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Present Continuous
building
functions
examples
учитель английского языка Тураева М.В.
Building
am/is/are + Ving
I am driving the car.
He (She) is driving the car. (= He`s, She`s)
It is raining now. (= It`s)
We
You
They
are driving the car.
I (study) at pottery courses at present.
I`m studying… .
He (read) a very interesting book at the moment.
He`s reading… .
Look! My friends (dive) from the boat.
My friends are diving… .
Questions
Are you going to work on foot? – No, I`m not.
Is he driving his car? – No, he isn`t.
Is it raining now? – No, it isn`t.
Are they listening to the radio? – No, they
aren`t.
What are you listening to? – I`m listening to the
Beatles.
Ask the questions to the underlined words.
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He`s listening to music now.
My dad is repairing his car at the moment.
Liz and Mary are doing the shopping this afternoon.
I`m visiting my friend now.
He`s talking to his lecturer at present.
My friend is coming from Spain.
We`re writing the test at Maths.
I`m going to the concert with my friends.
Negations
He isn`t reading, he`s writing the article.
They aren`t writing the test, they`re answering
questions.
I`m not going to the park, I`m doing my
housework.
Functions
• action at the speech moment
He`s driving his car now.
• action around the speech moment
I`m studying German now.
• changing of the situation
It`s getting dark.
• fixed arrangements in the future
She`s flying to London tomorrow.
Transform the sentences into Present Continuous.
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I usually go to work on foot. (now)
He always does his homework at 4 o`clock. (at the
moment)
3. Sometimes she looks for a better job. (at present)
4. We have lunch at the restaurant every day. (today)
5. My boss comes to work at ten o`clock every morning.
(today)
6. She always plays her role perfectly. (tonight)
7. Why does she phone him? (now)
8. I don`t answer silly questions. (now)
9. They meet their professor every Sunday. (today)
10. She doesn`t watch TV in the evening. (this evening)