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This worksheet helps students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 build confidence with present continuous tense by practicing how to turn positive sentences into accurate negative statements. Learners focus on auxiliary verbs, verb tense structure, sentence meaning, grammar transformation, and correct punctuation while keeping verbs in their -ing form.

Learning Goals

• Grammar Structure (Grades 3-5)
  Students learn how to form negative present continuous sentences using am not, is not, and are not correctly.
• Verb Tense Accuracy
  Learners practice maintaining the -ing verb form while changing sentence meaning through negation.
• Sentence Transformation Skills
  Students strengthen their ability to rewrite sentences without altering subject-verb agreement or tense.
• Editing for Meaning
  The activity reinforces careful reading, punctuation awareness, and understanding how negatives affect meaning.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource
  Designed by experienced educators with classroom grammar instruction in mind.
• Flexible Use
  Works well for independent practice, homework, grammar centers, intervention groups, or review lessons.
• Clear Skill Focus
  Targets one grammar concept at a time, making it easy to assess student understanding.
• Supports Diverse Learners
  Ideal for students who need extra practice with verb tense control and sentence structure.

This printable grammar worksheet gives students repeated, focused practice with negative present continuous sentences, auxiliary verbs, and sentence rewriting. By adjusting structure while preserving meaning, learners improve editing skills, grammar accuracy, and overall language confidence. Whether used in a traditional classroom or a homeschool setting, this no-prep resource supports clear understanding of verb tense rules and effective sentence construction.

This worksheet is part of our present continuous tense worksheets collection.