Fill in the blanks with present continuous or past continuous forms of verbs given in brackets:

1. The girls ______________ in the garden at this moment. (play)
2. I saw that some ants _____________ grain particles. (carry)
3. When you called, I _____________ my dinner. (have)
4. Pollution ______________ these days. (rise)
5. Shh! The baby __________________. (sleep)
6. Bring me another piece of cloth. I _____________ to finish cleaning this wall at the earliest. (try)
7. Neither of the boys ______________ the flag correctly in yesterday’s parade. (hold)
8. The apples ____________ from the tree when I reached the garden. (fall)
9. Kindly take this blanket off. I _____________ terribly warm. (feel)
10. The horses ________________ quite fast in the race last night. (run)
11. Shall I call the Principal? These students _______________ the innocent puppy. (trouble)
12. The cake slipped from her hands while she _________________ the box. (pick)

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Answers:

1. are playing
2. were carrying
3. was having
4. is rising
5. is sleeping
6. am trying
7. was holding
8. were falling
9. am feeling
10. were running
11. are troubling
12. was picking