The Present Continuous Tense (Настоящее длительное время)
Специальные вопросы
Present Continuous and Present Simple
Exercises
What are they doing?
7.01M
Category: englishenglish

The fundamentals of English grammar. The Present Continuous

1.

The fundamentals of English grammar
The Present
Continuous Tense
???
What is she
doing?
She is
dreaming…

2. The Present Continuous Tense (Настоящее длительное время)

употребляется для обозначения действия, происходящего в
данный момент, в момент речи или в период времени,
включающий данный момент.
Ving
TO BE
am
I
NOW
are
you
we
they
V – verb
(глагол)
is
he
she
it
AT THE MOMENT

3.

am
V+ing
is
V+ing
are
V+ing

4.

Statements, questions and negations
Утвердительное
предложение
Вопросительное
предложение
He is writing.
He is writing.
Is he writing?
Отрицательное
предложениеc
He is not writing.
Короткие ответы
Short answers
Yes, he is.
No, he isn’t.

5. Специальные вопросы

Wh-questions:
Where
am
What
подлежащее
ing
is
Why
are
Whose
Вопрос, начинающийся с When не задаётся во времени Present
Continuous, т.к. в предложении речь идет именно о действии, которое
происходит в данный момент.
V
Вопрос к подлежащему (Who)
Вопрос к подлежащему во времени Present Continuous задается в
3 лице ед. ч. => Who is + Ving !!!

6.

watch ing
mak e
ing
eating
come
ing
reading
driveing
studying
rid ieng
run n ing
jumping

7. Present Continuous and Present Simple

8.

Глаголы, НИКОГДА не употребляющиеся в форме Continuous:
like (нравится)
want (хотеть)
know (знать)
prefer (предпочитать)
need (нуждаться)
love (любить)
remember (помнить)
understand (понимать)
hate (ненавидеть)
forget (забывать)
believe (верить)
depend (зависеть)

9. Exercises

Listen and write what he is doing.

10. What are they doing?

He is playing hockey.
She is dancing.
He is making
a magic spell.
They are singing.
He is talking.
He is riding.

11.

What are they doing?
They are playing the piano.
They are driving the car.
They are playing
volleyball.

12.

What is he doing?
He is watching TV.
He is riding a horse.
He is reading the newspaper.

13.

The
The
girlgirl/dance
is dancing.

14.

The birds/fly
The birds
are flying.

15.

The
tea
The
catcat/drink
is drinking
tea.

16.

TheThe
girlsgirls/swim
are swimming.

17.

It isIt/snow
snowing.

18.

The
sportsman/ride
The
sportsman
is riding a
a bike
bike.

19.

They
loud
music
They
are/play
playing
loud
music.

20.

The The
children
are playing.
children/play

21.

baby/sleep
TheThe
baby
is sleeping.

22.

TheThe
boyboy/wash
is washing.

23.

The
frogs
are playing
musical
instruments.
The
frogs/play
musical
instruments

24.

It/rain
It is
raining.

25.

Guess what the people are doing.
Is he…?
Is she…?
Is it…?
Are they…?

26.

•/into/ Jack/ is/ water/ . /falling/ the/
•Jack is falling into the water.
•/is/ He/ the/ putting/ into/ boat/ the/
bag/. /not/
•He is not putting the bag into the boat.
•/is/ Kate/ ? /a/ tall/ climbing/ tree/
•Is Kate climbing a tall tree?

27.

Read, look at the pictures and choose the answer.
Yes, he is.
No, he isn’t.

28.

Open the brackets
• I (to go) to school now. am going
• He (to help) his father now. is helping
• They (to go) to the river now. are going
• He (to sleep) now. is sleeping
• We (to drink) tea now. are drinking
• My mother (not to work) at the office now. isn’t working
• You (to work) now? Are you working
• I (not to sleep) now. am not sleeping
• What you (to do) now? What are you doing
• Where they (to go) now? Where are they going
• She (not to drink) coffee now. isn’t drinking

29.

Describe the picture

30.

Describe the picture
It’s 7 o’clock on Monday morning. The family is in the kitchen.
Characters:
Mr. and Mrs. West
Grandfather
Joe
Cat Tommy
Dog Bim

31.

Describe the picture
It’s 5 o’clock on Monday afternoon. The family is in the living room.
Characters:
Mr. West
Mrs. West
Joe
Cat Tommy
Dog Bim

32.

Describe the picture
It’s 10 o’clock on Sunday morning. The family is in the garden.
Characters:
Mr. and Mrs. West
Grandfather
Grandmother
Joe
David
Cat Tommy
Dog Bim

33.

Put questions to the sentences and make them negative
They are listening to music in the yard now.
•Who is listening to music in the yard now?
•What are they listening to in the yard now?
•Where are they listening to music now?
• They are not listening to music in the yard now.
Mary is drinking an orange juice now because she is very thirsty.
•Who is drinking an orange juice now?
•What is Mary drinking now?
•What juice is Mary drinking now?
•Why is Mary drinking an orange juice now?
• Mary is not drinking an orange juice now because she is not thirsty.
Peter and Julia are arranging the party for their younger sister now.
•Who is arranging the party for their younger sister now?
•What are Peter and Julia arranging for their younger sister now?
•Whom (Who) are Peter and Julia arranging the party for now?
• Peter and Julia are not arranging the party for their younger sister now.
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