Теория и практика The Present Continuous Tense для 3-го класса

I. Настоящее продолженное время образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола to be в нужной форме AM/IS/ARE и смыслового глагола с суффиксом V + ing.
Необходимо сделать два преобразования:
1. Поставить вспомогательный глагол в нужную форму.
2. Найти смысловой глагол и приписать к нему суффикс -ing.

II. Подобного времени в русском языке нет. Оно показывает, что действие длится, то есть происходит в определенный момент, часто в момент речи. Этот момент может быть выражен следующими словами-сигналами:

Now
At the moment
At present
Look!
Listen!

Утвердительная +

Отрицательная –

Вопросительная ?

I. I am speaking
II. You are drawing
III. He, she, it is swimming

I. We are going
II. You are skating
III. They are skiing

I am not speaking
You are not drawing
He, she, it is not swimming

We are not going
You are not skating
They are not skiing

Am I speaking
Are you drawing
Is he…swimming

Are we going
Are you skating
Are they skiing

I am reading now. (Я сейчас читаю.)
You are writing a letter at the moment. (Ты в данный момент пишешь письмо.)
My granny (she) is sleeping at present. (Моя бабушка теперь спит.)
Look! The puppy (it) is playing with a bone. (Посмотри, щенок играет с косточкой.)
We are running now. (Мы сейчас бегаем.)
Listen! They are singing. (Послушай, они поют.)
They are not running, they are playing football at the moment. (В данный момент они не бегают, я играют в футбол.)

III. Точнее всего суть этого времени передает вопрос – Что есть человек (или кто-то другой) делающий в данный момент?

Например:

I am reading now (Что я сейчас делающая? Я сейчас читающая) А по-русски мы скажем – Я сейчас читаю (что делаю?)

IV. Правописание:

1. Конечная согласная, стоящая перед гласной (часто в односложных глаголах) – удваивается перед суффиксом -ing:

run – runn+ing = running;
swim – swimm+ing = swimmimg;
begin – beginn+ing = beginning.

2. Немое -e перед суффиксом -ing не пишется:

dance – dancing;
take – taking.

3. Две конечные гласные -ie в глаголах типа to lie – лежать заменяются одной гласной -y, после которой пишется суффикс –ing:

lie – ly+ing = lying.

V. Нужно запомнить, что к предложению в Present Continuous не задается вопрос When? (когда?), так как само это время, своей структурой говорит, что действие происходит сейчас, в данный момент. Все остальные вопросы задаются по известной нам схеме.

I. Вопросительное слово: Where, Why, What, Who, How, Who with, Whose
II. Вспомогательный глагол Be – в нужной форме (am, is, are)
III. Подлежащее
IV. Сказуемое (с суффиксом -ing)
V. Оставшиеся члены предложения

Например:

His friends are watching TV at the moment. (В данный момент его друзья смотрят телевизор.)

Общий вопрос: Are his friends watching TV at the moment?
Альтернативный вопрос: Are his friends watching TV or reading a book at the moment?
Специальные вопросы:

What are his friends doing at the moment?
Whose friends are watching TV at the moment?
Why are his friends watching TV at the moment?

Вопрос к подлежащему!!! Who is watching TV at the moment? (Кто смотрит телевизор в данный момент?)

Обратите внимание на вопрос к подлежащему. Местоимение Who стоит в единственном числе, в 3-м лице и требует поставить вспомогательный глагол также в 3-е лицо – IS.

VI. Важно понять разницу между временами Present Simple (Indefinite) и Present Continuous.

Present Simple (Indefinite) Действие, регулярно повторяющееся	Present Continuous Действие, происходящее в данный момент
Signal Words
Usually – обычно	Now – сейчас
Always – всегда	At the moment – в данный момент
Often – часто	Today – сегодня
Seldom – редко	At present – в настоящее время
Sometimes – иногда	Look! – посмотри
Every day, year, month, week – каждый день, год, месяц, неделю	Listen! – послушай
Never – никогда

Например:

Present Simple (Indefinite)

Present Continuous

Я делаю уроки каждый день.

I do my lessons every day.

Они обычно завтракают в 9 часов.

They usually have breakfast at 9 o’clock.

Она редко поет.

She sings very seldom.

Моя мама часто пишет письма своей сестре.

My mother often writes letters to her sister.

Сейчас я делаю уроки.

I am doing my lessons now.

В данный момент они завтракают.

They are having breakfast at the moment.

Послушай! Она поет.

Listen! She is singing.

Посмотри, мама пишет письмо сестре.

Look! Mother is writing a letter to her sister.

Present Simple or Present Continuous

Open the brackets.

Card 1

– Hello Boris! What you (to do) now?
– I (to go) to the sport club.
– You often (to go) to the sport club?
– No, I… I usually (to go) there when I (to have) time.
– Who you usually (to go) to the club with?
– I always (to go) there with my friend.

– Hello Dan! What John (to do) now?
– He (to play) chess.
– He often (to play) chess?
– Yes, he… He (to play) chess every day.
– Who he usually (to play) chess with?
– He (to play) chess with his elder (старший) brother.

Card 2

Jill usually (to drink) milk in the morning.
She (to like) milk.
Her little sister Nora (not to like) milk.
She (to like) Coke.
At the moment Jill (not to drink) milk, she (to drink) Juice.
Nora (to drink) juice too.

Jack often (to have) tea at five o’clock.
Now it (to be) 5 o’clock, and Jack (to have) tea.

Card 3

Paul (to get) up at 7 o’clock every day.
Then he (to do) his morning exercises.
After that he (to wash) his face and hands.
At 8 o’clock Paul (to have) breakfast.
It (to be) 8 o’clock now and Paul (to have) breakfast.

Bill (to have) got a kitten.
Its name (to be) Snow.
Bill (to like) his pet.
He often (to play) and (to feed) his kitten.
But today Bill (not to play) with Snow.
Bill (to be) busy.
Now he (to do) his homework.
He (to want) to write his dictation well.

Card 4

Listen! Kate (to play) the piano.
She (to play) the piano every day? Yes, she…
She (to want) to be a pianist? No, she …
She (not to want) to be a pianist. She (to want) to be an actress.
What you (to want) to be? I (to want (to be) a singer.

– Look! What the girls (to do)?
– They (to throw) snowballs. Listen! They (to laugh) and (to talk).
They (to like) to throw snowballs.
They often (to play) this game after classes.
– You (to like) to throw snowballs? Of course I…

Card 5

1. Where you (to go) now? I (to go) shopping. (в магазин)
2. Where Dick (to run) at the moment? He (to run) to school.
3. Where Mother (to go) now? She (to go) to the hospital.
4. Look! Where the boy (to go)? He (to go) to the skating rink.
5. Where Molly (to go) now? She (to go) to her music school.

1. What you (to do) now? I (to read).
2. When you usually (to read)? Usually I (to read) in the evening.
3. What Dick (to do) at the moment? He (to run) to school.
4. Look! What Mother (to do) now? She (to cook) dinner now.
5. Listen! What the puppy (to do)? The puppy (to bark).
6. What the children (to do) now? They (to write) a test.
7. What Phil (to do) now? Phil (to do) his lessons.

Card 6

1. You (to go) to school every day? No, I… I (not to go) to school on Sunday.
2. She (to go) skating in winter? Yes, she… She often (to go) skating in winter.
3. Kate often (to draw)? Yes, she … She (to draw) often.
4. They usually (to have) soup for dinner. Yes, they… They usually (to have) soup for dinner.

1. You (to go) to school now? No, I… I (not to go ) to school now. I (to go) to the cinema.
2. She (to go) to the skating rink now? No, she … She (not to go) to the skating rink, she (to go) to the park.
3. Kate (to draw) at the moment? No, she... Kate (not to draw), she (to sleep) now.
3. They (to have) dinner at the moment? No, they… They (not to have) dinner, they (to have) tea.

Card 7

Ron usually (to have) tea for breakfast.
Now it (to be) 8 o’clock.
Ron (to have) tea.
He (to go) to school.

Listen! The children (to talk and laugh).
What they (to do)?
The children (to play) games.
They often play games? Yes, they …
They (to play) games after classes.

Card 8

Listen, the bird (to sing). I think it (to be) happy. The bird always (to sing) when the weather (to be) sunny.

Hello, Boris! Where you (to go) now? I (to go) to the swimming pool. You (to go) there every Saturday? Yes, I … Who you usually (to go) there with? I usually (to go) there with my sister, but today she (to be) busy. That’s why (вот почему) I (to go) alone now.

Card 9

Every day Kate (to come) home from school at 2 o’clock, then she (to have) dinner, (to help) mother about the house and (to go) for a walk.

It (to be) o’clock. Kate (to be) at home. She (to have) dinner. Mother (to have) dinner with her. Pam the kitten (to have) its dinner too.

Card 10

1. I (not to drink) tea now. I (to write) an English exercise.
2. I (not to drink) tea in the morning. I usually (to drink) coffee.
3. Your friend (to do) his homework now? Yes, he… He (to learn) the dialogue.
4. Your friend (to go) to school in the morning? Of course, he… He (to go) to school at 8 o’clock.
5. Look, the child (to sleep). Yes, he always (to sleep) after dinner.
6. My grandfather (not to work). He (to be) on pension.
7. What your sister (to do) now. I want to talk to (поговорить с) her. I think my sister (to play) the piano.
8. Where your father (to work)? He (to be) a doctor. He (to work) at a hospital.
9. Your sister (to study) at an institute? No, she… My sister (to study) at school.
10. Your parents (to watch) TV now? No, they… Mum (to water) the flowers, Dad (to cook). Your Dad (can) cook? Yes, he… He (to cook) very well. He often (to cook)? Yes, he… Dad (to cook) when Mum (to be) busy or (to ask) him.

Теория и практика The Present Continuous Tense для 3-го класса

By Yelena Zubets ,School No. 1262, Moscow

By Yelena Zubets ,
School No. 1262, Moscow