Present Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense

By Mr. Mohd Ikmal

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

"SUBJECT + VERB-TO-BE + VERB-ING"

SUBJECT/PRONOUN

(Who we want to talk about)

Examples:

I

You

We

They

He

She

Ali

The cat

verb-to-be

am

is

are

verb-to-be : "am"

I am ...

verb-to-be : "is"

(singular subject/pronoun)

He is ...

She is ...

It is ...

Ali is ...

The cat is ...

verb-to-be : "are"

(plural subject/pronoun)

You are ...

We are ...

They are ...

Ali and Abu are ...

The cats are ...

verb (kata kerja / perbuatan)

Examples:

walk

run

sit

talk

sleep

eat

drink

fly

play

kick

verb+ing

Examples:

walk+ing = walking

run+ing = running

sit+ing = sitting

talk+ing = talking

sleep+ing = sleeping

eat+ing = eating

drink+ing = drinking

fly+ing = flying

play+ing = playing

kick+ing = kicking

PRESENT CONTINUOUS SENTENCES

"SUBJECT + VERB-TO-BE + VERB-ING" + AGREEMENT

Examples:

I am sleeping in my bedroom.

You are walking to school.

He is eating a sandwich.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Present Continuous Tense

• I am reading.

• He are flying in the air.

• They is playing football.

• The dogs is barking.

Multiple Choice

Choose the incorrect Present Continuous Tense.

• I are swimming in the pool.

• You am running to the shop.

• Ali and Abu is throwing out the rubbish

• The caterpillar is eating the leaf.