B Present Progressive Настоящее длительное время
Present Progressive образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to be и неизменяемой части – причастия I смыслового глагола.
go – going
play - playing
TO BE + V-ing (причастие)
(am, is, are) making, studying
Study the following table.
Утвердительная форма |
Отрицательная форма |
Вопросительная форма |
I am working |
I am not working |
Am I working? |
He She is working It |
He She is not working It |
he Is she working? it |
We You are working They |
We You are not working They |
we Are you working? they |
Основные случаи употребления
Present Progressive употребляется:
1 Для выражения действия, происходящего в данный момент. При этом часто употребляются обстоятельства времени: now, at the moment, at present, at this time.
Don’t go out now. It is raining.
He is sleeping at the moment.
2 Для выражения временного действия, происходящего в какой-то определенный период в настоящем.
We are living in a hotel until we can find a house to buy.
3 Для выражения действия, которое является постоянной привычкой.
I am wearing a hat when it is too sunny.
4 Для выражения действий, намеченных на ближайшее будущее, запланированных.
He is leaving tomorrow. His train is at 8.30.
5 Для выражения меняющейся или развивающейся ситуации.
It is getting colder.
6 Для выражения действий, которые вызывают раздражение или недовольство говорящим.
She is constantly talking at the lesson.
Exercise 1. Put the verbs into the Present Progressive Tense.
He (to wear) a suit now.
She always (to say) lies.
Conditions of life in big cities (to change) from year to year.
Our class (to get) ready for a two-day walking trip.
I (to expect) a letter from my pen-friend.
The events (to develop) very fast.
Look! Jane (to cross) the road.
We (to draw) pictures for the wall newspaper at the moment.
What you (to argue) about?
I hope I (not to interfere).
Father is busy. He (to read) a very important report.
What you (to defend) yourself against?
Don’t go out! It (to rain) hard.
You (to enjoy) this party?
He (to do) research in chemistry.
Exercise 2. Make sentences negative and interrogative as in the example.
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He is learning a poem now.
She is multiplying these numerals at the moment.
They are constantly talking at the lecture.
You are checking the results of the test.
They are developing a new system at the moment.
The teacher is discussing the results of the grammar test at the moment.
Look at him! He is trying to prove the theorem.
They are very busy. They are constructing a new machine.
Don’t enter the classroom. The professor is examining the students.
I am having a German lesson now.
Peter is translating the article in the reading room.
Exercise 3. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate verb.
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cross; discuss; go; rain; talk; dictate; have; read;
pronounce; look; listen; sell; look; work; enjoy.
1 He …….. newspapers at the corner of the street now.
2 We …….. a new project now.
3 We ……... to the movies tonight with our friends.
4 The Browns …….. to the Smiths in the sitting-room.
5 You ………too fast.
6 Police……….. for the stolen car.
7 I think I not ………….. your name correctly.
8 He …….. the Times at the moment.
9 It …………cats and dogs.
10 I ………… for my lighter. I can’t find it.
11 They ……… their French class at the moment.
12 We ……….. at the translation from English into Russian now.
13 Look! Jane ………. the street.
14 Mrs. Smith …….. to a concert on the radio.
15 He ……… this party very much.
Exercise 4. Answer the questions using the words given in brackets.
Eg. Who is getting ready for the party?(they )
They are getting ready for the party.
1 Who is checking the results? (the students)
2 Who is performing this operation? (a post-graduate)
3 Who is developing these ideas? (a group of scientists)
4 Who is asking you all these questions? (our teacher)
5 Who is showing them the new library? (we)
6 Who is speaking to you? (Mrs. Brown)
7 Where is he attending the conference (at the Institute of Mechanics)
8 What is he speaking about? (her report)
9 When are you going to begin the project? (next month)
10 How are they performing this operation? (with the help of a computer)
11 What is your sister doing? (discuss an important problem)
12 What are they doing now? (hold a conference)
13 Who is developing these methods at the laboratory? (they)
14 What is she studying? (the results of the experiment)
15 What are the boys doing? (install a new program)
Exercise 5. Make up sentences from the given words.
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2 officer/a/for/bags/looking/is/our/custom’s.
3 schools/on/first/September/pupils/are/and/colleges/there/the/of/students/and/to/ going
4 their/for/are/plans/they/tomorrow/discussing.
5 away/now/are/anywhere/going/you?
6 still/his/he/students/examining/is.
7 for/looking/still/are/them/the/police.
8 considering/question/is/this/committee/the/still?
9 recent/widely/on/the/press/the/is/President’s/commenting/statement.
10 over/they/trifles/constantly/are/arguing.
11 moment/she/with/is/her/at/living/the/daughter/married.
12 are/the/dangerous/environmental/discussing/the/problems/scientists/most.
13 blowing/is/cold/the/gloomy/is/and/day/wind.
14 really/we/busy/are/time/having/a.
15 in/are/so/we/working/exams/am/I/taking/two/hard/months.
Exercise 6. Open the brackets, put the verbs into the correct form.
style="position: absolute; top: 0in; left: 0in" How our little planet (to live) nowadays? What problems it (to face) and what problems the Earthmen (to face)? As a result of the technological progress and great needs of the peoples in minerals and water the face of the Earth (to change) day by day and not to the good.
What problems the peoples of the five continents (to discuss) now? The principle problem (to be) the classical one – War and Peace problem. The discussions on this problem (to take) place on all levels here and everywhere on our planet. State political leaders and scientists as well as common people of the five continents (to think) day and night about one and the same – “peace and war”. They (to think) over this problem inside their states and out, north and south, east and west from every point of view. This problem is exactly what we think about it – next world war may well be the end of our planet.
Exercise 7. Look at the pictures and describe them, using the expressions given in the box.
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to play golf to explain a new rule to show the right way to work on computer to gather the harvest to play baseball to go to the office to install a new programme to take a cat home to rain to discuss a new project to sail |