Present Continuous
Pengertian Present Continuous Tense
adalah
bentuk kata kerja yang di gunakanUntuk membicarakan aksi yang sedang
berlangsung sekarang (present) atau rencana di masa depan (future). Karena
dapat digunakan pada present atau future, tense ini sering diiringi adverb of time untuk memperjelasnya or
present progresive
Formulas Present
Continuous Tense {Rumus Present Continuous Tense}
Present continuous tense dibentuk dengan
auxiliary verb ‘’be’’, berupa is/am/are – karena present tense (waktu sekarang
), dan present participe (-ing form).
Umumnya
present continuous tense hanya terjadi pada aksi berupa dynamic verb, tidak
stative verb. Karena secara umumhanya dynamic verb yang memiliki bentuk
continuous
Example of te present continuous tense
•
Positive (+)
S + be(am/is/are) +
V1-ing/pres.participle
The ships are sailing
He is smiling
•
Negative (-)
S + be(am/is/are) + not +
V1-ing/pres.participle
The ships are not sailing
He is not smiling
•
Interrogative
Be(am/is/are) + S + V1-ing/pres.
Participle?
Are the ships sailing ?
Is he smiling?
Function
Example Sentences Present Continuous Tense
Present
continuous tense to talk about an action that is happening now.(Present
continuous tense untuk membicarakan suatu aksi yang sedang terjadi sekarang.)
Contohnya :
She is brushing the bathroom floor.
(Dia sedang menyikat lantai kamar mandi)
Present
continuous tense to discuss a plan or transfer to a place/condition.
(Present
continuous tense untuk membicarakan suatu rencana atau perpindahan ke suatu
tempat/kondisi.)
Contohnya :
•
I’m spending my holiday on Kuta beach
next month.
(Saya sedang menghabiskan liburan di
pantai Kuta akhir bulan depan.)
•
The
buses are arriving in an hour.
(Bus
– bus tersebut tiba dalam satu jam)
Present
continuous tense to revealed aggravation The above actions occur repeatedly
times.(Present continuous tense untuk mengungkapkan kejengkelan atas aksi yang
terjadi berulang kali.)
Why is the wild dog always parking at me?
(Mengapa anjing liar itu selalu
menggonggong pada saya?)
I’m getting sick of you always asking the
same questions.
(Saya mulai muak dengan kamu yang selalu
menanyakan pertanyaan – pertanyaan yang sama.)
Formulas
and Examples of Present Continuous Tense in Wh-Question
Present
Continuous Tense, wh-question is begins with a wh-word : what, where, when,
why, which, who, Whose,or how this terminated by a question mark (?). The
present continuous tense is formed from the auxiliary verb ‘’Be’’ (is/am/are)
and present participle (-ing form).[wh-question yang dimulai dengan wh-word:
what, where, when, why, which, who, whose, atau how ini juga diakhiri oleh
question mark (?). Adapun present continuous tense di bentuk dari auxiliary
verb ‘’be’’ (is/am/are) dan present (-ing form
S
+ be(is/am/are) + present participle
Asking
the subject Who / What + be(is/am/are) + present participle
Whose/Which
+ noun + be (is/am/are) + S + present
participle asks the object
Who/
What + be(is/am/are) + S + present participle
Whose
/ Which + noun + be (is/am/are) + S+ present participle asked adverb
When/
Where / Why + be (is/am/are) + S + present participle
Example Sentences (+)
Function
Example
:
Wh-Question
He is sleeping in my brother’s bedroom.
(Dia sedang tidur di kamar saudara saya)
Asking subjects
Who is sleeping in my brother’s bedroom?
(Siapa yang sedang tidur di kamar saudara
saya?)
Asking
objects ~possesive (of preposition ‘’in’’)
Whose bedroom is he sleeping in?
(Dia sedang tidur di kamar siapa?)
Asking
adverb
Where is he sleeping ?
(Dia sedang tidur dimana?)
Asking
subjects
Who are doing homework together now?
(Siapa yang sedang mengerjakan bersama –
sama PR sekarang?)
Asking
object
What are they doing together now?
(Apa yang sedang mereka kerjakan bersama
– sama sekarang?)
Vera is arriving from Seoul tomorrow.
(Vera akan tiba dari Seoul besok)
Asking
adverb
When is Vera arriving from Seoul
