Презентация на тему Present continuous

her way to work. She is driving to work.
This

means: she is driving now, at the time of speaking. The action is not finished.
AM/IS/Are + ING is the present continuous.
I AM (=I’m)
He/She/It IS
We/You/They ARE
I am doing smth = I’m in the middle of doing it; I’ve started doing it and haven’t finished:
Please don’t make so much noise. I’m trying to work. (not I try)
Where is Mark? He is having shower. (not He has a shower)

of speaking. For example:
Kate wants to work in Italy,

so she’s learning Italian.
(but perhaps she isn’t learning Italian at the time of speaking)
Some friends of mine are building their own house. They hope to finish it next summer.

You can use pc with today/this week/this year etc.(periods around now):
- You’re working hard today.
- Yes, I have a lot to do.

This company I work for isn’t doing so well this year.

changes happening around now, especially with this words:

Get/change/become/increase/rise/fall/grove/improve/begin/start

Is your

english getting better?
The population of world is increasing very fast.
The cost of living is rising. Every year things are more expensive.

never stay the same.
Tim (work) hard today. He’s taken

the day off.
You can turn off the radio. (I/listen) to it.
Polly and Sally have had an argument. (They/speak) to each other.

is changing. Things never stay the same.
Tim is working

hard today. He’s taken the day off.
You can turn off the radio. I’m not listening to it.
Polly and Sally have had an argument. They are not speaking to each other.

(I do)

is in bed asleep. He is not driving a

bus. But He drives a bus. (He is a bus driver)

Drive(s)/work(s)/do(es) etc. is the present simple.
I/we/you/they drive/work/do.
He/she/it drives/works/does.

We use the ps to talk about things in general. We use it to say that smth happens all the time repeatedly, or that smth Is true in general:
Nurses look after patients in hospitals.
I usually go away at weekends.
The earth goes round the sun.

sentences.
I don’t go away very often.
I come from Canada.

Where do you come from?
What does this world mean?

In the following examples, do is also the main verb:
What do you do? I work in shop.
He is very lazy. He doesn’t do anything to help.

we do things:
I get up at 8 o’clock every

morning.
How often do you go to the dentist?
Julie doesn’t drink tea very often.
Robert usually goes away two or three times a year.

example, when you promise to do smth, you can

say I promise

I promise I won’t be late. (not I’m promising)

In the same way: I apologise/I advise/I insist/I agree/I refuse etc.
I won’t tell anybody what you said. I promise.

the meal.(I/insist)
Vegetarians (eat) meat.
I’ve got a car, but I

(use) it much.
Where (Ricardo/come) from? From Cuba.
Bad driving (cause) many accidents.

the meal. I insist.
Vegetarians don’t eat meat.
I’ve got a

car, but I don’t use it much.
Where does Ricardo come from? From Cuba.
Bad driving causes many accidents.

(I do and I am doing)

Compare:
Present continuous
The water is boiling. Can

you turn it off?
Let’s go out. It isn’t raining now.

I’m getting hungry. Let’s go and eat.

We use the pc for temporary situations:
I’m living with some friends until I find a place of my own.

Present Simple

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
It doesn’t rain very much at summer.
I always get hungry in the afternoon.

We use the ps for permanent situations:
My parents live in London. They have lived there all their times.

do (smth) = I do it every time:
I always

go to the work by car.

I’m always doing has a different meaning. Foe example:
I’ve lost my phone again. I’m always losing things.
I’m always losing things = I lose things very often, perhaps too often, or more often than normal.

continuous:
Like/want/need/prefer
Know/realise/suppose/mean/understand/believe/remember
Belong/fit/contain/consist/seem

Do you understand what I mean?
Anna doesn’t seem very

happy at the moment.

we don’t use the continuous:
I think Mary is Canadian,

but I’m not sure.
What do you think about my plan? (= What is your opinion?)

When think means “consider” the continuous is possible:
Nicky is thinking of giving up her job. (= she considered it)

you see the man over there?
This room smells. Let’s

open a window.

We often use can + see/hear/smell/taste:
I can hear a strange noise. Can you hear it?

say how smbd looks or feels now:
You look well

today. Or You’re looking well today.
How do you feel now? Or How are you feeling now?

being = He’s behaving/acting. Compare:
I can’t understand why he’s

being so selfish. He isn’t usually like that.
(being selfish = behaving selfishly at the moment)

He never think about other people. He is very selfish.
(He is selfish in generally, not only at the moment.

of your car.
Rachel is in New York right now.(she/stay)

at the park hotel.(She/always/stay) there when she’s in New York.
A:The car is broken down again.
B:That car is useless. It (always/break down)
(We/usually/grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year (we/not/grow) any.
Don’t put the dictionary away. (I/need) it.
I (think) you should sell your car. (You/not/use) it very often.