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Grammar: Времена группы Continuous
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Продолженные времена (continuous tenses) обозначают действие в процессе его развития в определенный момент в настоящем, прошедшем или будущем.
Некоторые глаголы не могут выражать действие или состояние как процесс, совершающийся в определенный момент и, следовательно, употребляться в этом времени. К ним относятся: to love, to want, to like, to hate, to wish, to desire - желать, to see, to hear, to feel, to notice, to know, to understand, to consist – состоять, to belong, to recognize – узнавать, to be.
Со временем группы Continuous обычно употребляется:
1. Present Continuous: now, right now, just now, at the moment, today, this week (month), these days, tonight (this evening)
2. Past Continuous: at that time, all day (night) long, at six o’clock, the whole evening (morning, afternoon), from seven to nine.
3. Future Continuous: at this time tomorrow (next week, month), at 10 o’clock on Friday.
| Present | Past | Future | |
| Affirmative | I am speaking You are speaking He is speaking she is speaking it is speaking we are speaking they are speaking | I was speaking You were speaking He was speaking She was speaking it was speaking we were speaking they were speaking | I shall be speaking You will be speaking He will be speaking She will be speaking it will be speaking we will be speaking they shall be speaking |
| Negative | I am not speaking You aren’t speaking He isn’t speaking she isn’t speaking it isn’t speaking we aren’t speaking they aren’t speaking | I wasn’t speaking You weren’t speaking He wasn’t speaking She wasn’t speaking it wasn’t speaking we weren’t speaking they weren’t speaking | I shall not be speaking You won’t be speaking He won’t be speaking She won’t be speaking it won’t speaking we won’t be speaking they shall not be speaking |
| Interrogative | Am I speaking? Are you speaking? Is he speaking? Is she speaking? Is it speaking? Are we speaking? Are they speaking? | Was I speaking? Were you speaking? Was he speaking? Was she speaking? Was it speaking? Were we speaking? Were they speaking | Shall I be speaking? Will you be speaking? Will he be speaking? Will it be speaking? Shall we be speaking? Will they be speaking? |
Exercise 1. Translate the sentences into Russian.
1. He is reading a newspaper now. 2. Is he reading a newspaper or a book now?
2. He is not reading, he is listening to the radio. 4. Yesterday at 5 o’clock I was doing my homework. 5. What is he doing now? 6. It was raining when I left the house. 7. I shall still be working at 6 o’clock. 8. What are you doing tonight?
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Exercise 2. Use the Present Continuous Tense.
Model: We shall discuss this question. (now)
We are discussing this question now.
1. We have lectures every day. (now) 2. He watches TV in the evening. (at the moment) 3. We listen to the teacher attentively. (at this moment) 4. He sleeps in the daytime everyday. (from 2 till 3) 5. She writes letters to her parents every week. (now)
Exercise 3. Use the Past Continuous Tense.
Model: He worked hard (when I came)
He was working hard when I came.
1.He delivered lectures every week. (at 12 o’clock yesterday) 2. He worked in the library yesterday. (from 3 till 5 o’clock) 3. He left the house. (when the bell rang) 4. He crossed the street. (when I saw him) 5. The children played in the yard. (from 10 till 12 o’clock)
Exercise 4. Use the Future Continuous Tense.
Model: We have an English lesson today. (at 10 o’clock tomorrow)
We shall be having an English lesson at 10 o’clock tomorrow.
1. He is preparing for his exams. (next month’s) 2. She is translating the text now. (at 3 o’clock tomorrow) 3. We are celebrating the 80 th anniversary of our University. (next year). 4. He is leaving today. (at 7 o’clock tomorrow) 5. She sings (at the concert tonight).
Exercise 5. Answer the questions
1. Are you reading or writing now? 2. Are you making progress in your English? 3. Is your friend listening to you now? 4. Is it snowing now? 5. Where are you going to spend your winter holidays? 6. What were the students doing in the laboratory so late yesterday? 7. Were you having a rest when I rang you up? 8. Was she wearing black at the party? 9. At what time were your friends waiting for you at the station? 10. Where was he hurrying at 8o’clock in the morning? 11. What were the students translating when the teacher came? 12. Whom were you speaking with when I came up to you? 13. Will the students be having a meeting after the lectures? 14. What will you be doing after the meeting?
Exercise 6. Put the verb in brackets into the Present, Past or Future Continuous Tense
1.He (to take) a bath now. 2. I (not to laugh) at you. 3. He (to come) here next week. 4. If I (to sleep) when he comes, please, wake me up. 5. What journal you (to read) when I came to the library? 6. The whole family (to have) dinner when the telephone rang. 7. Where he (to go) when the rain started? 8. She (to sing) over the radio at 5 o’clock tomorrow. 9. They will not go on excursion with us. They (to have) a lecture at 2 o’clock.10. What you (to do) from 2 till 3 o’clock? 11. The children (to play) when we return home. 12. Look! It is getting dark. It (to rain) in a minute.
Exercise 7. Form question with the question words given in brackets.
1. The expedition is returning next week. (When) 2. We are doing grammar exercises now. (what) 3. The mother is teaching her little son to read. (Who) 4. I am reading a book on modern art. (What) 5. There were still arguing when I entered the room. (Who) 6. Our group was staying in Vitebsk for some days. (For how long) 7. We were talking and he was listening to the radio. (What) 8. They will be moving to a new flat this month. (When) 9. We shall be listening to Petrov at the concert. (When) 11. He is coming tomorrow.
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