一、现在进行时的构成
现在进行时由be(am,is,are)+现在分词构成。现在分词构成规则如下表:
动词情况 | 规则 | 现在分词 |
一般动词 | -ing | work--working |
go-going |
动词以不发音的e结尾时 | 去-e再加-ing | have-having |
take-taking |
以重读闭音节结尾的动词 | 先双写辅音,再加-ing | plan-planning |
stop-stopping |
现将行为动词(以work为例)的现在进行时的肯定式,否定式和疑问式的构成列表如下:
动词 | 肯定式 | 否定式 |
work | I am working | I am not working. |
He/She/It is working. | He/She/It isn't working. |
We/You/They are working. | We/You/They aren't working. |
| | |
动词 | 疑问式 | 简答 |
work | Am I working? | Yes,I am.(No.I am not.) |
Is he/she/it working? | Yes,he/she/it is.(no,he/she/it isn't.) |
Are we/you/they working? | Yes,we/ you/ they are.(No,we/yow/they aren't.) |
二、现在进行时的用法
1.基本用法
①表示说话时正在进行的动作,有时与now等时间状语一起使用。如:
We are having an English lesson now.
我们正在上英语课。
I am waiting for my friend.
我正在等我的朋友。
②表示现阶段正在进行的动作,常与表示一段时间的状语一起使用。如:
They are planting trees these days.
这几天他们在种树。
What are you doing here in Beijing?
你在北京干什么?
2.特殊用法:
①某些动词(如go,come,begin,start,leave,arrive,return等)可用现在进行时来代替一般将来时,表示一个计划中将要发生的动作。如:
He is leaving for Nanjing this evening.
他今晚动身去南京。
A foreign professor is giving us a lecture this afternoon.
一个外国教授今天下午给我们做一个讲座。
②某些表示知觉、感觉、愿望、看法、认识、感情和状态的动词,不用进行时。如:
have,be,hear,see,like,love,die等。
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