Question

change the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous. a)It(rain)is raining again. b)I (sit)..........no the chair. c) we(study).......for our test. d) the teacher(explain)........the lesson to us. e) mum is (cook).......the dinner. f) the train(arrive)......... g)helen(come)........home late today. h) I(read).........a very good book at the moment. i)john and Alice(play)........basketball. j)the children(go)......to the park now.k)he(make).....a cup of tea.

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Answer 1

Răspuns:

a) It is raining ...

b) I am sitting...

s)We are studying ...

d)The teacher is explaining ...

e) mum is cooking...

f) the train is arriving...

g) Helen is coming ...

h) I am reading ...

i)John and Alice are playing ...

j) the children are going ...

k) He is making ...

Answer 2

Răspuns:

Change the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous.

a)  It  (rain) is raining again.

b) I (sit)siting .no the chair.

c) We(study) studying for our test.

d) The teacher(explain) explaining the lesson to us.

e) Mum is (cook) cooking the dinner.

f) The train (arrive) arriving .

g)Helen (come)coming.home late today.

h) I(read) reading a very good book at the moment.

i)John and Alice(play) playing basketball.

j)The children(go) going to the park now.

k)He(make) making a cup of tea.

EXPLICATIE :

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Form: to be(am, is, are) + verb- Ing

I am playing/ I am not playing/ Am I playing?

-ING: *come: coming

*put (CVC): putting

*cry (c+y): crying

*die: (ie): dying

Use: actions that are happening at the

moment of speaking

I am studying now

Time Expressions:

Now, right now, at the moment

Stative vebs: verbs that cannot be used in

the continuous form: like, hate love, want,

wish, prefer, believe, doubt, imagine, know,

understand, mean, remember, forget, need,

appear, seem, own, possess, belong to.

I am understanding* now *(mistake)

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Form: have/has +been +ing

I have been sleeping

I haven´t been sleeping

Have I been sleeping?

Use: actions that started in the past and

still continues in the present, but the

process is emphasized.

She is dirty, she has been painting the

room

Sometimes, there is very little difference in meaning

between the present perfect simple and

continuous

I have lived here for two years

I have been living here for two years

But sometimes there is a big difference:

I have lived in London, Paris and Rome

I have been living in London since 2005

PAST CONTINUOUS

Form: past to-be (was/were) + ing

I was going/ I wasn´t going/ Was I going?

Use: an action or situation that was happening in a

moment in the past

Yesterday at five o´clock, I was playing

football with my friends

Past simple vs Past Continuous

-We use the PC for an action or situation in

the past which was already happening when

another action or situation happened (PS)

I was walking down the street when I

had a great idea

-We use the PC for an action or situation in

the past which is interrupted or stopped by

another action or situation (PS)

While I was having a bath, the telephone

rang

Important words: when and while

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Form: had +been +ing

I had been working

I hadn´t been working

Had I been working?

Use: It describes an action in progress

throughout a period which happened

before another action in the past.

She was very tired. She has been typing

all day

(the process is emphasized)

-Past Perfect continuous: an action was

uncompleted then

When I got home, I found that Jill had

been painting the room (it emphasizes the

process).