Презентация на тему "Present continuous"

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  Present Continuous

  (I am doing)

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  Sarah is in her car. She is on 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)

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  Sometimes the action isn’t happening at the time 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/thisweek/thisyearetc.(periods around now): - You’reworking hard today. - Yes, I have a lot to do. This company I work for isn’t doing so well this year.

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  We use the pc when we talk about 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.

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  Exercises

  (I/get) tired. I need rest The world (change). Things 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.

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  Answers

  I’mgetting tired. I need a rest The world 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’mnot listening to it. Polly and Sally have had an argument. They are not speaking to each other.

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  Present Simple

  (I do)

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  Alex is a bus driver, but now he 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.

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  We use do/does to make questions and negative sentences.

  I don’tgo 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.

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  We use the ps to say how often 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.

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  Sometimes we do things by saying smth. For 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 refuseetc. I won’t tell anybody what you said. I promise.

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  Exercises

  (In restaurant) You must let me pay for 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.

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  Answers

  (In restaurant) You must let me pay for 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.

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  Present Simple and Present Continuous

  (I do and I am doing)

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  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’mliving 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.

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  I always do and I’m always doing

  I always 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’malwayslosing things. I’malwayslosing things = I lose things very often, perhaps too often, or more often than normal.

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  The following words are normally used in present 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.

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  Think

  When think means “believe” or “have an opinion”, 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 isthinking of giving up her job. (= she considered it)

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  See/hear/smell/taste

  We normally use the ps with these verbs: Do 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?

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  You can use the ps or pc to say how smbdlooks or feels now:

  You look well today. Or You’relooking well today. How do you feel now? Or How are you feeling now?

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  He is selfish and He is being selfish

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

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  Exercises

  Look! The man (try) to open the door 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.

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  Answers

  Look! The man is trying to open the door of your car. Rachel is in New York right now. She is staying at the park hotel. She always staysthere when she’s in New York. A:The car is broken down again. B:That car is useless. It is always breaking down. We usually grow vegetables in our garden, but this year we are not growing any. Don’t put the dictionary away. I need it. I thinkyou should sell your car. You do not use it very often.