Unit 9 продолженные времена (continuous tenses)

PERSON

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PAST CONTINUOUS

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

to be in the Present Indefinite + Participle I

to be in the Past Indefinite +Participle I

to be in the Future Indefinite + Participle I

I

am working

was working

shall be working

You

are working

were working

will be working

He

is working

was working

will be working

She

is working

was working

will be working

It

is working

was working

will be working

We

are working

were working

shall be working

You

are working

were working

will be working

They

are working

were working

will be working

TENSE

AFFIRMATIVE

FORM

NEGATIVE

FORM

INTERROGATIVE

FORM

SHORT ANSWERS

Present Continuous

He is working now.

He is not working now.

Is he working now?

Yes, he is. No, he isn’t.

Past

Continuous

He was working.

He was not working.

Was he working?

Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t.

Future Continuous

He will be working.

He will not (won’t) be working.

Will he be working?

Yes, he will. No, he won’t.

TENSE

USAGE

EXAMPLES

Present Continuous

употребляется:

1) для выражения действия, происходящего в данный момент времени:

2) для выражения ближайшего будущего (с глаголами to go, to come, to leave):

Don’t go out. It’s raining.

Не выходи на улицу. Идет дождь.

You are working hard today.

Ты много работаешь сегодня.

I’m leaving today.

Я уезжаю сегодня.

Past

Continuous

употребляется для выражения совершаемого действия в определенный момент в прошлом:

He was watching TV at 7 p.m.

Он смотрел телевизор вечером в семь часов.

Future

Continuous

употребляется для выражения действия, которое будет протекать в определенный момент в будущем:

He will be watching TV at 7 p.m.

Он будет смотреть телевизор вечером в семь часов.

Verbs of Sense Perception

Verbs of Mental Activity

The others