Sentence Scramble - Present Continuous
Reorder ten A1-A2 sentences about actions happening now, from reading and cooking to waiting and laughing. Questions and negative forms make learners handle be as well as the -ing verb.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Ten grouped sentence scrambles
- Separate answer page
Build present-continuous statements and questions without losing the auxiliary.
Worksheet preview
Open PDF ↗
Page 1 of 2 · A4 printable PDF
Page 2 of 2 · Answer key · A4 printable PDF
A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Keep page 2 as a correction resource, not a worksheet to copy.
- Demonstrate she is reading, then show how a negative keeps not after be.
- Pairs complete the what and why questions and explain what changed in their word order.
- Read the teacher-conversation item to distinguish a who subject question from the other question patterns.
Support and extension
Learners describe one action they can see in class. If they omit be, have them highlight both parts of the verb phrase in each corrected sentence.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
