PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

The Present Continuous Tenseis used to refer to acts occurring at a given moment

V – verb (глагол)

VingTO BE

am

are

youwethey

is

hesheit

NOW

IAT THE MOMENT

is

are

am

V+ing

V+ing

V+ing

Statements, quest ions and negations

He is writing.He is writing.

Is he writing?Short answers

Yes, he is. No, he isn’t.

He is not writing.

AmAm II read readinging??IsIs hehe read readinging??IsIs sheshe readreadinging??IsIs itit read readinging??Are Are wewe read readinging??AreAre youyou read readinging??AreAre theythey read readinging??

The quesTion forms

Wh-questions:Where

What

Why

WhoseQuestions beginning with When no time is specified Present Continuous,

because in the proposal we are talking about the action that takes place at the

moment.

Question to the subject (Who) The question to be subject to the time specified in the Present Continuous 3rd

person singular

=> Who is + Ving ! !!

amisare

subjekt Ving

special quesTions

watch ing

eating

reading

studying

comeing

driveing

rideing

run ingn jumping

Describe the process taking place right now:

The heart ……. (to sparkle).

The moon …(to shine) in the sky.

Cats ….. (see) you

It …… (to snow) outside.

Verbs, which don’t haVe continiuns forms

to agree соглашаться

to believe веритьto deny отрицатьto

doubt сомневаться

to expect полагатьto forget забыватьto know знать

to recognize узнавать

to remember помнить

to respect уважатьto

suppose предполагать

to think* считать/полагать

to understand понимать

:

to desire желатьto

envy завидовать

to fear боятьсяto hate ненавидетьto like нравитьсяto love любить

to need нуждатьсяto

prefer предпочитать

to satisfy удовлетворять

to seem казатьсяto want хотетьto wish желать

Of mental activity

Emotional state

Feels like:

to hear* слышать

to see* видеть

to smell* пахнутьto taste* иметь

вкус

to be бытьto

belong принадлежать

to consist состоять

to contain содержать

to have иметьto

include заключать в себе

to own владетьto

possess обладать и т.д.

Feel like Possession relations :

/into/ Jack/ is/ water/ . /fal l ing/ the/Jack is fal l ing into the water. /is/ He/ the/ putting/ into/ boat/ the/

bag/. /not/He is not putting the bag into the boat. /is/ Kate/ ? /a/ tal l/ c l imbing/ tree/Is Kate c l imbing a tal l tree ?