Affirmative

II. The use of the Present Continuous.

Affirmative Interrogative Negative

VIII. The use of the Future Indefinite in the Past.

The Future Indefinite in the Past denotes an action which was future from the point of view of the past.

I was sure he would agree with me.

THE CONTINUOUS FORM

The Continuous form denotes an action in progress at the pres­ent moment or at a given moment in the past or future. It is formed by means of the auxiliary verb to be in the required tense and Participle I of the notional verb.

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I. The formation of the Present Continuous.

1. The Present Continuous is formed by means of the Present Indefinite of the auxiliary verb to be and Participle I of the no­tional verb. In the interrogative form the auxiliary verb is placed before the subject.

2. In the negative form the negative particle not is placed after the auxiliary verb.

I am reading Am I reading? I am not reading

He is reading Is he reading? He is not reading

She is reading Is she reading? She is not reading

We are reading Are we reading? We are not reading

You are reading Are you reading? You are not reading

They are reading Are they reading? They are not reading

3.The contracted affirmative forms are:

I'm reading. She's reading. We're reading.

The contracted negative forms are:

She isn't reading We aren't reading

The Present Continuous is used to denote an action going on at the present moment. It should be borne in mind that the term 'present moment' is not limited to the actual moment of speaking. The Present Continuous is used when in Russian we can say сейчас (теперь), which refers not only to the moment of speaking, but has a wider meaning.

The Present Continuous is used to express a continual pro­cess. In this case the adverbs always, constantly, ever are used.

The earth is always moving. The sun is ever shining

The Present Continuous is used to express an action thought of as a continual process (with the adverbs always, ever, constantly). The action is represented as going on without any interval.

She is always grumbling.

THE PAST CONTINUOUS

III. The formation of the Past Continuous.

1. The Past Continuous is formed by means of the Past Indefi­nite of the auxiliary verb to be and Participle I of the notional verb.

2. In the interrogative form the auxiliary verb is placed before the subject.

3. In the negative form thenegative particle not is placed after the auxiliary verb.

I was reading

He was reading

She was reading

We were reading

You were reading

They were reading

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