1) Read and translate the following sentences. Explain the use of the Present Continuous Tense.
1. She is feeling dead guilty. Forgive her.
2. Maxim's jaw dropped, he was unable to absorb the things he was hearing.
3. These days many people are complaining that life is too tough.
4. He is always coming up with new ideas.
5. Look here, Michael, I’m not being critical of you.
6. I’m hoping I'll feel better by lunchtime.
7. Forgive me! I am being thoughtless. How is your son?
8. Isn't he being just a little bit unfair.
9. You’re looking so very healthy at the moment.
10. She scanned the scenery. "What I don’t understand is why we're not seeing the river."
2) Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous Tense.
1. What you (read) now? I (read) “Crime and Punishment”.
2. It is a lovely day. The sun (shine) and the birds (sing).
3. He (teach) his boy to ride.
4. Where is Tom? – He (lie) under the car.
5. Why Ann (not wear) her new dress?
6. What Tom (do) now? He (clean) his shoes.
7. I can’t hear what you (say); the traffic (make) too much noise.
8. She always (lose) her glasses and (ask) me to look for them.
9. Who (move) the furniture about upstairs? – It’s Tom. He (paint) the front bedroom.
10. Mother (rest) now. She always rests after lunch.
11. Someone (knock) at the door. Shall I answer it?
12. Ann usually does the shopping, but I (do) it today as she isn't well.
13. Why you (type) so fast? You (make) a lot of mistakes.
14. Why you (make) a cake? Someone (come) to tea?
15. You (not tell) the truth. – How do you know that I (not tell) the truth?
3) Open the brackets and put the verb into the Present Simple
or the Present Continuous Tense.
1. Be quiet, please. We (work) at the translation and you (make) a lot of noise.
2. He always (go) for a walk in the evening.
3. Where is Jack? – He (meet) his girlfriend at the station. She (come) at 12 o'clock.
4. She (cry). Is something wrong?
5. In the morning I (have) little time, so I (take) a shower in the evening.
6. A decade (describe) a period of ten years.
7. Her brother (work) in Canada at present.
8. She always (dream) but (do) nothing to realize her dreams.
9. He (be) so suspicious to me at the moment. I wonder why.
10. Hurry up, Jane! We all (wait) for you.
4) Open the brackets and put the verb into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous Tense.
1. What she (do) in the evenings? – She usually (play) cards or (watch) TV.
2. I won't go out now as it (rain) and I (not have) an umbrella.
3. The last train (leave) the station at 11.30.
4. He usually (speak) so quickly that I (not understand) him.
5. The children are still ill but they (get) better gradually.
6. Don’t bother her. She (take) her French lesson: she always (take) it in the morning.
7. The living standards (change). Every month things (get) more expensive.
8. Tom and Mary (leave) for the Netherlands tomorrow.
9. I have just started English courses. I (study) English grammar.
10. Mercury (boil) at 357.23 degrees Centigrade.
11.We must buy new plates. – It’s useless. You always (break) plates.
12. It (surprise) me that they can’t sell their flat.
13. Hardly anyone (wear) a hat nowadays.
14. How you (get) to work as a rule? – I usually (go) by bus but tomorrow I (go) in Tom's car.
15. Cuckoos (not build) nests. They (use) the nests of other birds.
16. You can’t see Tom now: he (have) a bath.
17. He usually (drink) coffee but today he (drink) tea.
18. Ann (make) a dress for herself at the moment. She (make) all her own clothes.
19. Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt (read) it.
20. I’m busy at the moment. I (redecorate) the sitting room.