Continuous Tenses ( продолженное временя )

to be (am, are, is, was, were, shall be, will be) + Participle I

 

						Таблица 17
		Present		Past		Future
Affirmative	1	am speaking	1	was speaking	1 Shall	be speaking
					We
	We		We		You
	You	are speaking	You	were speaking	They	will be speaking
	They		They
	He		He		He
	She	is speaking	She	was speaking	She	will be speaking
	It		it		It
Negative	1	am not	1	was not(wasn't)	1	shall not (shan't)
		speaking		speaking	We	be speaking
	We	are not	We	were not	You	will not (won't)
	You	(aren*t)	You	(weren't)	They	be speaking
	They	speaking	They	speaking
	He	is not	He	was not	He	will not
	She	(isn't)	She	(wasn't)	She	(won't)
	It	speaking	It	speaking	It	be speaking
Interrogative	Am	1 speaking?	Was	1 speaking?	Shall	I be speaking? We
		We		we		You
	Are	you speaking?	Were	you speaking?	Will	be speaking?
	They			they		They
		He		he		He
	Is	she speaking? It	Was	she speaking? it	Will	she be speaking? It

 

Продолженные времена (Continuous Tenses) обозначают действие в процессе его развития в определенный момент в на­стоящем, прошедшем или будущем.

Некоторые глаголы не могут выражать и, следовательно, упот­ребляться во временах группы Continuous. К ним относятся: to love - любить, to want - хотеть, to like - нравиться, to hate - ненавидеть, to wish, to desire - желать, to see - видеть, to hear - слышать, to feel - чувствовать, to notice - замечать, to know - знать, to under­stand - понимать, to consist - состоять, to belong - принадлежать, to recognize - узнавать, to be - быть и др.

Времена группы Continuous могут употребляться с такими указателями времени, как now - сейчас, all day long - весь день, all day (yesterday, tomorrow) - (вчера, завтра), at this time - в это вре­мя, at this moment - в этот момент, at noon - в полдень, at... o'clock - в... часов, from... till - от... и до... и др.

SELF-TRAINING EXERCISES

1. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. He is reading a newspaper now.

2. Is he reading a newspaper or a book now?

3. He is not reading. He is listening to the radio now.

4. What is he doing now?

5. Yesterday at 5 o'clock I was doing my homework.

6. It was raining when I left the house.

7. I shall still be working at 6 o'clock.

8. Will they be writing their course papers in April?

2. Put the verb in brackets into the Present, Past or Future Con­tinuous Tenses.

1. He (to take) a bath now. 2. I (not to laugh) at you. 3. He (to come) here next week. 4. If I (to sleep) when he comes, please, wake me up. 5. What journal you (to read) when I came to the library? 6. The whole family (to have) dinner when the telephone rang. 7. Where he (to go) when the rain started? 8. She (to sing) over the radio at 5 o'clock tomorrow. 9. They will not on excursion with us. They (to have) a lec­ture at 2 o'clock. 10. What you (to go) from 2 till 3 o'clock tomorrow? 11. the children (to play) when we return home. 12. Look! It is getting dark. It (to rain) in a minute.

 

3. Form questions with the question v,'ords given.

1. The expedition is returning next week. (When) 2. We are doing grammar exercises now. (What) 3. The mother is teaching her little son to read. (Who) 4. I am reading a book on modern art. (What) 5. They were still arguing when I entered the room. (Who) 6. Our group was staying in Beloretsk for some days. (Where) 7. We were talking and he was listening to the radio. (What) 8. They will be moving to a new flat this month. (When) 9. We shall be listening to Petrov at the concert. (Whom) j

4. Translate into English.

1. Что вы обсуждаете? - Мы обсуждаем план будущего цеха. 2. Вы идёте на лекцию? 3. О чём вы сейчас думаете? 4. Автобус уже отправлялся, когда я подошёл к остановке. 5. Что он делал, когда вы зашли к нему? 6. Идёт дождь и мы не можем поехать за город. 7. Вчера в 10 часов наша группа сдавала экзамен по фило­софии. 8. Мы будем переводить этот текст, когда ты вернёшься. 9.Весь июнь студенты будут сдавать экзамены. 10.Какую делегацию вы будете встречать завтра?