Exercise 3.Make the following sentences negative.

Unit 3

FILM MAJORS

GRAMMAR

Present Continuous

Present Continuous обозначает действие, которое происходит:

1. в момент речи. Оно началось когда-то раньше и ещё не закончилось.

Напр.: Sh-sh-sh! The baby is sleeping. What language is he speaking?

2. в данный период, временно. Напр.: We’reonholidays. We ’re having a good time. Peter is ill. He isn’t working this week.

PresentContinuous может передавать раздражение, особенно со словом always или continually. Напр.: He ’s always boast ing.

Утвердительные предложения	I am playing (I’m)	we are playing (we’re)
you are playing(you’re)	you are playing(you’re)
he is playing (he’s)	they areplaying (they’re)
Отрицательные предложения	I am notplaying (I’m not)	we are notplaying (we aren’t)
youare notplaying(you aren’t)	youare notplaying(you aren’t)
it is playing (it’s)	they are notplaying (they aren’t)
Вопросительные предложения	am I playing?	Arewe playing?
Areyou playing?	Areyou playing?
(where) isshe playing?	(who) arethey playing(with)?
Ключевые слова, которые указывают на употребление PresentContinuous	now, right now, today, at present, at the moment, still, Look!, Listen!

 

Exercise 1. Listen and enjoy!

Lemon Tree
original lyrics by “Fool’s Garden”, and Peter Freudenthaler and Volker Hinkel

 

I’m sitting here in the boring room It’s just another rainy Sunday afternoon I’m wasting my time, I got nothing to do I’m hanging around, I’m waiting for you But nothing ever happens And I wonder I’m driving around in my car I’m driving too fast, I’m driving too far I’d like to change my point of view I feel so lonely, I’m waiting for you But nothing ever happens And I wonder I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree I’m turning my head up and down I’m turning, turning, turning, Turning, turning around And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree I’m sitting here, I miss the power I’d like to go out, taking a shower But there’s a heavy cloud inside my head I feel so tired, put myself into bed Where nothing ever happens And I wonder

Isolation is not good for me Isolation, I don’t want to sit on a lemon tree I’m stepping around in a desert of joy Maybe anyhow I’ll get another toy And everything will happen And you’ll wonder I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see Is just another lemon tree I’m turning my head up and down Turning, turning, turning, Turning, turning around And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree And I wonder, wonder, I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see And all that I can see And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree

Exercise 2. Put the verbs in Present Continuous.

1. They (to eat) sushi now.

2. It (to rain) today.

3. I (to wait) for my parents.

4. John (to play) with his friends outside. They (to play) football.

5. He says that his sister (to read) a very interesting book about French film directors.

6. I (to do) my homework, so please call me back later.

7. My father (to talk) to his business partner now. They (to discuss) some very important

issues. They (to do) a very interesting project.

8. The producer (to try) to raise more money for the film.

9. Monica (to make) a film about wild animals.

10. Today Julie (wears) a very nice dress.

11. The children (not talking). They (to listen) to the teacher.

12. Jack and Mary (to drink) soda now.

13. The whole family (to watch) TV in the living room.

14. Her mother (to cook) dinner.

15. I don’t know what my brother (to do) now. Perhaps he (to sleep).

Exercise 3.Make the following sentences negative.

1. I am talking to you.
2. Simon is talking to a famous film director.
3. My brother and I are planning to launch a new project.
4. Robert and Patrick are discussing his new script now.
5. He is wearing a nice pullover.
6. We are developing a new shooting script now.
7. Daniel is writing a novel.
8. My sister is reading a film review.
9. I am enjoying the picnic.
10. They are watching a documentary film.
11. She is waiting for the letter.
12. Bart is taking driving lessons now. His father is going to buy him a new car.
13. He is helping me with my homework.
14. My wife is cleaning now and I am reading a newspaper.
15. It is snowing.

Exercise 4. True, false or not stated?

This is a picture of my family taken on a Sunday afternoon. My father is sitting in his favorite armchair. He is reading a newspaper. Our cat is sleeping on his lap. My mother is sitting on the sofa. She is talking over the phone. I think she is talking to her sister. My brother and sister are watching TV. They are watching a football game. Our grandfather and grandmother are playing cards. I know that my grandfather plays cards very well but today he is losing. The whole family is having a great time.

1. My father is sitting on a sofa.
2. My father is reading a magazine.
3. My father likes the newspaper that he is reading.
4. Our cat is sleeping on his lap.
5. My mother is cooking lunch.
6. My mother is making lasagna.
7. My mother is talking over Skype to her brother.
8. My mother is talking to my aunt.
9. My aunt is coming to see us next Friday.
10. My brother and sister are watching a sport on TV.
11. My grandparents are playing tic-tac-toe.
12. My grandparents are playing poker.
13. My grandfather is winning the game.
14. The whole family in the picture is having fun.
15. The whole family is going to Spain next summer.