Present Continuous / Past Continuous

Present Continuous

"Die Verlaufsform"

Wenn du beschreiben möchtest, was jemand gerade tut oder was gerade in diesem Augenblick passiert, musst du im Englischen die sogenannte continuous Form des Verbs verwenden. Diese setzt sich zusammen aus am/are/is und der -ing Form des Verbs.

I am writing a letter now. (Jetzt gerade)

I am working.
You are writing.
He is singing.
She is running.
It is eating a bone.
We are jumping.
You are playing.
They are swimming.

Signalwörter zeigen die Verwendung der present continuous Form an:

now (jetzt)
at the moment (im Moment)
at present (derzeit)
still noch (immer)
just (gerade)
Look! (Schau!)
Listen! (Horch!)
Shh! (Pst!)
Be quiet! (Sei ruhig!)

Das musst du dir noch merken:

1) Stummes "e" entfällt vor -ing Form:
come - coming
write - writing
dance - dancing
ride- riding

2) Der Konsonant nach kurzen Vokalen wird verdoppelt:

cut - cutting
hop - hopping
run - running
sit - sitting
swim - swimming
hit - hitting

3) "y" vor -ing Form bleibt erhalten:

buy - buying
fly - flying
cry - crying
pay - paying
play - playing

4) "ie" wird in "y" verwandelt:

lie - lying
die - dying

Beispiele:

What is Tom doing? He is writing a letter.

Listen, the boy is singing a song.

Sarah is having a shower at the moment.

Where are the children? They are playing in the garden.

Don't you hear it? The telephone is ringing.

We are having dinner now. Can you phone a bit later?

Repetition: Complete the sentences with am, is, are

Hi Tom,

We're in London for the weekend. I'm in my room. Joanne and Claire are with mum. They________ shopping in Oxford Street. Dad ______ not shopping. He ______ watching a football match on TV. And what _______ I doing? Guess! Yes, I _______ writing emails. And I ______surfing the Internet. Wait a moment. Now I _______looking out of the window. There are lots of people. They _______ all wearing very warm clothes. It ____cold here, and it ______raining. What's that? Now I can see a double-decker bus. Some people ______ doing a sightseeing tour. But they________ getting wet! Poor guys!

Past Continuous

Nun begeben wir uns in die Vergangenheit.

Du verwendest die Past continuous Form:

1) Wenn zu einem bestimmten, schon vergangenen Zeitpunkt eine Handlung gerade im Ablaufen war.

What were you doing yesterday at three o'clock?
On Friday between four and five I was having tea with my parents.

2) Für lang andauernde Handlungen in der Vergangenheit (past tense).

He was waiting for the train.
The baby was crying all afternoon.

Das Past continuous wird mit einer Form von to be (was, were) + Infinitiv + -ing gebildet.

Weitere Anwendungsmöglichkeiten dieser Zeitform lernst du zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt.

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