Exercise 2. Put the verbs in Present Continuous
Unit 3
FILM MAJORS
GRAMMAR
Present Continuous
Present Continuousобозначает действие, которое происходит:
1. в момент речи. Оно началось когда-то раньше и ещё не закончилось.
Напр.: Sh-sh-sh! The baby is sleeping. What language is he speaking?
2. в данный период, временно. Напр.: We’re on holidays. We’re having a good time. Peter is ill. He isn’t workingthis week.
Present Continuousможет передавать раздражение, особенно со словом alwaysили continually. Напр.: He’s always boasting.
| Утвердительные предложения | I am playing (I’m) | we are playing (we’re) |
| you are playing(you’re) | you are playing(you’re) | |
| he is playing (he’s) | they areplaying (they’re) | |
| Отрицательные предложения | I am notplaying (I’m not) | we are notplaying (we aren’t) |
| youare notplaying(you aren’t) | youare notplaying(you aren’t) | |
| it is playing (it’s) | they are notplaying (they aren’t) | |
| Вопросительные предложения | am I playing? | arewe playing? |
| areyou playing? | areyou playing? | |
| (where) isshe playing? | (who) arethey playing(with)? | |
| Ключевые слова, которые указывают на употребление Present Continuous | now, right now, today, at present, at the moment, still, Look!, Listen! |
Exercise 1. Listen and enjoy!
Lemon Tree
original lyrics by “Fool’s Garden”, and Peter Freudenthaler and Volker Hinkel
| I’m sitting here in the boring room It’s just another rainy Sunday afternoon I’m wasting my time, I got nothing to do I’m hanging around, I’m waiting for you But nothing ever happens And I wonder I’m driving around in my car I’m driving too fast, I’m driving too far I’d like to change my point of view I feel so lonely, I’m waiting for you But nothing ever happens And I wonder I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree I’m turning my head up and down I’m turning, turning, turning, Turning, turning around And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree I’m sitting here, I miss the power I’d like to go out, taking a shower But there’s a heavy cloud inside my head I feel so tired, put myself into bed Where nothing ever happens And I wonder | Isolation is not good for me Isolation, I don’t want to sit on a lemon tree I’m stepping around in a desert of joy Maybe anyhow I’ll get another toy And everything will happen And you’ll wonder I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see Is just another lemon tree I’m turning my head up and down Turning, turning, turning, Turning, turning around And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree And I wonder, wonder, I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see And all that I can see And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree |
Exercise 2. Put the verbs in Present Continuous.
1. They (to eat) sushi now.
2. It (to rain) today.
3. I (to wait) for my parents.
4. John (to play) with his friends outside. They (to play) football.
5. He says that his sister (to read) a very interesting book about French film directors.
6. I (to do) my homework, so please call me back later.
7. My father (to talk) to his business partner now. They (to discuss) some very important
issues. They (to do) a very interesting project.
8. The producer (to try) to raise more money for the film.
9. Monica (to make) a film about wild animals.
10. Today Julie (wears) a very nice dress.
11. The children (not talking). They (to listen) to the teacher.
12. Jack and Mary (to drink) soda now.
13. The whole family (to watch) TV in the living room.
14. Her mother (to cook) dinner.
15. I don’t know what my brother (to do) now. Perhaps he (to sleep).