英语听力精选进阶版 7961

This week’s question is from Zhu Jun Jun who wants to know how to use verbs with ing.

There are many ways to use the verb+ing but in this week’s programme we focus on how to use verb+ing in the continuous¹ tense.

The present participle

Verbs can take many forms, for example:

Infinitive²

live

Present participle

living

Past participle

lived

The verb+ing is also known as the present participle and that is what today’s programme focuses on.

The continuous tense

You often use the verb+ing when you are making sentences in the continuous tense. For example:

Past continuous

I was living in Australia.

Present continuous

I am living in Australia.

Future continuous

I will be living in Australia.

In the above examples, you will notice that there is another verb before the verb+ing. This helping³ verb is very important as it tells you about the time period in the sentence.

A table showing the use of verb-ing

This information in the table above explains which helping verbs you should use before the verb+ing.

Listen to this week’s audio⁴ programme for more example sentences.

You will also hear an interview with a very special Australian.

We hope this goes a little way to answering your question Zhu Jun Jun.

We look forward to hearing any other questions you might have about the English language.

Glossary 词汇

continuous tense 进行时

forms 形式

infinitive 动词不定式

present participle 现在分词

past participle 过去分词

past continuous 过去进行时

present continuous 现在进行时

future continuous 将来进行时

time period 时间阶段

1 continuous   

adj.继续的，连续的，持续的，延伸的

参考例句：

• She finally got in after 10 years'continuous effort.坚持不懈地努力了十年后，她终于当选了。
• We must be continuous to study.我们必须不断学习。

2 infinitive   

n.不定词；adj.不定词的

参考例句：

• The use of the split infinitive is now generally acceptable.分裂不定式的用法现在已被广泛接受。
• Modal verbs generally take the bare infinitive.情态动词通常用不带to的不定式。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 audio   

n./adj.音频(响)(的)；声音(的)，听觉(的)

参考例句：

• Often,the meeting is recorded on audio or video media for later reference.通常这种会议会以视频或者音频形式记录下来，供以后查阅。
• You don't even have to pay for audio programs.你大可不必为自己听这些节目付费。