Lesson 2: Change

Present continous:

• يستخدم المضارع المستمر للتعبير عن حدث يحصل وقت التكلم.
• يستخدم المضارع المستمر للحديث عن التغيير.
• يستخدم المضارع المستمر للحديث عن تخطيط شيء للمستقبل.

وهناك ظروف زمان تدل على المستمر:

.....,At the moment, today, At the present time

:(negative) في حالة النفي

I → am not

ing ثم الفعل مضاف له

He, she, it → isn't

ing ثم الفعل مضاف له

They, we, you → aren't

ing ثم الفعل مضاف له

:(question) في حالة الاستفهام

am → I

is → He, she, it

are → they, we, you

لاحظ أنه لا يمكنك استخدام صيغة المضارع المستمر مع بعض الأفعال:

....,be, like, know, see, understand

A. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous.

1. The number of tourists is going up. (go up)
2. The number of people who live in London is rising. (rise)
3. Travel costs are falling so more people can visit other countries. (fall)
4. The number of Europeans who don't speak English is falling. (fall)
5. Sales of computers are rising. (rise)
6. The number of people who don't have a computer is going down. (go down)

B. Write a word from the box on each line. Look at student's Book page 8 to help you.

1. The number of Indian students studying in the UK is rising.
2. The number of languages in the world is going down.
3. The number of people learning Arabic is going up.
4. The number of students learning French is falling.

C. Use the following information to answer the questions below.

1. Is company a verb or noun? noun
2. How many syllables does it have? three
3. Which word means the same as company? firm
4. How do you write the plural? companies

D. Write the words in the box below in your note book in alphabetical.

1. careful
2. click
3. communicate
4. diary
5. election
6. icon
7. interpreter
8. password
9. software
10. solution