Урок 1: Время глагола Present Continuous

1. Read the text.

The Smiths

It is Sun­day. It is nine o’clock in the morn­ing. The Smiths are at home. Mr. Andrew Smith is a British diplo­mat. His wife Lau­ra is a French teacher. Their son Michael is a stu­dent. Their daugh­ter Alice is a schoolgirl.

The Smiths are sit­ting at the table. They are hav­ing break­fast. Mr. Smith and Michael are hav­ing bacon and eggs, toast, but­ter, jam and tea. Mrs. Smith and Alice are hav­ing orange juice, toast, jam and cof­fee. Mr. Smith is ask­ing Michael and Alice about their stud­ies. Alice and Michael are answer­ing his questions.

After break­fast they are going to vis­it the Browns. Alice is going to show her new lit­tle dog to her friend Jill Brown. The Smiths and the Browns are going to have dinner.

It is evening. The Browns and the Smiths are sit­ting at the table. They are hav­ing din­ner. They are dis­cussing their plans on the week. After din­ner they are hav­ing a rest. The adults are dis­cussing dif­fer­ent things. Michael is play­ing the piano. Alice and Jill are play­ing with Alice’s lit­tle dog.

Vocab­u­lary:

Diplo­mat — дипломат
school­girl — школьница
to have break­fast — завтракать
bacon — бекон
study — учеба
to have din­ner — ужинать
to have a rest — отдыхать
adult – взрослый

2. Make up sen­tences with the vocab­u­lary words.
3. Answer the questions.

What time is it?
Is Mr. Smith a British diplo­mat or a British businessman?
What is his wife?
What is their son Michael?
Is Alice a stu­dent or a schoolgirl?
Are the Smiths sit­ting at the table?
What are they doing?
What are they doing to do after breakfast?
What is Alice going to do?
What are the Browns and the Smiths discussing?
What is Michael doing?
What are Jill and Alice doing?

4. Trans­late the word-com­bi­na­tions from the text:

Его жена Лора – учитель французского. Семья Смит сидит за столом. Мистер Смит расспрашивает Майкла и Алису об их учебе. Семья Смит и семья Браун собираются ужинать. Вечер. После ужина они отдыхают. Майкл играет на пианино.

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Present Con­tin­u­ous (Pro­gres­sive) Tense:

I am working

You are working

He, she, it is working

We are working

They are working

 Now

At the moment

In this moment

Actu­al­ly

Con­struc­tion “To be going to + verb” – собираться сделать что-либо:

• Are you going to watch TV tonight?
• No, I’m not. I am going to write some let­ters to my friends.
• What are you going to do after that?
• Oh, I’m going to go to bed.

5. Com­plete this dialogue:

• Hel­lo, Tim! What are you going to do this evening?
• …
• And what is your sis­ter going to do?
• …
• Then what are you and your sis­ter going to do on Sunday?
• …

6. Make up 5 sen­tences using “To be going to + verb”

7. Write ques­tions for the sentence:

Alice and Michael are answer­ing his questions.

8. Open the brack­ets using Present Continuous:

Peter and Ben (to play) chess now.
Nick is at home; he (to watch) TV.
Ben (to show) me his new pic­ture now.
What is Alice (to do) now? She is (to write) a let­ter to her friend Kate.
The stu­dents (to read) the new text now.
Where is Mr. Brown? He (to speak) with Mr. Smith at the moment.
Jane is busy. Actu­al­ly she (to trans­late) a text.

9. Trans­late these sen­tences into English:

Что ты делаешь? Я пишу статью для журнала (сейчас). Что ты собираешься делать сегодня вечером? Сегодня вечером я занят; я собираюсь проведать свою бабушку. Что вы делаете в данный момент? Мы переводим новый текст. Дети смотрят мультфильм (сейчас). Мои родители ужинают.  Папа пьет чай с печеньем, а мама пьет сок с бутербродом.

10. Answer the ques­tions using the example:

Is Alex read­ing a book? (to watch TV)
No, he isn’t. He is watch­ing TV.

Is he open­ing the door? (to close the door)
Is Jane ask­ing ques­tions? (to answer questions)
Is she read­ing the text? (to trans­late the text)
Are Jim and Kate play­ing chess? (to watch TV)
Is Arthur show­ing his new books to Helen? (to explain the new books)
Are they read­ing the new text? (to trans­late the new text)