Окончание -ing

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В английских текстах Вам будут частенько попадаться слова, которые имеют окончание -ing.
В каких случаях это возможно:

1. Когда глагол как бы отвечает на вопросы Как? Что? Какой? - сидя, лежа, читая; уборка, думание, чтение; храпящий, шокирующий, потрясающий.

Что делать?	Как?	Что?	Какой?
Swim - плавать	Swimming - плавая	Swimming - плавание	bore - докучать, донимать, надоедать boring job - скучная работа
Think - думать	Thinking - думая	Thinking - думание, размышление, думы	amaze - изумлять, поражать, удивлять amazing thing - удивительная вещь
Clean - убирать	Cleaning - убирая	Cleaning - уборка	confuse - запутывать, сбивать с толку confusing situation - запутанная ситуация

Думать - думая - думание

What do you think about it? - Что ты думаешь об этом?
Thinking about his job, he missed his bus / tram / subway stop. - Думая о работе, он проехал остановку.
The thinking process can be very hard for some people. - Думание - это сложно для некоторых.

Дополнительные задания на перевод Вы найдете в разделе упражнений.

A bad beginning makes for a bad ending. - Плохое начало делает плохой конец (дословно).

2. Когда Вы что-то делаете здесь и сейчас:

be + глагол + ing

I am eating. - Я ем.
I am speaking on Skype. - Я говорю по скайпу.
I am booking the hotel. - Я резервирую отель.
I am buying bread. - Я покупаю хлеб.
What are you doing? - Что ты делаешь?
I am booking my flight to Amsterdam for tomorrow. - Я заказываю авиабилеты в Амстердам на завтра.
Are you kidding? - Ты шутишь?
Where are you going? - Куда ты идешь?
Why are you doing this? - Почему ты это делаешь?
What are you looking for? - Что ты ищешь?

3. Когда Вы что-то делали в прошлом там и тогда:

Для этого Вам нужно глагол be в конструкции
be + глагол + ing
поставить в прошедшую форму (I / he / she / it was, you / we / they were):

I was eating. - Я ел.
I was speaking on Skype. - Я говорил по скайпу.
I was booking the hotel. - Я резервировал отель.
I was buying bread. - Я покупал хлеб.
What were you doing? - Что ты делал?
I was booking my flight to Amsterdam for the next day. - Я заказывал авиабилеты в Амстердам на завтра.

4. Когда с языка срывается фраза собираюсь что-то сделать:

be + going to

What are you going to do? - Что ты собираешься делать?
I'm going to buy a new car.
He's going to find a new job.
They are going to visit me.
When are you going to join the chat? We are waiting for you. (здесь окончание -ing, потому что мы ждем тебя здесь и сейчас)

Would you like to talk on the basis of this lesson and bring theory into practice?

Yes, I would like to start talking

Exercises

Exercise №1

Прослушайте мини-диалоги. Постарайтесь перевести без словаря

– What are you doing?
– I am doing my homework at the moment. What about you?
– I am reading a book.
– My friends are playing football now.
– What is your family doing?
– My mom is going for a walk with my youngest sister and dad is driving a car, he is going to London.
– Hey, are you busy now? What's up, what are you doing now?
– I am watching TV, Jerry is eating and Rihanna is sleeping now.
– Let's go play outside?
– Nick is travelling around the world. And his best friend Anna is cooking a dinner now.
– What are you doing?
– I am writing my diploma project.
– What's your plan for today?
– Oh, actually, I am speaking on the phone with my boss.
– Lea is such a nice girl. She is working really hard this time.
– Mike is riding a bike now and I am going to ride mine too.
– Look, look the plane's landing!
– Great, finally we see Jerry! I am missing him so much.
– Look! He is shaking (to shake) hands with Mr. Stalone.
– Oh, man, that's so cool, because I am his fan as well!
– I am lying (to lie) on the beach now and getting some tan.
– Oh, nice, I'd like to join you, but I am sitting at the office and doing my job.

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Exercise №2

Дайте правильный глагол и переведите следующие выражения

boring job
surprising facts
disappointing birthday
shocking video
smiling crocodile
snoring dog / husband
moving bus
depressing mood
amazing thing
annoying colleague
confusing situation

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2 out 3

Exercise №3

Переведите с английского на русский

sit – sitting
I spend a lot of time sitting in front of my computer.
I am reading the newspaper, sitting at the table.
Sitting / working for a long time in front of the computer (PC) damages your eyes.
lie – lying
He lies in the bed the whole day.
Do not eat while lying on the couch!
Long lying under the Sun ruins your skin.
stay – staying
Stay where you are!
Try it again / the same, but staying on one leg.
Staying naked in a cold is harmful to health.
eat – eating
He eats Pizza only in Italy.
No talking while eating!
Eating only hamburgers and drinking Cola are making you gain weight very fast.
read – reading
Do you prefer to read the news?
Many people think that everyday reading and listening to the news are keeping them up-to-date.
The reading is useful thing.
walk – walking
How often do you walk?
Walking in the city.
Everyday walking in fresh air is very healthy.
sign – signing
When are you going (do you plan) to sign the agreement / contract?
Signing the agreement / contract you have to read carefully what was typed (what was written) in fine print.
Signing the agreement is very important for us (for our company).
make decision – making decision
He always makes a decision very fast, not thinking too much.
While making the decision, first of all keep in mind your own interest.
Making this decision was postponed for a week / until next week.
speak – speaking
Do you speak Chinese?
You can stay in bed in your underwear / shorts / pants, while you speaking in / on / via Skype.
Non-stop talking is making me crazy.
develop – developing
Our project develops very fast.
You can achieve very good results, developing in a promising area.
Developing of this project takes to long.
fill – filling
Fill out this form.
While filling out a form, please pay attention on articles 2 and 3.
Filling out the documents is not my duty.