Complete the sentences using one of these verbs:
get change rise fall increase
You don't have to use all the verbs and you can use a verb more than once.
1. The population of the world is rising very fast.
2 Ken is still ill but he better slowly.
3 The world Things never stay the same.
4 The cost of living Every year things are more expensive.
5 The economic situation is already very bad and it worse.
X. Answer the questions.
1. What action does the Present Progressive Tense mean?
2. When do we use the Present Progressive Tense in our speech?
3 Give the scheme of forming this tense.
4. How do question and negative forms look like?
5. What are short forms in the Present Progressive Tense?
6. How does auxiliary verb “be” looks like? What is its place in the sentence?
7. Where do we put “not” in the sentence?
8 Give a short answer to the question: “Are you having breakfast now?”
9. Give a short negative answer to the question “Is he sleeping now?”
10. Translate into English :
-Посмотри! Двигатель не работает.
-Что она делает? Она готовит завтрак.
- Вы дома? Да, потому-то идет дождь.
-Где вы стоите? – Посмотри направо- мы стоим возле окна.
- Телевизор смотришь? Нет? Тогда я выключу.
-Почему она плачет?
-Что примеряешь?
11. Make up your own sentences using this tense in question, positive and negative form.
Практическая работа № 8.3 past continuous (I was doing)
Цель: введение и активизация в речи грамматического материала по теме «Прошедшее длительное время».
Оборудование: раздаточный материал, таблица видовременных форм, контрольно- измерительные материалы, презентация к уроку (Power Point).
Study this example situation:
Yesterday Karen and Jim played tennis. They began at 10 o'clock and finished at 11.30. So, at 10.30 they were playing tennis.
They
were
playing
= 'they were in the middle of playing'. They had not finished
playing.
Was/were
-ing
is the past
continuous:
Was/were -ing is the past continuous:
We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time. The action or situation had already started before this time but had not finished:
I started doing
I was doing
I finished doing
past past now
This time last year I was living in Brazil.
What were you doing at 10 o'clock last night?
I waved to her but she wasn't looking.
I |
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he |
was |
doing |
she |
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watching |
it |
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playing
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we |
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running |
you |
were |
living |
they |
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questions negatives
was |
I? he? she? it? |
I he she it |
was not (wasn't) |
were |
we? you? they? |
we you they |
were not (weren't) |
short answers
'Were you late?' 'No, I wasn't.'
'Was Ted at work yesterday?' 'Yes, he was.'
'Were Sue and Steve at the party?' 'No, they weren't.'