The Present Progressive Tense

1. Формы образования предложения:

	I	am	reading a book now.
	He, She, (It)	is	eating apples now.
	We, You, They,	are	not working in the laboratory now.
	Am	I		reading a book now?	Yes, I am No, I am not
	Is	he, she, (it)		eating now?	Yes, he /she/ it is No, he isn’t
	Are	we, you, they		working in the lab?	Yes, we /you/, they are. No, we aren’t.
What	are	you		doing now?	I’m reading a book. We are working in the laboratory.

2. Данные формы употребляются для выражения действия, которое совершается в момент речи и длится как процесс.

Note 1: Следующие глаголы, выражающие чувства, восприятие и умственную деятельность, обычно не употребляются в формах continuous: hear, see, know, understand, (dis) like, want, seem, wish.

Note 2: С глаголами движения go, start, come, leave the Present Continuous Tense Forms употребляются для выражения будущего действия.

She is coming in a day or two. Она приезжает через день или два.

Are you leaving tomorrow? Вы уезжаете завтра.

3. Глагол в форме Continuous может употребляться с обстоятельствами, обозначающими:

a) длительность, незаконченность Still – ещё.

b) длительность действия, ограниченного каким-либо отрезком времени all day long – весь день, throughout the year – в течении всего года, the whole week – всю неделю и т.д.

Exercise 1.

Change the following sentences according to the pattern.

Pattern: He usually has breakfast at seven, but today he is having breakfast at eight.

1. She usually drinks coffee in the morning, but today she …… tea.

2. I usually read books in the evening, but now I …… a newspaper.

3. They usually have dinner at home, but today they…… dinner in the restaurant, because it is their anniversary.

4. Martin usually drives to college, but today he …… on foot, because something’s wrong with his car.

5. Am usually drinks tea with sugar, but today she…… tea without it. She is on a diet.

6. We usually do exercises and read texts in English, but today we ……a test.

7. I usually do my homework every day, but today I …… my homework. I’m not well.

Exercise 2.

Make the following sentences:-negative;

-interrogative.

1. The sun is shining brightly today.

2. We are having physics now.

3. The lecturer is explaining some new material now.

4. The students of group 2 are writing a composition now.

5. Our family is having dinner at the moment.

6. He is asking you questions now.

7. Student Ivanov is standing at the blackboard at the moment.

8. The teacher is speaking German now.

9. We are writing new words in our note – books at the moment.

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