Present Continuous 1 - Affirmative

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1.

You ________ TV now. (watch)

Explanation
The correct answer is "are watching,'re watching" because the sentence is in the present tense and the verb "watch" should be conjugated to match the subject "you." In the present continuous tense, "are watching" is used for the plural subject "you," and "'re watching" is the contraction form of "are watching."

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2.

Sarah ________ on the beach right now. (walk)

Explanation
The correct answer is "is walking,'s walking." This is because the question is asking about what Sarah is doing at the present moment, indicating a continuous action. In English, we use the present continuous tense to describe actions that are happening right now. Therefore, the correct answer includes the verb "is walking" and the contraction "'s" which stands for "is."

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3.

I ________ a coffee now. (have)

Explanation
The correct answer is 'm having, am having. The sentence is in the present continuous tense, indicating an action happening at the moment of speaking. The subject "I" is followed by the present continuous form of the verb "have" which is "am having" or "'m having". Both options are correct and can be used interchangeably in this context.

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4.

We ________ to music now. (listen)

Explanation
The correct answer is "are listening,'re listening." This is because the sentence is in the present continuous tense, indicating an action that is happening at the moment of speaking. The verb "to be" is conjugated as "are" for the subject "we," and the verb "to listen" is contracted as "'re" for the subject "we." Therefore, the correct answer is "are listening,'re listening."

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5.

At the moment, they ________ to work. (go)

Explanation
The correct answer for this question is "are going,'re going". The question is asking about the present moment, so we use the present continuous tense "are going" to indicate an action happening right now. Additionally, the contraction "re" is used with the pronoun "they" to form the short form "they're going".

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