Present Continuous Listening Exercises Fix | 2026 |

After identifying, repeat the correct sentence aloud, exaggerating the -ing . Exercise 2: Fill in the Blanks – Short Dialogues (Beginner/Intermediate) Goal: Extract missing auxiliary verbs and -ing words from natural speech.

| Character | Action (-ing) | |-----------|--------------| | Man in blue jacket | jogging | | Two children | flying a kite | | Old woman | sitting, feeding | | Dog | chasing its tail | present continuous listening exercises

A: What are you doing? B: I ______ (read) an email. A: Where’s Maria? B: She ______ (take) a shower right now. Natural speed version (reductions): “Whatcha doin’? … Readin’ an email. … Where’s Maria? … She’s takin’ a shower right now.” B: I ______ (read) an email

Listen to the audio (teacher or AI reads each pair). Circle the sentence you hear. Natural speed version (reductions): “Whatcha doin’

Listen again without pausing and write all 5 -ing verbs in order. Exercise 5: Phone Conversations – Making Plans (Advanced) Goal: Understand present continuous for future arrangements (a key extension of the tense).

| | Option A | Option B | |----------------|--------------|--------------| | 1. “She’s calling her mom.” | She calls her mom. | She’s calling her mom. | | 2. “They’re not working today.” | They don’t work today. | They’re not working today. | | 3. “I’m living in Tokyo.” | I live in Tokyo. | I’m living in Tokyo. |

1-B, 2-B, 3-B