现在进行时：1.构成：is / am / are + 现在分词2.功能：(1)表示现在正在进行的动作。

►. The kettle is boiling. Shall I make tea?

►. Don't you think you eat too much? You're putting on weight.

►. The workers are building a new bridge across the river.(2)表现阶段正进行的动作。

►. He is taking physics this semester.

►. We are preparing for our final examination this week.(3)go, come, leave, arrive, land, meet, die, start, return, join, etc. 用于进行时态时表示即将开始的动作。

►. Look! The bus is coming. 看!车来了!

►. The old man is seriously ill, and he is dying.

►. Alice is leaving for Beijing with her mother.(4)与 always, forever, continually, constantly 等副词连用，表示说话人带有感情色彩：赞赏或厌恶。

►. He is always thinking of others.(他总是想着别人。)

►. The boy is continually making noises.(这男孩不断地发出吵闹声。)

►. The teacher is constantly (always) criticizing her for being late.(老师一直在批评她迟到。)(5)下面表示状态、感觉、情绪、精神活动的动词不可用于进行时。

(此条戒律请背 10遍!!!)

believe(相信)，doubt(怀疑)，see(看见)，hear(听见) ，know(知道)，understand (理解)，belong(属于)，think(认为)，consider(认为)，feel(觉得)，look(看起来)， seem(看上去)，show(显示)，mind(介意)，have(有)，sound(听起来)，taste(尝起来)， require(要求)，possess(拥有)，care(关心)，like(喜欢)，hate(讨厌)，love(喜爱)， detest(憎恨)，desire(意欲)【简单记忆】

● 永远不要说I'm believing...或He is seeing a house. 再简单一点说，这些动词后面不要随意加-ing.

● 可怕的是：我们在写作及口语中常犯此类大错!

● 注意：have a party / think about可以用进行时，因为这里have意为“举行”;think意为“考虑”。测试精编1. How can you ________ If you are not ________ ?

A. listening / hearing B. hear / listening

C. be listening / heard D. be hearing / listening to2.The girl even won't have her lunch before she ________ her homework.

A. will finish B. is finishing

C. had finished D. finishes3. Those who have applied for the post________ in the office.(此题超前)

A. are being interviewed B. are interviewing

C. interviewing D. to be interviewing4. The old scientist ________ to do more for the country.

A. is wishing B. has been wishing

C. wishes D. has been wished5. If he ________, don't wake him up.

A. still sleeps B. is still sleeping

C. still has been sleeping D. will be sleeping still(后设答案，大家不要偷看哦~(*^__^*) 嘻嘻……)KEYS1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. B