PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. Digunakan

• Tindakan yang sedang berlangsung sekarang

• Rencana di masa depan yang sudah pasti waktunya

• Kejadian di waktu sedang berbicara dan tindakan yang berlangsung hanya untuk jangka waktu yang singkat.

2. Pola Kalimat

• (+) Positive Sentences

Subject + is / am / are + V-ing + O

• ( - ) Negative Sentences

Subject  + is not / am not / are not + V-ing + O

• (?) Interrogative Sentences

Is / Am / Are + Subject + V-ing + O ?

3. Contoh Kalimat Present Continuons Tense

• She ( play ) badminton

( + ) She is playing badminton

(  - ) She is not playing badminton

( ? ) Is she playing badminton ?

• They ( read ) magazine

( + ) They are reading magazine

( -  ) They are not reading magazine

( ? )  Are they reading magazine ?

• I ( sleep ) in the bedroom now

( + ) I am sleeping in the bedroom now

(  - ) I am not sleeping in the bedroom now

( ? ) Am I sleeping in the bedroom now ?

4. Time Signal/Keterangan Waktu

• Now = sekarang

• Right now = sekarang juga ( dalam percakapan)

• At present         = pada waktu ini

• At this moment = pada saat ini

• Today = hari ini