2.2. Настоящее продолженное время (Present Continuous) используется для выражения:

1) Действия, происходящего в данный момент: e.G. They are playing football in the garden.

2) действия, происходящего в настоящее время, но, возможно не в момент разговора. Подчеркивается временный (temporary) характер действия:

e.g. She’s studying Maths at university.

3) мероприятия, запланированного на ближайшее будущее, особенно когда место и время встречи оговорено заранее: e.g. I’m meeting Miss Bond at ten o’clock tomorrow.

Утвердительная форма образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to be в настоящем времени и причастия первого (Participle I) основного глагола: e.g. I am speaking. You are speaking. He is speaking.

При образовании вопросительной формы вспомогательный глагол ставится перед подлежащим: e.g. Am I speaking? Are you speaking? Is he speaking?

При образовании отрицательной формы между вспомогательным и основным глаголом ставится отрицание not: e.g. I am not speaking. You are not (aren’t) speaking. He is not (isn’t) speaking.

Формы настоящего продолженного времени.

Утвердительная форма	Вопросительная форма	Отрицательная форма
I am reading now.	Am I reading now?	I am not reading now.
He She is reading now. It	he Is she reading now? it	He She is not (isn’t) reading now. It
You We are reading now. They	you Are we reading now? they	You We are not (aren’t) reading now. They

Spelling rules. Правила правописания. Большинство глаголов добавляют окончание непосредственно к основе: reading, doing, trying.

Если глагол оканчивается на -е, то эта буква опускается при добавлении окончания: come – coming, но: see – seeing.

Если глагол состоит из одного закрытого слога с краткой гласной и заканчивается на согласную, то конечный согласный при добавлении окончания удваивается: plan – planning, get – getting.

В односложных словах с буквосочетанием -ie в корне, -ieменяется на y: die - dying, lie – lying, tie - tying.

Возможные указатели времени: обстоятельства времени, такие как: now, at present, at the moment, these days, this week и т. д.

Exercise 9. Образуйте отрицательные и вопросительные формы следующих предложений.

e.g. He is having a shower at the moment. – He isn’t having a shower at the moment. Is he having a shower at the moment?

1. She is having breakfast. 2. She is drinking tea. 3. He is cutting bread and sausage. 4. They are making sandwiches.

5. We are studying German. 6. You are working over the report. 7. I am cooking dinner. 8. It is getting dark.

Exercise 10. Используйте глаголы, данные в скобках, в правильной форме в Present Continuous.

1. I ____ (not drink) coffee now. I ____ (write) an English exercise.

2. Look! The baby ____ (sleep).

3. ____your friend ____ (do) his homework now?

4. My father ____ (not sleep) now, he ____ (work) in the garden.

5. ‘What ____ your sister ____ (do) now?’ ­– ‘She ____ (watch) TV.’

6. ‘Where ____ you ____ (go)?’ – ‘I ____ (meet) my friends in a café in 20 minutes.’

7. The children ____ (eat) soup now.

8. ‘I ____ (look) for Bill.’ – ‘He ____ (have) dinner.’

9. Look! Kate ____ (dance). She ____ (smile) and ____ (wave) her hand at us.

10. ‘She ____ (not eat) sweets now.’ – ‘____she ____ (try) to get thinner?’ – ‘Yes, she … .’

11. I ____ (study) hard these days to get a red diploma.

12. ‘Where are the children?’ – ‘They ____ (play) in the yard.’

13. Listen! Who ____ (play) the piano in the next room?

14. ‘What ____ you ____(do)?’ – ‘We ____ (listen) to music.’

15. ‘John ____ (pack) his things. Where ____ he (go)?’ – ‘He ____ (go) to Liverpool.’

16. Look at the sky: the clouds ____(move) slowly, the sun ____ (appear) from behind the clouds, it ____ (get) warmer.

Exercise 11. Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в правильной форме в Present Continuous. Иногда необходима отрицательная форма.

1. ‘____ this week?’ ‘No, he's on holiday.’ (Colin/ work)

2. Why ____ at me like that? What's the matter? (you/ look)

3. ‘Jenny is a student at university.’ ‘Is she? What ____?’ (she/ study)

4. ____ to the radio or can I turn it off? (anybody/ listen)

5. How is your English? ____ better? (it/get)

6. Do you know that man? Why ____ at you? (he/ smile)

7. I'm tired. ____ to bed now. Goodnight! (I/ go)

8. We can go out now. ____ any more. (It/ rain)

9. ‘How is your new job?’ ‘Not so good at the moment. ____ it very much.’ (I/ enjoy)

10. Cathy phoned me yesterday. She’s on holiday in France. ____ a great time and doesn't want to come back. (she/ have)

11. I want to lose weight, so this week ____ lunch. (I/ eat)

12. Angela has just started evening classes. ____ German. (she/ learn)

13. I think Paul and Ann have had an argument. ____ to each other. (they/ speak)

Exercise 12. Используйте глаголы, данные в таблице, в правильной форме в Present Continuous, чтобы закончить предложения.

come get(3) happen look make change start stay try increase work rise

1) ‘You ____ hard today.’ ‘Yes, I have a lot to do.’

2) I ____ for Christine. Do you know where she is?

3) It ____ dark. Shall I turn on the light?

4) They haven't got anywhere to live at the moment. They ____ with friends until they find somewhere.

5) ‘Are you ready, Ann?’ ‘Yes, I ____.’

6) Have you got an umbrella? It ____ to rain.

7) You ____a lot of noise. Could you be quieter? I ____ to concentrate.

8) Why are all these people here? What ____?

9) The population of the world ____ very fast. 

10) Ken is still ill but he ____ better slowly. 

11) The world ____ . Things never stay the same. 

12) The cost of living ____ .Every year things are more expensive. 

13) The economic situation is already very bad and it ____ worse.

2.3. Present Simple and Present Continuous

1. Present Simple передает постоянные действия, а Present Continuous временные:

e.g. Do you wear a uniform at work?

Why are you wearing that funny hat?

e.g. I live in London.

I am staying with my friends until I find a flat.

2. Present Simple говорит о том, что происходит вообще, а Present Continuous передает ситуации, происходящие в данный момент:

e.g. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

The water is boiling. Can you turn it off?

What do you do? (What’s your job?)

What are you doing? (at the moment)

3. Present Continuous используется только с глаголами, обозначающими действие.

Глаголы, которые не выражают действия, не употребляются в настоящем продолженном времени (Present Continuous). Это, как правило, глаголы чувственного и умственного восприятия, а также некоторые другие глаголы. К ним относятся:

see ‘видеть’ hear ‘слышать’ feel ‘чувствовать’ taste ‘иметь вкус’ smell ‘иметь запах’

know ‘знать’ remember ‘помнить’ forget ‘забывать’ recognize ‘узнавать’ understand ‘понимать’ notice ‘замечать’ realize ‘осознавать’ seem ‘казаться’ sound ‘звучать’ think ‘считать, полагать’

love ‘любить’ like ‘любить, нравиться’ hate ‘ненавидеть’ dislike ‘не любить’ enjoy ‘любить, обожать’

include ‘включать’ matter ‘значить’ need ‘нуждаться’ belong ‘принадлежать’ cost ‘стоить’ prefer ‘предпочитать’ mean ‘обозначать’ own ‘владеть’ appear ‘казаться’ believe ‘верить, считать’ want ‘хотеть’ have ‘иметь, владеть’

Два глагола нужно запомнить особенно:

Think употребляется в Continuous если он обозначает размышления.

e.g. What are you thinking about? – О чём ты думаешь?

и не употребляется, если имеется в виду мнение человека: What do you think of that man?

Have не употребляется в Continuous, если он используется в своем основном значении «иметь, обладать»: e.g. We have a lovely house. – У нас есть милый домик.

Have употребляется в Continuous в составе устойчивых выражений, таких как have dinner, have a shower, и т. д.: e.g. We are having a great time. – Мы веселимся. We are having dinner. – Мы обедаем.

Exercise 13. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Simple или в Present Continuous.

A

1. Coffee ____ (not grow) in France.

2. I ____ (come) from Russia. Where ____ you ____ (come) from?

3. How often ____ she ____ (go) to the swimming- pool? – Twice a week.

4. What ____ you ____ (write)? – Be quiet! I ____ (write) a report.

5. We ____ (not have) an English lesson now. We ____ (have) it on Thursday.

6. What newspaper ____ you ____ (read)? – It ____ (be) an English newspaper.

7. ____ you ____ (want) to read it? – Yes, but I ____ (not know) English well enough.

8. Andrew ____ (get) up early as he ____ (live) far from the university. He ____ (get) there by bus. He ____ (not like) it and now he _____ (think) of moving.

B

Linda lives in Los Angeles and 1______ (do) a stressful job but she 2______ (enjoy) doing it. She usually 3______ (work) with people, but at the moment, she 4______ (work) with dogs. She 5______ (help) their owners solve the dogs’ problems. Linda 6______ (come) from Scotland and she 7______ (go) home to see her family when she can. Her job is well-paid and she 8______ (save) money so that she can go back to Scotland and start her own business – with people! So, what is Linda’s job?

C

1. ‘What’s the matter? You _____ (not seem) very happy.’ – ‘I _____ (write) an essay. I _____ (think) over the plan.’

2. ‘Try this pizza! Help yourself!’ – ‘Oh, it _____ (smell) fine and it _____ (taste) fine. You _____ (cook) well!’

3. ‘She _____ (have) a nice room in' the hotel.’ –‘ _____ she _____ (have) a bath?’ – ‘No, but she _____ (have) a shower and she _____ (like) it.’

4. ‘_____ your family _____ (leave) Taganrog in summer?’ – ‘Yes, we always _____ (go) to the country. We all _____ (like) the countryside. Mother _____ (stay) with us to the end of August, but father _____ (return) much earlier.’

5. _____ you _____ (see) the man in blue shirt? _____ you _____ (recognize) him?

6. I _____ (not understand) this word. What _____ it _____ (mean)?

7. ‘What _____ you _____ (do)?’ – ‘I _____ (want) to cook something for dinner ‘– ‘_____ you _____ (not eat) out today?’ – ‘No, we _____ (stay) at home.’

8. Stop crying. I _____ (hate) complaints.

Exercise 14. Сопоставьте вопросы и ответы.

1. What do you do? 2. What are you doing? 3. Where do you work? 4. Where are you working? 5. Does your son play the violin? 6. Is your son playing the violin? 7. What language does she speak? 8. What language is she speaking? 9. Who's drinking champagne? 10. Who drinks champagne?

a. Actually, that's the radio. b. French, she's from Belgium. c. I want to get this car started. d. I'm an architect. e. I'm in Cardiff this week. f. In a big insurance company. g. It sounds like Russian. h. Me. Сan I have some more? i. Me. When I can afford it. j. No. The piano.

Exercise 15. Исправьте ошибки. Все предложения в Present Continuous.

1. He going to see his friends.

2. What she is doing?

3. We not cooking now.

4. I is writing a letter to my aunt.

5. ‘What is she write?’ – ‘She is write an article.’

6. Ten students is sitting in the class

7. Where they are going?

8. Do you leaving tomorrow?

9. She isn’t eating sweets these days, she’s triing to lose weight.

10. The children aren’t doing their homework, do they?

Exercise 16. Исправьте ошибки.

1. John not goes to the swimming-pool in summer

2. ‘Would you like a cigarette?’ – ‘No, thanks. I am not smoking.’

3. Usually I work till 4, but this week I work till 5. I am wanting to earn some extra money.

4. ‘Do he likes it?’ – ‘Yes, he do.’

5. My mother is a nurse. She work in the hospital. But she doesn’t work now. She is on holiday.

6. ‘Do you listen to me?!’ – ‘I am hearing you, don’t shout.’

7. They speaks English well.

8. What language are you speaking well?

9. Are you recognizing me?

10. I don’t want coffee. I am liking tea these days.

Exercise 17. Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык.

1. ‘Где Мартин?’ – ‘Сейчас он играет в футбол в саду.’

2. ‘Алекс танцует очень хорошо.’ – ‘Да, он также хороший певец.’

3. ‘Люси очень занята.’ – ‘Да, она много работает в последние дни.’

4. ‘Что вы обычно делаете по субботам?’ – ‘Мы убираем квартиру и ходим за покупками.’

5. ‘Почему ты упаковываешь свой чемодан?’ – ‘Потому что я лечу в Париж завтра утром.’

6. ‘Сьюзи выглядит очень подтянутой’ – ‘Да, она много упражняется в последние дни.’

7. Сейчас 9 часов утра. Марк всё ещё дома, потому что он болен. Он одет в пижаму и он сидит на кровати. Он сегодня не работает.

8. Саймон – механик. Он ремонтирует машины. Но сейчас у него перерыв и он ест сэндвич.

9. ‘Твой друг говорит по-английски?’ – ‘Нет, но он говорит по-французски.’

10. Твой английский становится лучше. Сколько раз в неделю у тебя урок английского?