Present continuous (progressive) tense

1. Прочитайте и переведите следующие предложения:

1. We are listening to a friend of yours.

2. You are reading an English newspaper.

3. The student is showing us his project.

4. These workers are working at the same factory.

5. She is speaking about her work.

6. The children are reviewing the old work.

7. They are building a new railway between the two cities.

8. We are moving next week.

9. The world is changing. Things never stay the same.

10. You are working hard today.

11. My English is getting better.

12. My father is leaving for Moscow in 2 days.

2. В следующих предложениях откройте скобки и поставьте глагол в Present Continuous:

1. She (to look) at the picture.

2. We (to work) at our designs.

3. He (not, to sit) here, he (to sit) there.

4. They (to answer) your question.

5. I (to speak) English now.

6. I think she (to read) something funny, because she (to laugh) all the time.

7. The students (to write) a letter to their friend.

8. John (to ask) you a question.

9. We (to do) our exercises.

10. They (to send) a letter to their parents.

11. Don’t go out. It (to rain).

12. Look at this man. He (to follow) us!

13. Please be quiet. I (try) to concentrate.

14. Look! It (snow).

15. You (make) a lot of noise. Can you be a bit quieter?

16. Excuse me, I (look) for a phone box. Is there one near here?

17. Listen! Can you hear those people next door? They (shout) at each other again.

3. Используйте в каждом предложении один из указанных глаголов в Present Continuous (Можете использовать не все глаголы, а некоторые из них использовать неоднократно):

Get, become, change, rise, improve, fall, increase

1. The number of people without jobs …. at the moment.

2. He is still ill but he … better slowly.

3. These days food … more and more expensive.

4. The world …. Things never stay the same.

5. The cost of living …. Every year things are dearer.

6. George has gone to work in Spain. When he arrived, his Spanish wasn’t very good but now it ….

7. The economic situation is already very bad and it … worse.

4. Переведите на английский язык следующие предложения:

1. Мы читаем английскую газету.

2. Они работают над своими проектами.

3. Ребенок открывает окно.

4. Мы слушаем учителя.

5. Моя мать сидит у окна.

6. Мой сын стоит у доски.

7. Она посылает письмо дочери.

8. Рабочий рассказывает студентам о своей жизни и работе.

9. Мы устанавливаем новое оборудование на заводе на следующей неделе.

10. Холодает

11. Летом мы едем на юг

12. Он еще болен, но с каждым днем ему становится лучше

5. Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. Are you sitting at your table?

2. Are you speaking English now?

3. Are you sitting or standing?

4. Are you speaking English or Russian?

5. Are you studying any foreign language?

6. Is your friend working or studying?

7. Is it raining now?

8. Are you reading any interesting book at the moment?

9. Are you studying hard this week?

10. Are you going anywhere during your winter holidays?

11. Is your English getting better?

12. Are you asking questions or answering them?

1. Who is standing at the blackboard?

2. What are you doing?

3. Where are you going tonight?

4. What language are you speaking now?

5. What book are you reading at the moment?

6. What exercise are you doing?

7. What subjects are you studying this term?

6. Вставьте подходящие по смыслу глаголы:

1. What is he … about? I can’t hear him.

2. What are you … at? I don’t see anything there.

3. The children are … some games in the yard.

4. Look how brightly the sun is …! – Yes, but the cold wind is still …!

5. Are you still … your homework? – Yes, but I am already … it, wait a little.

6. You look so sad. What are you … about?

7. What is the cat …? – He … milk.

8. Please, John, you … too quickly, let us stop for a rest.

9. Why aren’t you … to school? Are you … for somebody else?

10. Why is Johnny not … at the table with us? Is he still … in bed?

7. Раскройте скобки, поставив в глагол в Present Continuous; перескажите шутки:

A.Mother says to her daughter, ‘Please, Mary, go and see what your brother (to do) and tell him not to do it!’

B.A man asks the boy who lives next door to him, ‘Why you (to carry) your umbrella an umbrella over your head? It (not to rain) now, and the sun (not to shine) hotly’. The boy answers, ‘You see, when it (to rain), Father takes the umbrella, and when the sun (to shine) hotly, Mother uses it, so now is the only time I can use it’.

C.A little boy decides not to go to school for some time, so he phones to his teacher and says in the voice of a grown-up man, ‘I am sorry to say that John Smith is very ill, he (to lie) in bed’. ‘Oh’, the teacher answers, ‘I am sorry to hear that. And who (to speak) to me?’ The boy replies, ‘My father sir’.

D. A schoolboy, who (to go) on a train, (to read) a book, and every minute he exclaims in surprise, ‘Well, can you believe it? How interesting!’ Another passenger asks him, ‘What kind of exciting book you (to read)?’ The boy replies, ‘I just (to look through) a dictionary of correct spelling’.

8. Переделайте предложения из прямой речи в косвенную, начиная предложения с ‘I’d like to know’:

1. Is it still raining now?

2. What are you reading so attentively?

3. What is that boy looking at?

4. Who is sitting at the window?

5. Is the gas-stove still burning?

6. Why are the children not sleeping yet?

7. What is happening in this house?

8. Are you looking for me?

9. Who are you waiting for?

10. Is anything interesting happening there now?

11. What is going on there?