4 Speaking Ask and answer.
(television, plane ,electric ,light,
car,
camera)
Johann Zahn
1685
Thomas Edison
1879
Karl Benz
1885
The Wright brothers
1903
John Logie Baird
1925
who was the camera invented by?
When was it invented?
It was invented by Johann Zahn.
It was invented in 1685.
1. He isn’t watching / doesn’t watch a match now. He is in the library.
2. Paddy often watches / is often watching football matches with his friends.
3. Do you work / Are you working or I can come in?
4. My English is getting / gets a lot better.
5. He usually stays / is staying in his flat in London, but he is staying / stays with his parents at the moment.
6. I spend / am spending more time with my girlfriend these days.
7. We don’t write/ aren’t writing to each other very often.
We use simple and progressive tenses with action verbs.
The meaning of the verb doesn’t change.
I often eat fruit.→ I’m eating an apple now.
I go home at lunchtime. .→I’m going home now.
Мы можем использовать только простые (неопределенные) времена глаголов, не обозначающих действия (e.g. believe, belong, hate, know, like, love, need, prefer, see, understand).
I want to be alone.
Yes, I remember now.
know realize understand recognize
believe feel suppose think*
imagine doubt remember forget
want need prefer mean
love like appreciate hate
dislike fear envy mind
care
possess have* own belong
taste* smell* hear feel*
see*
seem look* appear* cost
owe weigh* be* exist
consist of contain include
Глаголы, отмеченные звездочкой, могут также использоваться в длительных временах, но с другим значением, как в следующих предложениях:
Nonprogressive Progressive
I think he is a kind man. I am thinking
about this grammar.
He has a car. I am having
trouble.
This food tastes good. The chef is tasting
a sauce.
These flowers smell good. Don is smelling
the roses.
I ___(had been) to England before on summer camps when I (was) a teenager but I (had not ever visited) Nottingham before.
The city is nice but quite small but it's really nice here and the Business School is really beautiful. The buildings look very unusual – in fact two of them look like space ships that (landed) from Mars!
I (had) my first lecture in risk management three weeks ago – what a nightmare! Until then I (had always thought) my English and my maths skills were really good but it turns out I was completely wrong! I've been working in the library until late at night almost every night – me, your Jessica, who used to be the life of the party is actually studying really hard!
How is your new life in Barcelona? When_did__ you (move) there? Last week?