The Present Continuous Tense
Variant I
Translate into English:
Сейчас 6 часов вечера, моя бабушка и мой дедушка смотрят телевизор.
Папа не читает газету в данный момент, он слушает музыку.
Сейчас у меня урок английского.
Аня не идёт домой в настоящее время.
Они играют в футбол сейчас.
Write the sentence in the negative form and in all the interrogative forms: I am waiting for my friend in the corner of the street now.
Ask and answer the questions. Use the verbs in brackets:
What the cat (to do) now? (to sleep on the mat)
What you (to do) now? (to make a snowman)
What they (to do) in the garden now? (to dig)
Fill in the necessary form of the verb to be:
____Molly and Phil going to a coffee bar now?
____I lying in bed now?
3. ____the father hunting the ducks now?
Write the sentences in the 3d person singular:
They are listening to music now.
We are playing rugby now.
The birds are flying now.
Change to the plural:
I am going to bed now.
David is smoking now.
Liz is learning the poem now.
Translate into English using the construction to be going to:
Я собираюсь изучать французский язык в следующем году.
Он собирается провести каникулы на юге.
Мы собираемся поехать в Москву завтра.
Grammar Test
The Present Continuous Tense
Variant II
Translate into English:
Моя мама не вяжет сейчас, она читает детектив.
Я не делаю домашнее задание в данный момент.
Они обедают сейчас.
В настоящее время его сёстры играют с игрушками.
Лена помогает бабушке мыть посуду сейчас.
Write the sentence in the negative form and in all the interrogative forms: We are discussing a difficult problem now.
Ask and answer the questions. Use the verbs in brackets:
What David (to do) now? (to ski in the forest)
What your family (to do) now? (to sit round the table)
What his Granny (to do) now? (to knit a new sweater )
Fill in the necessary form of the verb to be:
. they listening to opera now?
. my little kittens sleeping now?
. mother cooking dinner now?
Write the sentences in the 3d person singular:
The fishes are swimming now.
The men are talking on the phone now.
Julia and Jack are going to a disco club now.
Change to the plural:
His friend is feeling a dog now.
I am decorating my room now.
Your sister is cleaning the flat now.
Translate into English using the construction to be soins to:
Мои родители собираются провести уикенд на даче.
Моя тётя собирается шить новое платье.
Я собираюсь пойти в театр сегодня вечером.