Unit 1 Present Continuous (I am doing)

 Unit 1 Present Continuous (I am doing) 

Mësimi 1 E tashmja e vazhduar (Jam duke bërë) 

 

1. Study this example situation: 

Studioni këtë shembull situate: 

Sarah is in her car. She is on her way to work. 

She’s driving to work. (=She is driving…) 

 

This means: she is driving now, at the time of speaking. The action is not finished. 

Kjo do të thotë: ajo është duke ngarë makinën tani, në kohën që jemi duke folur. Veprimi nuk është i përfunduar. 

 

am/is/are + verb+ -ing is the present continuous: 

am/is/are + verb + -ing është e tashmja e vazhduar: 

I  he/she/it  we/you/they

am  is  are

(=I’m)  (=he’s, etc.)  (=we’re, etc.)

driving  working  doing, etc.

 

 

2. I am doing something = I started doing it, and I haven’t finished. I’m in the middle of doing it. 

Unë jam duke bërë diçka = fillova ta bëja, por nuk kam përfunduar. Jam në mes të kryerjes së këtij veprimi. 

• Please don’t make so much noise. I’m trying to work. (not I try) 

• “Where’s Mark?”   “He’s taking a shower.” (not He takes a shower) 

• Let’s go out now. It isn’t raining anymore. (not It doesn’t rain) 

• How’s your new job? Are you enjoying it? 

• What’s all that noise? What’s going on?  or   What’s happening? 

 

Sometimes the action is not happening at the time of speaking. For example: 

Ndonjëherë veprimi nuk është duke ndodhur në momentin që jemi duke folur. Për shembull: 

Steve is talking to a friend on the phone. He says: 

Stiv po i flet një miku në telefon. Ai thotë: 

Steve says “I’m reading…” but he is not reading the book at the time of speaking. He means that he has started reading the book but has not finished it yet. He is in the middle of reading it. 

Stiv thotë “Jam duke lexuar…” por ai nuk është duke e lexuar librin në momentin që është duke folur. Kjo nënkupton se ai ka filluar të lexojë librin, por nuk e ka përfunduar ende. Ai është në mes të këtij veprimi, pra leximit të librit. 

 

Some more examples: 

Disa shembuj të tjerë: 

• Kate wants to work in Italy, so she’s learning Italian.  

(but perhaps she isn’t learning Italian at the time of speaking) 

Keit dëshiron të punojë në Itali, kështu që ajo është duke mësuar gjuhën italiane. 

(por ndoshta ajo nuk është duke mësuar italisht në momentin që po flitet) 

• Some friends of mine are building their own house. They hope to finish it next summer. 

 

 

3. You can use the present continuous with today, this week, this year, etc. (period around now): 

Ju mund ta përdorni të tashmen e vazhduar me sot, këtë javë, këtë vit, etj. (periudhë rreth të tashmes): 

• A: You’re working hard today. (not You work hard today) 

B: Yes, I have a lot to do. 

• The company I work for isn’t doing so well this year. 

 

We use the present continuous when we talk about a change that has started to happen. We often use these verbs in this way: 

E përdorim të tashmen e vazhduar kur flasim rreth një ndryshimi që ka filluar të ndodhë. Shpesh përdorim këto folje në këtë mënyrë: 

getting	changing	increasing	rising	starting
becoming	improving	growing	failing	beginning

 

• Is your English getting better? (not Does your English get better) 

• The population of the world is increasing very fast. (not increases) 

• At first I didn’t like my job, but I’m starting to enjoy it now. (not I start) 

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………… 

Exercises  ~  Ushtrime 

 

1. What’s happening in the pictures? Choose from these verbs: 

Çfarë është duke ndodhur në figura? Zgjidhni nga këto folje: 

 

 

 

1 She’s taking a picture.  2 He _____________ his shoelaces.  3 ______________ the road.

4 _____________ his head.  5 _____________ behind a tree.  _____________ to somebody.

 

2. The sentences on the right follow those on the left. Which sentence goes with which? 

Fjalitë në të djathtë ndjekin ato në të majtë. Cilat fjali lidhen me njëra-tjetrën? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Write questions. Use the present continuous. 

Formoni pyetje. Përdorni të tashmen e vazhduar. 

1. What’s all that noise?    What’s happening?   (what / happen?) 

2. What’s the matter? _____________________ (why / you / cry?) 

3. Where’s your mother? ___________________ (she / work / today?) 

4. I haven’t seen you in ages. __________________ (what / you / do / these days?) 

5. Amy is a student. ___________________ (what / she / study?) 

6. Who are those people? __________________ (what / they / do?) 

7. I heard you started a new job. _________________ (you / enjoy / it?) 

8. We’re not in a hurry. ___________________ (why / you / walk / so fast?) 

 

4. Put the verb into the correct form, affirmative (I’m doing, etc.) or negative (I’m not doing, etc.). 

Vendosni foljen në formën e duhur, dëftore (Jam duke bërë, etj.) ose negative (nuk jam duke bërë, etj.). 

1. Please don’t make so much noise. I’m trying (I / try) to work. 

2. Let’s go out now. It isn’t raining (it / rain) anymore. 

3. You can turn off the music. __________________ (I / listen) to it. 

4. Kate called last night. She’s on a trip with friends. _____________ (She / have) a great time and doesn’t want to come back. 

5. Andrew started evening classes recently. _______________ (He / learn) Japanese. 

6. Jason and Sarah have had an argument and now ______________ (they / speak) to each other. 

7. The situation is already very bad, and now _______________ (it / get) worse. 

8. Tim ______________ (work) today. He’s taken the day off. 

9. ________________ (I / look) for Allison. Do you know where she is? 

10. The washing machine has been repaired. _____________ (It / work) now. 

11. ________________ (They / build) a new hospital. It will be finished next year. 

12. Ben is a student, but he’s not very happy. ______________(He / enjoy) his courses. 

13. ________________ (The weather / change). I think it’s going to rain. 

14. Dan has been in the same job for a long time. ________________ (He/ start) to get bored with it.