1. Protecting Our Environment Language The present continuous tense

3. 主语 be 动词现在分词 am V.-ing is are 第一人称单数 I 第三人称单数 He, She, It, Jim, The bird, A car… 第二人称单数 You 所有人称复数 We, You, They, My friends, Many dogs…

4. Ted isn’t reading at the moment. The children are not singing now. Look! Is a bird flying in the sky? Where are the students planting trees? Exception: Who is laughing there?

5. 一般辅音字母 + 不 发音 e 结尾 ie 结尾 重读闭音节且末 尾只有一个辅音 字母 listening walking fishing eating playing working living writing arriving making coming moving die → dying lie → lying swimming planning getting sitting cutting beginning

6. At this moment my family __________ (do) different things. My brother and I are at school. I __________ (read) English while my brother __________ (have) his Chinese lesson. My grandma ___________ (watch) TV. My grandpa _________ (play) chess with his friends. My uncle __________ (drive) a car while my aunt ___________ (shop) for food. My father ___________ (work) in the office. My mother isn’t at work. She ____________ (sweep) the floor at home. My little sister __________ (lie) in bed. She’s still sleeping! Complete the passage with the right forms of the verbs in brackets. are doing am reading is having is watching is playing is driving is shopping is working is sweeping is lying

7. 1. 表示说话时正在发生或进行的动作, 常见标志 : “now,” “at the moment,” “Look!”, “Listen!”… 2. 表示现阶段持续进行的动作, 常见标志 : “at the present”( 目前 ), “this week,” “these days”… 3. 按计划或安排将要发生的动作, 与将来时间连用, 仅限 少量动词 : go, come, leave, start, arrive, return, sleep… 4. 与 always 连用, 表示经常反复的动作, 表达说话者的 惊讶、厌烦、赞美等情感 注意！没有进行时的动词：表示感觉、感情、思想、 态度、状态、拥有 - see, hear, notice, like, love, hate, know, want, hope, think, believe, agree, own (have/ has)…

8. 1. （正在发生） 2. （持续进行） 3. ( 按计划或安排将要发生 ) 4. ( ) I’m knowing the answer. ( ) I know the answer. ( ) Are you liking the milk? ( ) Do you like the milk? ( ) This book is belonging to May. ( ) This book belongs to May. ×○ × ○ × ○ 1. （正在发生） Listen! A bird is singing in the tree. What are the kids playing with now? 2. （持续进行） I’m getting on well with my studies. 不一定说话时进行 What lessons are you studying this week? 3. ( 按计划或安排将要发生 ) Where are you going tomorrow? She’s leaving for Shanghai this evening. 4. He’s always making the same mistake! ( 厌烦 ) She is always thinking of others instead of herself! ( 赞美 )

9. Complete the dialogues with the right forms of the verbs in brackets. Add other words as necessary. 1 NANNY: The phone _______. (ring) MAY: I _______. I _______ it. (know, hear) 2 MAY: Your dinner is on the table. DANNY: I ______. I ______ it. It ______ good. (know, see, smell) 3 DANNY: These cars _________ to me. (belong) RITA: I ___________ you. (not believe) is ringing knowhear know seesmells belong do not believe

10. Complete the dialogues with the right forms of the verbs in brackets. Add other words as necessary. 4 RITA: I _____________ her. What ____________? (not understand, mean) MAY: I ______ that she _______? “Be quite!” (think, mean) 5 MAY: Look! Your baby __________. (smile) RITE: Yes, she ________ you. (like) 6 DANNY: Why is your case so heavy? MAY: It _________ books. (contain) don’t understand does she mean think means is smiling likes contains