The Present Continuous Tense

Настоящее длительное время употребляется для выражения действия в момент развития в настоящем времени. При этом не имеет значения, сколько времени длится данное действие. Важно, что действие рассматривается в развитии как процесс. В предложении могут употребляться следующие слова at the moment - в настоящий момент, now - сейчас, теперь.

The Present Continuous Tense образуется при помощи глагола to be в настоящем времени и 4-ой формы глагола.

утвердительная форма	отрицательная форма	вопросительная форма
полная	сокращенная	полная	сокращенная
I am working	I’m working	I am not working	I am not working	Am I working
She is working	She’s working	She is not working	She isn’t working	Is she working
He is working	He’s working	He is not working	He isn’t working	Is he working
It is working	It’s working	It is not working	It isn’t working	Is it working
You are working	You’re working	You are not working	You aren’t working	Are you working
We are working	We’re working	We are not working	We aren’t working	Are we working
They are working	They’re working	They are not working	They aren’t working	Are they working

Существует группа глаголов, которые не употребляются в Continuous: see, hear, smell, sound, feel, look, taste, notice, believe, guess, imagine, mean, realize, know, remember, understand, love, like, hate, want, wish, prefer, belong, own, possess

Prepositions. (Предлоги)

Prepositions of place. (Предлоги места)

On	на	The book is on the table.
In	в	The pen is in the pen-case.
At	в	They work at school.
Under	под	The bag is under the table.
in front of	перед	There is a monument in front of the Institute.
Near	около, вблизи	The territorial museum is near the Amur river.
between	между (двух)	There is a bed-side table between two sofas.
among	среди	There is some light among the trees.
behind	позади	There is a supermarket behind the Institute.
opposite to	напротив	A new house is built opposite to the Institute.

Prepositions of directions. (Предлоги направления)

To	на, в	We went to the Institute.
into	внутрь	He put money into his pocket.
towards	в направлении	She is going towards the door.
from	из, от	I’m from Canada.
out of	изнутри	He took a book out of his bag.

Prepositions of time. (Предлоги времени)

before	до, ранее	We rose before dawn.
after	после	I’ll speak to you after the lesson.
until	до	They will stay here until next month.
till	до	The shop works from 7a.m. till 9p.m.
during	во время	We learnt much interesting during the lesson.
between	между	They will be here between 4 and 5p.m.

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