Present Progressive/Verneinung

questions & short answers

Bei Fragen wird das Hilfsverb dem Subjekt vorangestellt. Dieses Hilfsverb wird auch in den Kurzantworten (short answers) benötigt:

He's listening to me.

→ Is Becky listening to me, too?

→ Yes, she is.

The girls are playing football.

→ Are the boys playing football, too?

→ No, they aren't.

Put the words in brackets in the gaps:

Becky is getting (get) everything ready for the birthday party.

David: "Are you taking (take) everything out of the shopping bags?"

Becky: "Yes, I am (???). I am putting (put) everything on the kitchen table. Can you help me?"

David: "Yes, I can(???)."

What are they doing?

Present Progressive
(Verlaufsform der Gegenwart)

Exercises
Verneinung und Fragen
Kontrastierung (Gegenüberstellung) von Present Progressive und Simple Present