___________________ raining today.
2. The children _______________ playing in their room.
3. Carrie _______________ listening to the news right now.
4. I _______________ having breakfast.
ПРАВОПИСАНИЕ окончания -ing:
К большинству инфинитивов прибавляется окончание -ing:
eat → eating; play → playing
Если инфинитив оканчивается на -e, то мы эту -e убираем:
move → moving; face → facing
Если в конце глагола стоит гласная + согласная и на этот слог падает ударение, то конечная согласная удваивается:
preFER → preferring; RUB → rubbing
НО!
COver → covering; reMEMber → remembering
Если в конце глагола стоит гласная + L, то пишем LL независимо от ударения:
control → controlling; travel → travelling2
ЗАПОМНИТЕ!
die → dying; lie → lying
7. Write the -ing forms.
work → _________________; write → ______________________;
read → __________________; carry → _____________________;
sleep → _________________; go → ________________________;
leave → _________________; take → _______________________.
8. Write as in the example.
I am watching TV.
Am I watching TV?
I’m not watching TV.
1. She is translating this text now.
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2. You are having lunch.
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3. They are listening to their director.
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4. We are waiting for Helen.
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5. It is raining.
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9. Complete the sentences.
1. Mark and Jane (to sit) __________________________________________ in a café now.
2. It (not to snow) _________________________________________________ outdoors now.
3. We (to wait) ____________________________________________________ for our teacher at school.
4. The girls (to argue) _____________________________________________ about what presents to buy for their Mum.
5. I (to watch) _____________________________________________________ the children playing in the garden.
10. Fill in with Present Simple or Present Continuous.
– Hi, Mum!
– Hello, Anna. Where _____________________________________________________ (you, call) from?
– I ________________________________ (be) at work at the moment. My boss _____________________________________________ (have) lunch with his wife now. He __________________________________ (often, take) her to lunch on Tuesdays.
– Well, why _______________________________________________________ (you, phone)?
– No, I just want you to know that I _____________________________ (come) home next Friday.
– What time ______________________________________________________ (your bus, arrive)?
– It ______________________ (leave) at 16.00 and ____________________ (arrive) at 17.00.
– See you on Friday then.
11. Underline the correct item.
1. Do you enjoy/Are you enjoying this party?
2. You haven’t said a word all the evening. What are you thinking/do you think about?
3. He has/is having a tabby cat.
4. I don’t know/am not knowing where she keeps the money.
5. Sarah is German. She is coming/comes from Germany.
6. Leo listens/is listening to the music in his room.
7. If you don’t read/aren’t reading that magazine, I’d like to see it.
8. Chrissy weighs/is weighing 70 kilos.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
They have been singing for an hour.
Present Perfect Continuous (Настоящее совершенное продолженное/длительное) употребляется для того, чтобы подчеркнуть, что действие началось в прошлом и продолжается в настоящем, то есть УЖЕ ДЛИТСЯ КАКОЕ-ТО ВРЕМЯ (for some time, since some time):
I’ve been waiting for you for an hour. Я жду тебя уже час.
Pres. Perf. Continuous состоит ИЗ ТРЁХ ЧАСТЕЙ!
have или has