1. Present Continuous building functions examples учитель английского языка Тураева М.В.

2. Building am/is/are + Ving I am driving the car. He (She) is driving the car. (= He`s, She`s) It is raining now. (= It`s) We Youare driving the car. They

3. I (study) at pottery courses at present. I`m studying…. He (read) a very interesting book at the moment. He`s reading…. Look! My friends (dive) from the boat. My friends are diving….

4. Questions Are you going to work on foot? – No, I`m not. Is he driving his car? – No, he isn`t. Is it raining now? – No, it isn`t. Are they listening to the radio? – No, they aren`t. What are you listening to? – I`m listening to the Beatles.

5. Ask the questions to the underlined words. 1.He`s listening to music now. 2.My dad is repairing his car at the moment. 3.Liz and Mary are doing the shopping this afternoon. 4.I`m visiting my friend now. 5.He`s talking to his lecturer at present. 6.My friend is coming from Spain. 7.We`re writing the test at Maths. 8.I`m going to the concert with my friends.

6. Negations He isn`t reading, he`s writing the article. They aren`t writing the test, they`re answering questions. I`m not going to the park, I`m doing my housework.

7. Functions action at the speech moment He`s driving his car now. action around the speech moment I`m studying German now. changing of the situation It`s getting dark. fixed arrangements in the future She`s flying to London tomorrow.

8. Transform the sentences into Present Continuous. 1.I usually go to work on foot. (now) 2.He always does his homework at 4 o`clock. (at the moment) 3.Sometimes she looks for a better job. (at present) 4.We have lunch at the restaurant every day. (today) 5.My boss comes to work at ten o`clock every morning. (today) 6.She always plays her role perfectly. (tonight) 7.Why does she phone him? (now) 8.I don`t answer silly questions. (now) 9.They meet their professor every Sunday. (today) 10.She doesn`t watch TV in the evening. (this evening)