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PRACTICE 7

PRACTICE 7 move : _____________ live : ______________ worry : _______________
Write the “-ing” forms of the verbs.

carry : _____________
shop : _______________
put : ______________

: _____________
skip
: _______________
rescue : _____________ dye : ______________ skate : _______________
knit : ______________
ski

explore : _____________ fly : ______________ bite : _______________

TIME EXPRESSIONS USED IN PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
now
right now
just now
at present
at the moment
these days
for the time being
nowadays
still

USE OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

• Konuşma anında devam eden eylemler

People are waiting at the bus stop now.
Look out! The train is coming!
Don’t disturb him. He is working on an important project at the moment.

• Geçici olarak yapılan eylemler
The students are working for their final exams nowadays.
Environmentalists are looking for some solutions for global warming.
My computer doesn’t work, so I’m using my sister’s to finish my thesis.
She is a student, but she is working as a receptionist this summer.

• Değişmekte olan durum ve olaylar

The world is getting more and more polluted.
As Murat’s grades are getting worse, his parents are becoming more and more worried.

• Yapılması planlanmış, ayarlanmış eylemler

They are flying to New York tomorrow morning.
The writer is giving a conference next Saturday.

• “Listen!”, “Look!”, “Watch out!” ünlemlerinden sonra kurulan cümlelerde

Listen! Somebody is crying.

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