Come – coming lose – losing live - living

b) Если глагол оканчивается на согласную, перед которой идет краткий гласный звук, конечная согласная удваивается.

Swim – swimming hit – hitting get – getting

c) Если глагол оканчивается на –ie – это окончание меняется на –y.

Lie – lying die – dying

Remember! Некоторые глаголы в английском языке не могут использоваться во временах группыContinuous. Это глаголы умственного и чувственного восприятия. Вот некоторые из них: see hear smell taste feel like hate love remember believe know understand

 

Change the following into negative sentences.

a) Mike is speaking too loudly.

b) We are walking to the park now.

c) They are going by bus.

d) Sheila is crossing the street now.

e) I am sitting in the English class now.

f) You are reading a book on Economics.

 

Change the following into positive sentences.

a) We are not dancing.

b) They are not watching TV.

c) I’m not driving a car now.

d) My mother isn’t cooking dinner.

e) Lilia’s baby-brother’s not crying.

Think of possible questions for the given below answers.

a) No, we are not. We are walking towards the post office.

b) Yes, I am. I am right now speaking to her on the phone.

c) She is learning Spanish with a private teacher.

d) They are doing their math now.

e) No, he is not. He is looking at himself in the mirror.

f) The students are listening to the teacher.

g) The sun is shining.

h) No, it isn’t raining any longer.

 

14 Look at the picture and say what the students are doing now using the verbs given: to dive, to talk, to read, to play football, to have lunch, to dance.

a) b)

 

c) d)

e) f)

15 Complete the letter with the verbs from the box. Use the present continuous tense, positive or negative. Use short forms wherever possible, e.g. he's, not he is.

 

work do draw work look play listen do sit write read

Dear Maria,

Hi! How are you? Mum and Dad are working today, but I ______ on the sofa at home because there is no school today. It's boring!
My sister ______ to her stereo and she ______ pictures in her room. My brother ______ a book. I ______ anything exciting. I can't even watch TV because it ______! I ______ letters to people and I ______ my homework. Oh yes, I ______ out the window, too! I can see my dog. He ______ in the garden.

I hope you're well, Aliya.

Put the verb in brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous.

a) ______ you (to watch) TV now?

b) They ______ (to drink) coffee in the morning.

c) Bill ______ (to stay) at the Kosmos hotel now.

d) Where ______ you (to go) at the moment?

e) I ______ (to look for) new shoes.

f) We ______ (to do) shopping on Fridays.

 

Take-home assignment

Describe the way from your home to the University.

Learn one of the dialogues from exercise 1.