Thanksfor watching. Find more at my channel : continuous is: am\is\are + Verb-ing.Time: now Какобразуется Present Continuous? I + am + Ving + второстепенные члены предложения. You/we/they + are + Ving + второстепенные члены предложения. He/she/it + is + Ving + второстепенные члены предложения. I am doing my homework right now — Я Yes he does. (Present Simple) B. Present Continuous (I am doing) = now, at the time of speaking: Please be quiet. I`m working. (not I work) Tom is having a shower at the moment. (not Tom has) Take an umbrella with you. It`s raining. You can turn off the television. Presentcontinuous and present simple (1) (I am doing and I do) A. Study the explanations and compare the examples: Present continuous (I am doing) Use the continuous for something that is happening at or around the time of speaking. The action is not finished. I am doing (now) * The water is boiling. Presentcontinuous (I am doing) 2 8:03:00 AM data gramar. acebook. Newer Post Older Post A. Study this example situation: Ann is in her car. She is on her way to work. She is driving to work. This means: she is driving now, at the time of speaking. The action is not finished. Am/is Weuse the present continuous if we talk about changes happening now. I'm beginning my exercises, now. The situation is changing, he is working hard. The cat is falling from the window! Your English is getting better, you're working hard! The population of United Kingdom is increasing slowly. Oh, it's starting to rain. Where is my umbrella? uXVQS. As we have already seen, Present Continuous is generally used to indicate that something is happening at the time of speaking. On the other hand, Simple Present is used for things that are generally true, things that repeat, or for things that happen sometimes/all the time. We can also look at the difference between Present Continuous and Simple Present by considering “I am doing” Present Continuous versus “I do” Simple Present. Examples I’m doing the laundry. right now I do the laundry every Monday. repeating event Sam is washing the car. right now Sam washes the car every week. repeating event Mary is watching TV. right now Mary watches TV whenever she’s bored. generally true Note Certain words do not generally use a Present Continuous form believe depend forget hate know like love mean need prefer remember understand want Exercises In the following sentences, determine whether you should use Present Continuous or Simple Present form. Remember that the Present Continuous needs the correct form of “be”. If the sentence is a question, remember to include the correct form of “do” for question formation. Example _____ tomatoes? you / like ==> Do you like tomatoes? Please be quiet – _____ now. the baby / sleep ==> Please be quiet – the baby is sleeping now. 1. _____ a sweater for her cousin’s birthday. Susan / knit 2. _____ broccoli for dinner, but _____ that vegetable. Mother / cook, Steve / hate 3. _____ so hard I can’t see across the street. it / snow 4. _____ your first day of school as a child? you / remember 5. Tonight _____ about rattlesnakes. the lecturer / speak 6. _____ lectures about rattlesnakes all over the country. he / give 7. Where _____? you / go 8. _____ tea over coffee. she / prefer 9. _____ three languages. Paul / speak 10. _____ in ghosts? you / believe 11. _____ always _____ my cousin’s birthday, so _____ it down on my calendar. I / forget, I / write 12. _____ fast whenever he’s mad. Jim / drive 13. _____ in a golf tournament this weekend. Tim / play 14. _____ in tournaments every chance he gets. he / play 15. _____ a book for her literature class. Karen / read 16. _____ so much that the city park by the river is now flooded. it / rain 17. Why didn’t Bill study for his test? _____ better than that! he / know 18. After school _____ to the library. he / go 19. _____ to the movies tonight after dinner. we / go 20. _____ a letter to my nephew. I / write Google Welcome to ESL Printables, the website where English Language teachers exchange resources worksheets, lesson plans, activities, etc. Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers. If you want to download you have to send your own contributions. Have a look at the following example Sarah is in her car. She is on her way to work. She is driving to work. This means, she is driving now, at the time of speaking. The action is not finished. Am/is/are + -ing is the present continuous. I am = I’m driving he/she/it is = he’s, etc. working we/you/they are = we’re, etc. doing, etc. I am doing something = I’m in the middle of doing it; I’ve started doing it and I haven’t finished. Please don’t make so much noise. I’m trying to work. not I try to work “Where’s Mark?” “He’s having a shower. not He has a shower Let’s go out now. It isn’t raining anymore. not It doesn’t rain at a party Hi, Jane. Are you enjoying the party? not Do you enjoy What’s all that noise? What’s going on? =What’s happening? Sometimes the action isn’t happening at the time of speaking. For example Steve is talking to a friend on the phone. He says Steve is not reading the book at the time of speaking. He means that he has started it, but has not finished it yet. He is in the middle of reading it. Some more examples Karen wants to work in Italy, so she’s learning Italian. but perhaps she isn’t learning Italian at the time of speaking Some friends of mine are building their own house. They hope to finish it next summer. You can use the present continuous with today / this week / this year etc. periods around now You’re working hard today. The company I work for isn’t doing well this year. We use the present continuous when we talk about changes happening around now, especially with these verbs get change become increase rise fall grow improve begin start Is your English getting better? not Does your English get better The population of the world is increasing very fast. not increases At first, I didn’t like my job, but I’m beginning to enjoy it now. not I begin Practise the present continuous Complete the conversations. 1. A I saw Brian a few days ago B Oh, did you? What’s he doing these days? what / he / do A He’s at university. B _____________________? what / he / study A Psychology. B _____________________ it? he / enjoy A Yes, he says it’s a very good course. 2. A Hi, Nicola. How _____________________? your new job / go B Not bad. It wasn’t so good at first, but _____________________ better now. it / get A What about Daniel? Is he OK? B Yes, but _____________________ his work right now. he / not / enjoy He’s been in the same job for a long time and _____________________ to get bored with it. he / begin Answers 1. A I saw Brian a few days ago B Oh, did you? What’s he doing these days? what / he / do A He’s at university. B What’s he studying? what / he / study A Psychology. B Is he enjoying it? he / enjoy A Yes, he says it’s a very good course. 2. A Hi, Nicola. How is your new job going? your new job / go B Not bad. It wasn’t so good at first, but it’s getting better now. it / get A What about Daniel? Is he OK? B Yes, but he is not enjoying his work right now. he / not / enjoy He’s been in the same job for a long time and he’s beginning to get bored with it. he / begin Put the verb in the correct form, positive I’m doing etc. or negative I’m not doing etc.. Please don’t make so much noise. I’m trying I / try to work. Let’s go out now. It isn’t raining it / rain any more. You can turn off the radio. _____________________ I / listen to it. Kate phoned me last night. She’s on holiday in France. _____________________ she / have a great time and doesn’t want to come back. I want to lose weight, so this week _____________________ I / eat lunch. Andrew has just started evening classes. _____________________ he / learn Japanese. Paul and Sally have had an argument. _____________________ they / speak to each other. _____________________ I / get tried. I need a rest. Tim _____________________ work today. He’s taken the day off. _____________________ I / look for Sophie. Do you know where she is? Answers Please don’t make so much noise. Im trying I / try to work. Let’s go out now. It isn’t raining it / rain any more. You can turn off the radio. I’m not listening I / listen to it. Kate phoned me last night. She’s on holiday in France. She’s having she / have a great time and doesn’t want to come back. I want to lose weight, so this week I’m not eating I / eat lunch. Andrew has just started evening classes. He’s learning he / learn Japanese. Paul and Sally have had an argument. They’re not speaking they / speak to each other. I’m getting I / get tried. I need a rest. Tim isn’t working work today. He’s taken the day off. I’m looking I / look for Sophie. Do you know where she is? Source Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use. 4th Ed. Verb TensesDownload a chart with all 12 verb tenses and examples. Download the A4 version Download the US letter version Learn about the present continuous and do the exercises to practise using it. Level beginner The present continuous is made from the present tense of the verb be and the –ing form of a verb I am working You are playing He is talking She is living It is eating We are staying They are sleeping We use the present continuous to talk about activities at the moment of speaking I'm just leaving work. I'll be home in an hour. Please be quiet. The children are sleeping. Present continuous 1 Matching_MTYyNzM= Present continuous 2 GapFillTyping_MTYyNzQ= future plans or arrangements Mary is going to a new school next term. What are you doing next week? Present continuous 3 Plans for next month 2nd Sat. – my birthday. Party! 4th – day off 10th Sun. – flight OS462 11th, 12th, 13th – conference, Vienna 15th – dentist 3 22nd – Mum & Dad arrive, evening 23rd – Toni's Restaurant make reservation! 25th – Mum & Dad > home 29th – payday TrueOrFalse_MTYyNzU= Present continuous 4 GapFillTyping_MTYyNzY= Present continuous questions We make questions by putting am, is or are in front of the subject Are you listening?Are they coming to your party? When is she going home? What am I doing here? Present continuous questions 1 ReorderingHorizontal_MTYyNzg= Present continuous questions 2 GapFillTyping_MTYyNzk= Present continuous negatives We make negatives by putting not or n't after am, is or are I'm not doing that. You aren't listening. or You're not listening.They aren't coming to the party. or They're not coming to the party.She isn't going home until Monday. or She's not going home until Monday. Present continuous negatives 1 GapFillDragAndDrop_MTYyODA= Present continuous negatives 2 GapFillTyping_MTYyODE= Stative verbs We do not normally use the continuous with stative verbs. Stative verbs include verbs of thinking and feeling believe dislike know like love hate prefer realise recognise remember suppose think = believe understand want wish verbs of the senses appear feel look seem smell sound taste others agree be belong disagree need owe own possess We normally use the simple instead I understand you. NOT I am understanding you.This cake tastes wonderful. NOT This cake is tasting wonderful. Level intermediate We also use the present continuous to talk about something which is happening before and after a specific time At eight o'clock we are usually having breakfast. When I get home the children are doing their homework. something which we think is temporary Michael is at university. He's studying history. I'm working in London for the next two weeks. something which is new and contrasts with a previous state These days most people are using email instead of writing letters. What sort of clothes are teenagers wearing nowadays? What sort of music are they listening to? something which is changing, growing or developing The children are growing up quickly. The climate is changing rapidly. Your English is improving. something which happens again and again It's always raining in London. They are always arguing. George is great. He's always laughing. Note that we normally use always with this use. Present continuous 5 Matching_MTYyNzc= Level advanced We can use the present continuous to talk about the past when we are telling a story The other day I'm just walking down the street when suddenly this man comes up to me and asks me to lend him some money. Well, he's carrying a big stick and he looks a bit dangerous, so I'm wondering what to do … summarising a book, film or play Harry Potter is a pupil at Hogwarts school. One day when he is playing Quidditch he sees a strange object in the sky. He wonders what is happening … Do you need to improve your English grammar? Join thousands of learners from around the world who are improving their English grammar with our online courses.

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