- Lexikon
- Englisch Abitur
- 3 Grammatik
- 3.2 Formen des Verbs
- 3.2.2 Present progressive
- Die Verlaufsform (The progressive forms)
Zustandsverben | Vorgangsverben |
to consist of, to own, to possess to believe, to remember , to think, understand, to seem, to notice, to hear, to want, to like, to wish, to need, to imagine, to belong, to doubt etc. | to walk, to work, to write, to read, to study, to play, to build, to clean, to speak, to listen, to move, to drive etc. |
My neighbour possesses two cars and a sailing boat. I think we should plan our holidays soon. My grandma doesn't hear well so that people have to speak louder. | We had been walking for three hours when we were suddenly surprised by heavy rain. |
Bei wiederholten Handlungen (die normalerweise in der simple form stehen) kann auch die progressive form Verwendung finden, wenn Vorwürfe oder Unwillen zum Ausdruck gebracht werden sollen:
The children are always crying.
Die Kinder schreien (aber auch) immer!
past progressive | he was playing |
present progressive | he is playing |
present perfect progressive | he has been playing |
past perfect progressive | he had been playing |
future progressive | he will be playing |
future perfect progressive | he will have been playing |
conditional I progressive | he would be playing |
conditional perfect (II) progressive | he would have been playing |
Das simple present entspricht dem Infinitiv des Verbs. In der dritten Person Singular wird ein -s angefügt:
I write you call he/she/it | we write you call writes/calls they write/call |
Beim present progressive wird -ing an den Infinitiv des Verbs angehängt.
Das simple present wird angewendet:
Das present progressive wird in folgenden Fällen angewendet:
simple present | present progressive: |
every day/month/year, always, sometimes, usually, generally, often, as a rule, habitually | Look!, Listen!, at this moment, now, just |
simple form (present tense) | progressive form (present tense) |
Aussagesätze: Every day he walks home. They usually watch the news at 8 p.m. The ferry crosses the river ten times a day. | Aussagesätze: Look! He is walking home. They are now watching a movie. When he was crossing the road, he nearly ran into a car. |
Verneinter Aussagesatz (Singular): He does not listen to the news every day. I do not (don't) like mushrooms. | Verneinter Aussagesatz (Singular): Right now he is not listening to the news. |
Verneinter Aussagesatz (Plural): Our friends don't go for walks on weekends. | Verneinter Aussagesatz (Plural): Look, our friends are walking past our house. |
Fragesatz: Does he drive a car? | Fragesatz: Aren't you driving too fast now? |
Mit der Wahl der einfachen Form oder der Verlaufsform eines Verbes kann sich dessen Bedeutung verändern: z. B. to taste als Zustandsverb (schmecken) oder als Vorgangsverb (abschmecken).
to taste | = schmecken | The soup tastes good. |
= abschmecken | The chef is tasting the soup. |
to smell | = riechen | The flower smells nice. |
= riechen an | She is smelling the flower. |
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