CBSE Class 6 English Verb Forms Present Progressive and Past Progressive Worksheet

Verbs in the progressive form describe action that continues. The present progressive form of a verb describes an action that is continuing at the present time. The present progressive form consists of a helping verb (am, are, or is) plus the present participle of the main verb.

SINGULAR                                PLURAL
I am laughing.                      We are laughing.
You are laughing.                 You are laughing.
She, he, or it is laughing.     They are laughing.

The past progressive form of a verb describes an action that was continuing at an earlier time. The past progressive form consists of a helping verb (was or were) plus the present participle of the main verb.

    SINGULAR                                PLURAL
I was laughing.                         We were laughing.
You were laughing.                  You were laughing.
She, he, or it was laughing.     They were laughing.

Notice that verbs in the progressive form always end in -ing.

• Exercise 1 Fill in the blank with the progressive form of the verb in parentheses.

Change present tense verbs to the present progressive form and past tense verbs to the past progressive form.

Mr. Ling’s class [ is studying ] mammals. (studies)

1. The students [ were watching ] a video about opossums. (watched)

2. Now they [ are looking ] up facts about other animals. (look)

3. Jacob [ is listening ] to a recording of whale sounds. (listens)

4. Mr. Ling [ is requiring ] everyone to give a report. (requires)

5. Tamara [ is planning ] to talk about horses. (plans)

6. She [ is visiting ] a stable to do research. (visits)

7. The entire class [ was working ] at the library today. (worked)

8. The librarian [ is helping ] Charlie find information. (helps)

9. Ved [ is showing ] Molly where the books about mammals are. (shows)

10. Molly [ was hoping ] to read about Labrador retrievers. (hoped)

11. Jacob’s parents [ are studying ] veterinary medicine. (study)

12. They [ are coming ] to talk to the class on Thursday. (come)

13. Mr. Ling [ was planning ] to bring his rabbit on Friday. (planned)

14. Thursday night, he [ was changing ] his plans, however. (changed)

15. The rabbit [ was having ] babies. (had)

16. Mr. Ling [ is postponing ] the visit until next week. (postpones)

17. The class [ is adopting ] a guinea pig named Greta. (adopts)

18. Molly’s cousin Derek [ was donating ] it. (donated)

19. Derek [ is moving ] to England next month. (moves)

20. Everyone [ is helping ] to prepare Greta’s new home. (helps)
 

• Exercise 2 Draw two lines under the verb phrase. Write pres. prog. in the blank if the verb is in the present progressive form. Write past prog. if the verb is in the past progressive form.

pres. prog. Peter’s swimming skills are improving.

pres. prog. 1. Raul is listening to the game on the radio.

past prog. 2. My mother was driving home in the storm.

past prog. 3. The boys were waiting forty-five minutes.

pres. prog. 4. I am reading a book about Houdini.

past prog. 5. Tim was watching a cardinal.

past prog. 6. The dishwasher was leaking all over the kitchen floor.

pres. prog. 7. The Ecology Club is meeting on Tuesday.

pres. prog. 8. She is eating dinner with us.

past prog. 9. My bike tire was losing air.

pres. prog. 10. You are looking at an aerial view.

past prog. 11. The newspaper was blowing away.

past prog. 12. The teachers were planning a field trip.

More Practice with Verb Forms

• Exercise 1 Write AV in the blank if the verb is an action verb or LV if it is a linking verb. Above each italicized word write DO for direct object, IO for indirect object, PN for predicate noun, or PA for predicate adjective.

PN
LV Balto was a sled dog in Alaska.

IO
AV 1. He brought miners food and tools.

DO
AV 2. In February 1925, he saved the town of Nome.

PN
LV 3. Nome was a remote frontier town.

PA
LV 4. Some people in Nome became very sick.

DO
AV 5. They caught a disease called diphtheria.

DO
AV 6. Nome had only one doctor.

DO
AV 7. The doctor needed special medicine.

PA
LV 8. The medicine was scarce.

IO
AV 9. A hospital 800 miles away sent the doctor some medicine by train.

PA
LV 10. The train soon became stuck in deep snow.

DO
AV 11. Dog sleds carried the medicine the rest of the way.

DO
AV 12. Balto led one of those teams.

PA
LV 13. The February weather was brutal.

DO
AV 14. A blizzard blew snow in the sled dogs’ eyes.

DO
AV 15. Deep snowdrifts blocked the trail.

DO
AV 16. The dogs crossed frozen rivers.

PA PA
LV 17. They grew very tired and weak.

DO
AV 18. Balto led his team for twenty continuous hours.

DO
AV 19. The sick people received the medicine.

PN
LV 20. Balto was a her
 

• Exercise 2 Complete each sentence by changing the verb in parentheses to the form indicated.

Newspapers everywhere [ printed stories about Balto. (past/print)

1. People [ paid tribute to Balto with parades. (past/pay)

2. Balto had [ caught the attention of people around the world. (past participle/catch)

3. A statue of Balto still [ stands in New York City’s Central Park. (present/stand)

4. By 1927, however, many people had [ forgotten about Balto. (past participle/forget)

5. A greedy man had [ put Balto in a traveling show. (past participle/put)

6. Balto had [ grown very thin and frail. (past participle/grow)

7. Some concerned people [ became alarmed. (past/become)

8. The man [ sold Balto to them for two thousand dollars. (past/sell )

9. Schoolchildren had [ collected much of the money to save Balto. (past participle/collect)

10. Balto [ went to Cleveland, Ohio. (past/go)

11. The people there [ gave him another parade. (past/give)

12. The parade [ drew fifteen thousand people. (past/draw)

13. Then the people [ took Balto to a zoo. (past/take)

14. They had [ found him a safe place to live. (past participle/find)

15. Balto [ lived out his days at the zoo. (past/live)

16. Thousands of people [ saw him there. (past/see)

17. The people [ took good care of him. (past/take)

18. Balto [ grew to be eleven years old. (past/grow)

19. Today Balto [ stands in a museum. (present/stand )

20. Balto’s story has [ taught many people about bravery. (past participle/teach)