Learn Present Continuous Tense | English Grammar Course

Hi, everybody. I'm Esther.

大家好。我是埃丝特。

I'm so excited to be teaching you the present continuous tense in this video.

我很高兴能在这段视频中教您现在进行时。

This tense is used to describe: an action that's happening right now,

这种时态用于描述：现在正在发生的动作、

a longer action in progress , and something happening in the near future.

正在进行中的较长动作以及不久的将来发生的事情。

There's a lot to learn, but don't worry I'll guide you through it.

有很多东西需要学习，但别担心，我会指导你完成它。

Let's get started.

让我们开始吧。

The present continuous tense is used to talk about actions that are happening right now.

现在进行时用于谈论现在正在发生的动作。

For example,

例如，

‘I'm teaching English’ and ‘You are studying English.’

“我正在教英语”和“你正在学习英语”。

Let's take a look at some more examples.

让我们看一些更多的例子。

The first sentence says, ‘He is watching a movie’.

第一句话是“他正在看电影”。

We start with the subject and a ‘be’ verb.

我们从主语和“be”动词开始。

In this case, the subject is ‘he’.

在这种情况下，主语是“他”。

For ‘he’ / ‘she’ and ‘it’, we use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.

对于“他”/“她”和“它”，我们使用“be”动词“is”。

Then you'll notice I added an ‘-ing’ to the end of the verb ‘watch’.

然后你会注意到我在动词“watch”的末尾添加了“-ing”。

‘He is watching a movie.’

“他正在看电影。”

The next sentence says, ‘Tim is playing a computer game.’

下一句话是：“蒂姆正在玩电脑游戏。”

He's doing that right now.

他现在正在这样做。

Tim is a ‘he’, therefore, again we use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.

Tim 是一个“he”，因此，我们再次使用“be”动词“is”。

And again you'll notice I added ‘-ing’ to the end of the verb.

您会再次注意到我在动词末尾添加了“-ing”。

The next sentence says,

下一句话是：

‘The machine is making a noise.’

“机器发出噪音。”

Now pay attention to the subject, ‘the machine’.

现在请注意主题“机器”。

What is the proper pronoun?

正确的代词是什么？

The answer is ‘it’, therefore we use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.

答案是“it”，因此我们使用“be”动词“is”。

‘The machine is making a noise.’

“机器发出噪音。”

We can also say, ‘It is making a noise’. Or the contraction, ‘It's making a noise’.

我们也可以说，“它正在发出噪音”。或者缩写，“它正在发出噪音”。

And finally, ‘Tom and Ben are speaking English’.

最后，“汤姆和本正在说英语”。

In this case, you'll notice that we use the ‘be’ verb ‘are’.

在这种情况下，您会注意到我们使用“be”动词“are”。

Can you figure out why?

你能弄清楚为什么吗？

That's because Tom and Ben - the subject pronoun for these two is ‘they’.

那是因为汤姆和本——这两个人的主语代词是“他们”。

‘They are speaking English.’

“他们说英语。”

Let's move on to the next usage.

让我们继续下一个用法。

The present continuous tense is also used to describe a longer action in progress.

现在进行时也用于描述正在进行的较长动作。

Even though you might not be doing the action right now.

即使您现在可能没有执行该操作。

Let's take a look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

The first sentence says,

第一句话是：

‘I'm reading an interesting book these days.’

“这些天我正在读一本有趣的书。”

In this case, the subject is ‘I’, so the ‘be’ verb is ‘am’.

在这种情况下，主语是“I”，因此“be”动词是“am”。

In this example, we use the contraction ‘I'm’ by putting ‘I’ and ‘am’ together.

在此示例中，我们通过将“I”和“am”放在一起来使用缩写“I'm”。

Again, you'll notice there's an ‘-ing’ after the verb.

同样，您会注意到动词后面有一个“-ing”。

The next sentence says,

下一句话是：

‘You are studying to become an English teacher.’

“你正在学习成为一名英语老师。”

The subject here is ‘you’,

这里的主语是“you”，

therefore the ‘be’ verb is ‘are’.

因此“be”动词是“are”。

Next, ‘Steven is preparing for the IELTS exam.’

接下来，“史蒂文正在准备雅思考试。”

The subject here is ‘Steven’ which is a ‘he’,

这里的主语是“Steven”，它是“he”，

therefore we use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.

因此我们使用“be”动词“is”。

And finally, ‘John and June are working at a company.’

最后，“约翰和琼在一家公司工作。”

If you look at the subject ‘John and June’, the pronoun for that is ‘they’.

如果你看一下主题“约翰和琼”，它的代词是“他们”。

That's why we use the ‘be’ verb ‘are’.

这就是为什么我们使用“be”动词“are”。

‘They are working at a company.’

“他们在一家公司工作。”

Let's move on to the next usage.

让我们继续下一个用法。

The present continuous is also used to talk about near future plans.

现在进行时也用于谈论近期的计划。

Let's take a look.

让我们来看看。

‘She is meeting some friends tonight.’

“她今晚要见一些朋友。”

That's going to happen in the near future.

这将在不久的将来发生。

You'll notice that we have 'she', so the ‘be’ verb is ‘is’.

你会注意到我们有“她”，所以“be”动词是“is”。

And then we added an ‘-ing’ to the end of the verb ‘meet’.

然后我们在动词“meet”的末尾添加了“-ing”。

The next example says, ‘We are going on vacation in July.’

下一个例子说：“我们将在七月去度假。”

The subject here is ‘we’, therefore we use the ‘be’ verb ‘are’.

这里的主语是“我们”，因此我们使用“be”动词“are”。

We can also use a contraction and say, ‘We're going on vacation in July.’

我们还可以使用缩写形式说：“我们将在七月去度假。”

Again, another near future plan.

又是另一个不久的将来的计划。

The next example says,

下一个例子说：

‘David is learning to drive tomorrow.’

“大卫明天要学开车。”

‘tomorrow’ is the near future.

“明天”是不久的将来。

‘David’ is the subject.

“大卫”是主题。

‘David’ is a ‘he’, so we use ‘is’.

“大卫”是“他”，所以我们用“是”。

And lastly, ‘Vicki and I are teaching English next week.’

最后，“维姬和我下周要教英语。”

‘Vicky and I’… If we think about the subject pronoun is ‘we’.

“Vicky 和我”……如果我们考虑主语代词是“我们”。

That's why we used ‘are’. ‘We are teaching.’

这就是我们使用“are”的原因。 “我们正在教学。”

Let's move on.

让我们继续。

Now let's talk about the negative form of the present continuous tense.

现在我们来谈谈现在进行时的否定形式。

I have some examples here.

我这里有一些例子。

These two examples are for actions that are happening right now, or longer actions.

这两个示例适用于当前正在发生的操作或较长的操作。

These last two are for near future plans.

最后两个是近期的计划。

Let's take a look.

让我们来看看。

The first sentence says, ‘I am not having fun.’

第一句话是：“我没有乐趣。”

Now that's not true for me because I am having fun,

现在这对我来说不是真的，因为我很开心，

but in this example I am not having fun.

但在这个例子中我没有开心。

You'll notice that the word ‘not’ goes between the ‘be’ verb and the ‘verb -ing’.

您会注意到“not”一词位于“be”动词和“动词-ing”之间。

In the second example it says, ‘Jane isn't doing her homework.’

在第二个示例中，它显示“Jane 没有做作业。”

Here we use the contraction ‘isn't’ for ‘is not’,

这里我们使用缩写“isn't”来表示“is not”，

so just like the first sentence, we put ‘not’ between ‘is’ and ‘verb -ing’.

所以就像第一句话一样，我们将“not”放在“is”和“verb -ing”之间。

The next sentence says, ‘You're not seeing him tonight.’

下一句话是：“今晚你看不到他了。”

Here we have a contraction for ‘you are’.

这里我们有“you are”的缩写。

‘You're not seeing him tonight.’

“今晚你见不到他了。”

And finally, ‘We are not running tomorrow morning.’

最后，“我们明天早上不跑步。”

Here we have the subject ‘we’, therefore, we use the ‘be’ verb ‘are’.

这里我们有主语“我们”，因此，我们使用“be”动词“are”。

Don’t forget to add a ‘not’ after that to make it negative.

不要忘记在其后添加“不”以使其变得消极。

Let's move on.

让我们继续。

Now let's talk about how to form ‘be’ verb questions in the present continuous tense.

现在我们来谈谈如何构成现在进行时的“be”动词疑问句。

The first example here says,

这里的第一个例子是：

‘Is he waiting for you?’

“他在等你吗？”

or ‘Is he waiting for you?’

或“他在等你吗？”

We start with the ‘be’ verb.

我们从“be”动词开始。

Take a look at the subject though.

不过还是看一下主题吧。

The subject is ‘he’ and that's why we start with the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.

主语是“he”，这就是为什么我们以“be”动词“is”开头。

‘Is he waiting for you?’

“他在等你吗？”

You can answer, ‘Yes, he is.’ or ‘No he isn't.’

你可以回答：“是的，他是。”或“不，他不是。”

The second sentence says,

第二句话是：

‘Are you coming to class?’

“你来上课吗？”

The subject here is ‘you’ and that's why we start with ‘are’.

这里的主语是“你”，这就是为什么我们以“是”开头。

‘Are you coming to class?’

“你来上课吗？”

You can answer, ‘Yes I am.’ or ‘No, I'm not.’

你可以回答：“是的，我是。”或“不，我不是。”

The next question says, ‘Is he preparing to study in Canada?’

下一个问题是：“他准备去加拿大学习吗？”

The subject is ‘he’, and so we start with ‘is’.

主语是“他”，所以我们从“是”开始。

The answer can be, ‘Yes, he is.’ or it can also be ‘No, he isn't.’

答案可能是：“是的，他是。”或者也可以是“不，他不是。”

Finally the last question says, ‘Are they going out tonight?’

最后一个问题是：“他们今晚要出去吗？”

The subject here is ‘they’, and so we start with ‘are’.

这里的主语是“他们”，所以我们从“是”开始。

The answer can be ‘Yes, they are.’ or ‘No, they aren't.’

答案可能是“是的，他们是。”或“不，他们不是。”

Let's move on.

让我们继续。

Now let's talk about the WH question form for the present continuous tense.

现在我们来谈谈现在进行时的 WH 问题形式。

I have some examples here

我这里有一些例子

and you'll notice that we start with the WH questions:

，你会注意到我们从 WH 问题开始：

what, where, when, who, why, and how.

什么、哪里、何时、谁、为什么以及如何。

What comes after?

之后会发生什么？

You'll notice it's the ‘be’ verbs: ‘are’, ‘is’, and if the subject is ‘I’, ‘am’.

您会注意到它是“be”动词：“are”、“is”，如果主语是“I”，则“am”。

So after that you have the subject and then the verb -ing.

所以之后就有了主语，然后是动词 -ing。

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

我们看一下第一句话。

‘What are you doing?’

'你在干什么？'

I'm asking about right now.

我现在问的是

For example, ‘I'm teaching English.’

例如，“我正在教英语。”

‘Where are you going?’ ‘I'm going to the store.’

'你要去哪里？' '我正要去商店。'

‘When is it starting?’ ‘It's starting at 3.’

“什么时候开始？” “三点开始。”

I can be talking about a movie a show anything can be ‘it’.

我可以谈论一部电影或节目，任何东西都可以是“它”。

‘Who is she talking to?’ ‘She's talking to Bob.’

“她在跟谁说话？” “她正在和鲍勃说话。”

‘Why is she crying?’ ‘She's crying because she's sad.’

“她为什么哭？” “她哭是因为她很难过。”

And finally, ‘How is it going?’ ‘It's going well.’

最后，“进展如何？” '进行得顺利。'

Good job everyone! You just completed the lesson on the present continuous tense.

大家干得好！您刚刚完成了现在进行时的课程。

This tense is not easy, but you did a great job.

这种紧张并不容易，但你做得很好。

And keep watching to learn more.

并继续观看以了解更多信息。

I know English can be difficult but with practice and effort you will improve.

我知道英语可能很困难，但通过练习和努力，你会有所进步。

I promise.

我保证。

See you in the next video.

下一个视频见。