The Best Present Progressive Exercises

Hello English learners and teachers! This is a collection of the best exercises on the topic of the present progressive that I have encountered around the web in my years of teaching English. My students complete these exercises regularly as homework based on their level; their grammar improves and they thrive!

If you find any mistakes, have additional exercises to recommend, or if you would like any text added to the “Notes” column, let me know!

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Exercise	Website name	Length	Type of exercise	Difficulty	Link	Notes
Present progressive
Present progressive -- positive	englisch-hilfen	10	Conjugate verb in a sentence	1	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_progressive_statements_long.htm	Long form
Present progressive -- positive contracted form	englisch-hilfen	10	Conjugate verb in a sentence	1	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_progressive_statements_contracted.htm	Contracted form
Present progressive -- positive contracted form	englisch-hilfen	10	Conjugate verb in a sentence	1	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_progressive_statements_contracted2.htm	Contracted form
Present progressive -- positive	really-learn-english	15	Conjugate verb in a sentence	1	https://www.really-learn-english.com/present-progressive-exercises.html#01
Present progressive -- positive	really-learn-english	15	Conjugate verb in a sentence	1	https://www.really-learn-english.com/present-progressive-exercises.html#02
Present progressive -- positive	really-learn-english	15	Conjugate verb in a sentence. Always + progressive	1	https://www.really-learn-english.com/present-progressive-exercises.html#04	Angry, generalizing use of the present progressive
Present progressive -- positive	ego4u	10	Form sentence from parts	2	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/form/exercises?form02
Present progressive -- short answers					https://elt.oup.com/student/project/level1/unit06/grammar/exercise4?cc=global&selLanguage=en
Present progressive -- negative	englisch-hilfen	10	Insert negative + verb into a sentence	1	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercisneges/tenses/present_progressive_negation_long.htm
Present progressive -- negative	ego4u	10	Transform positive sentence to negative	2	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/form/exercises?form03
Present progressive -- yes/no questions	englisch-hilfen	10	Fill in the question part of the sentence	2	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/present_progressive2.htm
Present progressive -- W/H questions	eclecticenglish	15	Click on sentence parts to rearrange them	2	http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1E.html
Present progressive -- W/H questions	spring	15	Multiple choice	2	https://www.spring.edu/webroom/practice_basic_pp_4.html
Present progressive -- W/H questions	ego4u	10	Ask for the bold part of the sentence	3	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/form/exercises?form05
Present progressive -- yes/no + W/H questions	perfect-english-grammar	20	Write a full sentence based on parts	2	https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-continuous-exercise-3.html
Present progressive -- verb spelling	ego4u	10	Spell the progressive based on the infinitive	1	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/exceptions/exercises
Present progressive -- verb spelling	englisch-hilfen	10	Spell verbs inside sentence	2	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_progressive_sentences2.htm
Present progressive -- verb spelling	ego4u	10	Form sentence from parts + spelling	3	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/exceptions/exercises?exceptions02	.

A few notes about the table structure:

Length — Indicates the number of questions in the exercise.

Difficulty — Indicates the relative difficulty of the exercises among those mentioned here

Notes — Any errors or sub-topics are indicated here.