1. Lessons 7 - 8

2. Present Continuous Tense  Formation (1) Statement clause: Present Simple of to be + present participle (am, is, are + verb + ing) I am working now. She is waiting for me.

3. Present Continuous Tense  Formation (2) Questions are formed by inversion of the subject and verb to be. I am working now. Am I working now? Negative I am not working now.

4. Present Continuous Tense  Usage Action that happens at the moment of speaking or near the present moment. now, at the moment, these days

5. Present Continuous Tense  Auxilliary verb “to be” Singularplural 1I am beingWe are being 2You are being 3 He is beingThey are being She is being It is being

6. Past Continuous Tense  Formation (1) Statement clause: Past Simple of to be + present participle (was/were + verb + ing) I was working all day yesterday.

7. Past Continuous Tense Formation (2) Questions Inversion I was working all day yesterday. Was I working all day yesterday. Negative I was not working all day yesterday.

8. Past Continuous Tense Usage  Two actions in the past at the same time (while) They were playing while we were singing.  The action interrupted by another action in past tense (when) We were talking when he entered the room.  The action that lasted for some time in past. She was studying all day yesterday.

9. Past Continuous Tense  Auxilliary verb “to be” Singularplural 1I was beingWe were being 2You were being 3 He was beingThey were being She was being It was being

10. Adjectives  Adjectives are words used for closer definition of the noun/nouns.  They show the presence of a certain feature and usually stand in front of a noun. She is a smart lady. They are responsible persons.  If there is more than one adjective in front of a noun, they are not linked with and. I saw a big bad grey wolf in the wood. Colour adjectives usually come at the end.

11. Adjectives (2)  Adjectives can also stand after certain verbs: be, become, seem, feel, look (=seem), get She seems nervous. I am getting tired. We are late.  If there is more than one adjective after these werbs, and should be put before the last one He was dark, tall and handsome.  The degree of presence of a certain feature is defined by the comparison of adjectives.

12. Comparison of Adjectives (1) Three degrees of comparison:  Positive He is a good man.  Comparative Mary is taller than Jane.  Superlative This is the most beautiful flat in the world.

13. Comparison of Adjectives (2) The comparison of adjectives can be made in four ways:  One-syllable adjectives rich - richer - the richest nice - nicer - the nicest If an adjective ends in one wovel and one consonant, the consonant is doubled in comparison (except w): fat - fatter - the fattest hot - hotter - the hottest slow - slower - the slowest

14. Comparison of Adjectives (2)  Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y: -y -i + er, est lovely - lovelier - the loveliest hungry - hungrier - the hungriest  Most of other two-syllable and longer adjectives: beautiful - more beautiful - the most beautiful intelligent - more intelligent - the most intelligent

15. Comparison of Adjectives (3)  Irregular comparison good - better - the best little - less - the least bad - worse - the worst far - further/farther - the furthest/the farthest