Maxsus ta’lim vazirligi nizomiy nomidagi Toshkent davlat pedagogika universiteti qoshidagi akademik litsey Nurmatov J. N, Kudratov K. X

listening discrimination
The chapter reading contains five sentences that are not in the present continuous tense. These five sentences are statements of general truth or repeated action; their meaning is not “right now”. They are in the present tense, and they contain these time markers: occasionally, often, sometimes, seldom, when the wind blows hard.
Listen as your teacher reads the paragraphs again. Raise your hand each time you hear a sentence that is not in the present continuous tense.

Contrasting Tenses

Statements of general truth

Statements of present activity

Something that is true in general may or may not be true at the present moment. Contrast the present and the present continuous tenses in each sentence below. Use the time marker now with the present continuous.

1. Occasionally, small children let go of their kites, but ...

Occasionally, small children let go of their kites, but she is not letting go of her kite now.

2. Occasionally, kites fly out of view, but ...

3. When the wind blows hard, it's difficult to fly kites, but ...

4. Happy families often play together, and ...

5. Sometimes kites break when they get caught in trees, but ...

6. This kind of trouble seldom spoils anybody's fun, but ...

pronunciation
People who are learning English sometimes say that they cannot hear the verb be (am, is, are) when English speakers are using the present continuous tense. This is partly because the be verb is not stressed, and it is not given much time in normal speech. Often it seems to run into the word before it or the word after it. The following forms are not formal contractions; they may not be written as contractions in English, but they sound like contractions. They are called reduced forms. Pronounce the following sentences.

1. This girl is holding a kite.

2. The kite is rising into the air.

3. This father is helping his little girl.

4. This man is having a little trouble.

5. These girls are trying to fly kites, too.

6. One of them is getting caught in the string.

7. The other girl is laughing too hard to help her friend.

8. What is the girl holding?

9. How is she running?

10. Where is the kite going?

11. Who is holding the string?

12. Why is the man climbing the tree?

13. When is it difficult to fly a kite?

14. What are the girls trying to do?

15. Why are they laughing?