现在进行时: 用来表示现在正在进行的动作或行为。
现在进行时的构成
现在进行时的用法
1. 表示说话时正在进行的动作或状态 。
Don't disturb Dad. He is working on a report.
不要打扰爸爸,他正在写报告。
Why are you crying ? Is something wrong?
你为什么哭?出了什么事吗?
★常与以下时间状语连用:
now , right now , at this moment , at present 等。
2. 表示正在从事一件时间比较长的工作,虽然说话时动作不一定正在进行,但本段时间内一直在从事这件工作 。
I am learning to play the piano this year. 今年我在学弹钢琴。
I am taking up four courses this semester. 这个学期我选修四门课程。
★常与以下时间状语连用:
these days,this month,this term 等。
3. 表示特定的感情色彩,表达说话者对出乎意料的习惯性的事情赞扬、同情、不满、好奇等感情,或对某一心理的生动描述 。
Why are you always coming late for class? You are close to being suspended. 你怎么上学总是迟到?你快要被开除了。(批评)
I am always meeting her on campus. 我总是在校园里遇到她。
★常与以下时间状语连用:
always,constantly,continually,usually,forever 等。
4. 进行时用于瞬间动词,往往表示“即将”,或表示按计划安排好的、不能更改的将要进行的动作,常与表示将来时间的状语连用 。
We are leaving early tomorrow morning. 我们明天一大早就出发。
Let's hurry up. It is beginning to rain. 我们要快点,马上就要下雨了。
★这类动词常见的有:
come,go,leave,start,begin,stop,arrive,return 等。
5. 已经和他人约定或安排好的最近的将来 。
Are you doing anything tomorrow afternoon?明天下午你有什么事吗?
We're getting married on April 10 this year. 我们今年4月10日要结婚了。
要点拓展
1. 不用进行时的动词 。
①表示人物内心感觉、态度、情感等的描述性的动词。
love,like,hate,know,understand,forget,remember,believe,think,want,mind,wish,need,agree等。
People are loving peace and hating wars.(×)
People love peace and hate wars.(√)
人们热爱和平,痛恨战争。
We are needing your help.(×)
We need your help.(√)
我们需要你的帮助。
★有个别动词在表达一时的心理活动等特殊意义时,也可用进行时。
I am wanting you to come here on time.
我很想让你按时来到这里。(表示说话者强烈的愿望)
I 'm hating the picture very much. 我太不喜欢这张照片了。(一时的心理活动)
②表示存在状态的动词。
have(有),own,possess,seem,belong to,have on等。
We are having a spacious study,which provides a good environment for studying.(×)
We have a spacious study,which provides a good environment for studying.(√)
我们有一个宽敞的书房,这为学习提供了良好的环境。
Mum is seeming to be ill and we should call in a doctor.(×)
Mum seems to be ill and we should call in a doctor.(√)
妈妈似乎病了,我们得去叫医生来。
★ have表示除了“有”以外的意义时可用进行时。
They are now having an annual meeting. 他们正在开年会。
③表示感觉的感官动词。
see,hear,feel,smell,sound,taste,notice等。
Are you hearing me at the back?(×)
Can you hear me at the back?(√)
你在后面能听见我说话吗?
④瞬间动词和系动词。
accept,receive,complete,finish,give,allow,decide,refuse seem,remain,lie,see,hear,smell,feel,taste,get,become,turn等。
2. 有时瞬间动词和系动词也可用进行时 。
①表示动作的反复。
The little girl is blinking at me. 这个小姑娘不停地向我眨眼睛。
Having had a bad cold,I am coughing day and night.
由于得了重感冒,我日夜咳嗽。
②表示马上就要发生的动作或行为。
The report is ending . Just be patient. 报告快要结束了,耐心点。
The prices for vegetables are going up toward the end of the year.
临近年末,蔬菜价格要涨了。
Christmas is coming. 圣诞节就要来了。
专项训练
1. Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology__________so rapidly.
A. is changing
B. has changed
C. will have changed
D. will change
答案 : A 表示“改变”这个动作持续的状态。
2. Women prefer to think and then speak,while men like to speak as they__________。
A. think
B. have thought
C. thought
D. are thinking
答案 : D 表示“一边说话一边想”,即think这个动作正在进行。
3. — Are you still busy?
— Yes,I__________my work,and it won't take long.
A. just finish
B. am just finishing
C. have just finished
D. am just going to finish
答案 : B 表示马上就要出现的动作。
4. He is such a man who(as)is always__________fault with other people.
A. putting
B. seeking
C. finding
D. looking for
答案 : B 表示某种感情色彩,意为“他总是对别人吹毛求疵”。
5. Listen to the two girls by the window. What language__________?
A. did they speak
B. were they speaking
C. are they speaking
D. have they been speaking
答案 : C 表示正在发生的动作。
6. — What's that terrible noise?
— The neighbors__________for a party.
A. have prepared
B. are preparing
C. prepare
D. will prepare
答案 : B 同上。
7. I can guess you were in a hurry. You__________your sweater inside out.
A. had worn
B. wore
C. were wearing
D. are wearing
答案 : D 表示现在wear的状态。
8. They won't buy new clothes because they__________money to buy a color TV set.
A. save
B. are saving
C. has saved
D. were saving
答案 : B 表示最近一个阶段正在从事的比较长时间的动作。
9. I don't like Aunt Lucy,who__________without warning and bringing us presents.
A. always turned up
B. has always turned up
C. is always turning up
D. was always turned up
答案 : C 表示说话者的感情色彩,解释为“总是……”。
10. Since I won the big prize,my telephone hasn't stopped ringing. People__________to ask how I am going to spend the money.
A. phone
B. will phone
C. were phoning
D. are phoning
答案 : D 表示最近一段时间内持续发生的动作。
11. — I don't suppose the police know who did it.
— Well,surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and__________now.
A. has been questioned
B. is being questioned
C. is questioning
D. has questioned
答案 : B now明显是现在进行时的时间状语。
12. While Tom__________,his sister is writing.
A. reads
B. has read
C. has been reading
D. is reading
答案 : D 表示一个动作发生的时候,另外一个动作正在进行。
13. The fifth underground railway__________。
A. is now constructing
B. is constructed now
C. is now being constructed
D. has now been constructing
答案 : C 表示现在正在进行的动作。
14. I__________the neighbor's cat this week while she's in hospital.
A. am feeding
B. feed
C. would feed
D. was to feed
答案 : C 表示目前阶段保持的状态。
15. If you climb mountains in such bad weather,you__________troubles.
A. ask for
B. have asked for
C. will ask for
D. are asking for
答案 : D 表示必定会发生的事情,难以改变。
16. Rain forests__________and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the near future.
A. but
B. are cut
C. are being cut
D. had been cut
答案 : C 表示目前很长一个阶段的状态。
17. I can see the leaders. The three front runners__________the corner into the stadium complex now.
A. have turned
B. will turn
C. are turning
D. were turning
答案 : C 表示马上就要发生的动作。
18. That son of your aunt's__________noises!What a nuisance!
A. always makes
B. will always makes
C. always made
D. is always making
答案 : D 表示厌恶的情绪。
19. She__________in the Waldorf on his visit to New York,isn't she?
A. would stay
B. has stayed
C. stayed
D. is staying
答案 : D 反意疑问句中的is决定了答案是D。
20. Don't take his remarks too seriously. He's so upset that I don't think he really knows what__________。
A. he said
B. he'd said
C. he's saying
D. he says
答案 : C 表示现在正在发生的动作。