O’zbekiston respublikasi oliy va o’rta maxsus ta’lim vazirligi guliston davlat universiteti hamdamov U. E ingliz tili fanidan o’quv-uslubiy majmua Guliston -2017 Annotation

(a) Tom is sleeping right now.
It is now 11:00. Tom went to sleep at 10:00 tonight, and he is still asleep. His sleep began in the past, is in progress at the present time, and probably will continue.

PAST PROGRESSIVE

(b) Tom was sleeping when I arrived.
Tom went to sleep at 10:00 last night. I arrived at 11:00. He was still asleep. His sleep began before and was in progress at a particular time in the past. It continued after I arrived.

FUTURE PROGRESSIVE

(c) Tom will be sleeping when we arrive.
Tom will go to sleep at 10:00 tomorrow night. We will arrive at 11:00. The action of sleeping will begin before we arrive, and it will be in progress at a particular time in the future. Probably his sleep will continue.


Continuous + perfect
If we combine the continuous and perfect tenses, we get:
Present Perfect Continuous ("I have been choosing")
Past Perfect Continuous ("I had been choosing")
Future Perfect Continuous ("I will have been choosing")


Activity 1
Answer the questions.
1. What are you doing right now? What are your classmates doing right now? What is
happening outside the classroom right now?
2. Where were you at two o’clock this morning? What were you doing?
3. Where will you be at two o’clock tomorrow morning? What will you be doing?


Activity 2
Write the sentences with the verbs in the present continuous.

1 John and I . .are staying.. in a beautiful hotel, (stay)

2 Annie and Joe .are. making. a cake for tea. (make)
3 Spencer................................ at home today, (work)
4 I ................................for a letter from my parents, (wait)
5 You ................................too fast, (walk)
6 We ................................our next holiday, (plan)
7 The girls ................................their grandmother today, (visit)
8 She ................................ in her bedroom at the moment, (read)
9 I ................................to listen to the radio but it’s very noisy in here, (try)
10 The sun ................................beautifully today, (shine)