Talking points

1. Read, learn and act.

-Hello, I haven’t seen you for ages. Where have you been?

-I have been to the Crimea. I had a good time at the seaside. The weather was beautiful, so I spent a lot of time swimming, sunburning. What about you?

-I spent the time in the country helping my grandparents about the house. And sometimes my friends and I went to the forest to gather berries and mushrooms. We were walking along the fields enjoying the fresh air and the beauty of the landscape.

-Surely, your grandparents were very glad to see you.

-Of course, they always wait for me. Where are you going now?

-I am going shopping now. Will you join me?

-With pleasure.

2.Make up your own dialogues about your holidays.

UNIT 2

Grammar: Continuous (Progressive) Tenses Active Topic: Travelling by Train Reading: Text. Mistaken Identity Talking Points

Grammar continuous tenses

I. The Use of Continuous Tenses.

• The Present Continuous is used to express:

1. an action going on at the present moment, at the time of speaking;

e.g. Why are you crying? Чому ти плачеш?

2. an action in its progress going on at the present period of time not necessarily at the time of speaking;

e.g. I’m studying at the University. Я вчуся в університеті.

3. a continuous action going on at the same time with another action referring to the present time;

e.g. I’m only happy when I’m Я щасливий лише тоді,

working. коли працюю.

4. a planned future action mostly with verbs denoting motion.

e.g. We are flying to Paris Вранці ми вилітаємо до

in the morning. Парижа.

• The Past Continuous is used to express:

1. an action going on at a definite moment in the past;

e.g. He was working at his Він працював над

English at that time. aнглійською мовою в

той час.

2. an action in its progress going on at a definite period of time in the past;

e.g. In the spring of the year Навесні 1881 року він 1881 he was visiting his old гостював у свого

school-fellow. старого шкільного друга.

3. in object clauses after the verb of the principal clause in the past tense

e.g. She said she was coming Вона сказала, що

to see you after supper. прийде до вас після вечері.

• The Future Continuous is used to express:

an action going on at a definite moment or during a definite period of time in the future.

e.g. We’ll be playing all morning. Ми будемо гратися весь

ранок.

II. The Formation of Continuous Tenses.

The Continuous Tenses are formed by means of the auxiliary verb to be in the Present, Past or Future Indefinite Tense and Present Participle of the main verb.

Present		Past	Future
now, at the moment	at …o’clock, from …to/till …, the whole evening, when …, while …
+ / -
I am/am not Ving We are/aren’t Ving He/she/it is/isn’t Ving You/they are/aren’t Ving		was/wasn’t Ving were/weren’t Ving was/wasn’t Ving were/weren’t Ving	will (shall) be/won’t (shan’t) be Ving
			will be/won’t be Ving
?
Am I Ving Are we, you, they Ving Is he, she, it Ving		Was I, he, she, it Ving Were we, you, they Ving	Will(Shall) I,we be Ving Will he, she, it you, they be Ving