Времена группы Progressive (Active)

Времена группы Progressive употребляются для выражения длительных, незаконченных действий в процессе их совершения в настоящем, прошедшем и будущем времени.

Времена группы Progressive (Active) образуются при помощи вспомогательного глагола to be в соответствующем времени, лице и числе и причастия настоящего времени Participle I смыслового глагола (так называемой 4-й формы глагола).

I am translating this text now. Я перевожу этот текст сейчас.

Was he translating this text at Он переводил этот текст в 9 часов

9 o’clock yesterday? вчера?

They will not be translating this Они не будут переводить этот текст

text at 9 o’clock tomorrow. в 9 часов завтра.

EXERCISES

Ex. 1. Read and translate the sentences.

1. Yesterday from 3 p.m. till 5 p.m. they were preparing for the seminar on the State

Structure of the UK. 2. After the report they were discussing the problem of criminality in our country. 3. This judge is preparing to hear a very serious case now. 4. Tomorrow at 9 o’clock we shall be making a very interesting experiment. 5. They were debating a new bill when somebody entered the room. 6. What were you doing at 8 p.m. yesterday? – Yesterday at 8 p.m. we were watching an evening session of the Congress. 7. Who is investigating this crime? – My friend is. 8. What will you be doing from 5 p.m. till 7 p.m. tomorrow? – Tomorrow from 5 p.m. till 7 p.m. we shall be taking our written test in English. 9. He is studying jurisprudence. 10. The old judge was talking about the origin of the institution of the jury.

Ex. 2. Read and translate the sentences. Make them: a) interrogative; b) negative.

Example: He is studying to become a lawyer.

Is he studying to become a lawyer?

He isn’t studying to become a lawyer.

1. She is reading a book on Business Law at present. 2. They are teaching at the University now. 3. They are looking for fingerprints on the second floor of the shop. 4. The police are looking for the suspect. 5. He was constantly talking. 6. I was examining the crime scene at five o’clock. 7. Last night at 6 p.m. I was eating dinner. 8. This time tomorrow I’ll be having a dinner party. 9. John will be working on the computer system for the next two weeks.

Ex. 3. Complete the sentences with the verbs in parentheses. Use the Simple Past, Simple Present, or Past Progressive.

(1) Once upon a time, a king and his three daughters (live) lived____ in a castle in a faraway land. One day while the king (think) was thinking about his daughters, he (have) had an idea. He (form) formed а plan for finding husbands for them.

(2) When it (come) came time for the three daughters to marry, the king (announce) announced his plan. He said, "I'm going to take three jewels to the fountain in the center of the village. The young men (meet) meet together there every day. The three young men who find the jewels will become my daughters' husbands."

(3)The next day, the king (choose) ________________ three jewels — an emerald, a ruby, and a diamond— and (take) ________________ them into the village. He (hold) _______________ them in his hand and (walk) _____________ among the young men. First he (drop) _______________ the emerald, then the ruby, and then the diamond. A handsome man (pick) _______________ up the emerald. Then a wealthy prince (spot) _______________ the ruby and (bend) _____________ down to pick it up. The king (be) _______________ very pleased.

(4) But then a frog (hop) _____________ toward the diamond and (pick) _____________ it up. The frog (bring) ___________________ the diamond to the king and said, "I (be) ________________ the Frog Prince. I (claim) ______________ your third daughter as my wife."

(5) When the king (tell) _____________________ Tina, his third daughter, about the Frog Prince, she (refuse) _______________ to marry him. When the people of the land (hear) ________________ the news about the frog and the princess, they (laugh) _________________ and (laugh) ______________________ . "Have you heard the news?" the people (say) ________________ to each other. "Princess Tina is going to marry a frog!"

(6) Tina (feel) __________________ terrible. She said, "I (be) ____________ the unluckiest person in the world." She (fall) __________________ to the floor and (sob) _________________. No one (love) _____________________ her, she (believe) ____________________. Her father (understand, not) _________________ her. She (hide) _________________ from her friends and (keep) ________________ her pain in her heart. Every day, she (grow) ________________ sadder and sadder. Her two sisters (have) ________________ grand weddings. Their wedding bells (ring) _____________________ with joy across the land.

(7) Eventually, Tina (leave) ___________________ the castle. She (run) ________________ away from her family and (go) _________________ to live in the woods by herself. She (eat) _________________ simple food, (drink) ______________________ water from the lake, (cut) ___________________ her own firewood, (wash) _____________________ her own clothes, (sweep) _____________ the floor herself, (make) _________________ her own bed, and (take) __________________ care of all her own needs. But she (be) _____________ very lonely and unhappy.

(8) One day Tina (go) __________________ swimming. The water (be) ____________ deep and cold. Tina (swim) _______________ for a long time and (become) _______________ very tired. While she (swim) __________________ back toward the shore, she (lose) ________________ the desire to live. She (quit) ________________ trying to swim to safety. She (drown) _____________________ when the frog suddenly (appear) ____________________ and with all his strength (push) _________________ Tina to the shore. He (save) _____________ her life.

(9) "Why (save, you) ______________________ my life, Frog?"

"Because you (be) ___________________ very young and you (have) ______________ a lot to live for."

"No, I (do, not) _______________, " said the princess. "I (be) _____________ the most miserable person in the whole universe."

(10) "Let's talk about it," (say) ____________________ the frog. And they (begin) _________________ to talk. Tina and the Frog Prince (sit) ______________ together for hours and hours. Frog (listen) ______________________ and (understand) ___________________. He (tell) _______________ her about himself and his own unhappiness and loneliness. . They (share) ____________________ their minds and hearts. Day after day, they (spend) _______________________. hours with each other. They (talk) ______________ (laugh) _____________, (play) _________________ and (work) _________________ together.

(11) One day while they (sit) ________________ near the lake, Tina (bend) __________________ down and, with great affection, (kiss) ______________the frog on his forehead. Poof! Suddenly the frog (turn) ________________ into a man! He (take) ______________ Tina in his arms, and said, "You (save) ______________ me with your kiss. Outside, I (look) __________________ like a frog, but you (see) _________________ inside and (find) __________________ the real me. Now I (be) __________________ free. An evil wizard had turned me into a frog until I found the love of a woman with a truly good heart." When Tina (see) ______________ through outside appearances, she (find) ______________ true love.

(12) Tina and the prince (return) _______________ to the castle and (get) ________________ married. Her two sisters, she discovered, (be) _______________ very unhappy. The handsome husband (ignore) _________________ his wife and (talk not) ________________ to her. The wealthy husband (make) ______________ fun of his wife and (give) _________________ her orders all the time. But Tina and her Frog Prince (live) __________________ happily ever after.