Present continuous 2 Find the present continuous form of verbs 1-6
in the text on page 34. Then read the spelling
rules and match the verbs to spelling rules 13
Which verb doesn't match any rule
1 become 3 hunt 5 run
2 die
4 change 6 read
SPELLING RULES
1 Most verbs → +-ing:
meet-meeting: play-playing
2 Verbs ending in -e → remove-e-ing
have - having write-writing
3 Verbs ending in a vowel + consonant
→ double final consonant+ -ing
swim - swimming: stop-stopping

1. Who are you waiting for? - I'm waiting for a friend, - You have been waiting for it? - Yeah, I'm waiting for him for about half an hour. 2. What do you translate? - I translate economic article. - How long do you translate it? - I translate it for an hour. 3. I translate five or six articles a week. 4. Where is my magazine? - He's lying on your desk. 5. Your book is here for several days. Take it, 6. We know each other very well. 7. We've known each other ever since I arrived in Moscow. 8. Mr. Ivanov, director of our factory. He plants Director 1990. 9. My brother lives in Kiev. - Since when did he live there? - He / living there since 1945

1. When I came to the party all guests were dancing. - Past Continuous Active
2. I will be learning English the whole day tomorrow. -  Future Continuous Active - I am having my exams soon.
3. When we arrived the concert has already begun. - Present Perfect Active
4. I asked him what countries he had visited. - Past Perfect Active
5. The children had been skating in the park for two hours before they went to the cinema. - Past Perfect Continuous
6. I’ll Come at six o’clock. – Good, I will be waiting for you. - Future Continuous

1. Когда я пришла на вечеринку гости танцевали.
2. Я буду учить английский весь день завтра. У меня скоро экзамены.
3. Когда мы приехали, концерт уже начался.
4. Я спросил его, какие страны он посетил.
5. Дети катались в парке уже два часа, прежде чем они пошли в кино.
6. Я приду в шесть часов. - Хорошо, я буду ждать вас.