he, the
woman = she, the duck = it, the ducklings = they. Etc...
1) What is the dog doing?
2) What is the lady with the pony tail doing?
3) What are the man and his wife in the foreground doing?
4) What are the couple outside the pub doing? Did you spot the
shark’s
5) What is the boy in pink bicycle shorts doing? fin???
6) What is the man in the red cap doing?
7) What is the man on the bridge doing?
8) What is the lady in the purple swimsuit doing?
9) What is the mother duck doing?
10) What is the man at the front of the narrow boat doing?

Key
True or false? Has/have got/there is/there are. 1b,2d,3h,4l,5e,6g,7c,8f,9a,
1oi,11n,12k,13j,14m
1) The duck has got six ducklings. Match up:
2) The man on the boat has got an accordion. 1d,2i,3h,4g,5b,6c,7e,8a,9f.
3) The boy on the bike has got a green helmut. True/false:
4) The weather is cold and rainy. 1T
5) The swan is behind the boat. 2T
3F
6) The man on the bridge has got some binoculars.
4F
7) There is a school on the opposite bank.
5F
8) There are three hot air balloons in the sky. 6T
9) There are some cows and sheep in the field. 7F
10) The older couple have got a map. 8H
9T
10T