Present Continuous Tense

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Present Continuous Tense

By Yenne Rusfawarty

English

Grade VIII​

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​Definisi Present Continuous Tense

Present continuous tense merupakan bentuk tense yang digunakan untuk menyatakan bahwa suatu aksi sedang berlangsung selama waktu tertentu pada waktu sekarang (present).

​Bentuk ini menunjukkan bahwa aksi tersebut terjadi sebelum (begins before), selama (is in progress at the present), dan berlanjut setelah (continues after) waktu atau aksi lainnya.

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Pola Present Continuous Tense

​Contoh kalimat Present Continuous Tense

​Positive Sentence	​Negative Sentence	​Question Sentence
​We are watching TV	​We are not watching TV	​Are we watching TV?
​I am washing hands	​ I am not washing hands	​Am I washing hands?
​Ria is reading a novel	​Ria is not reading a novel	​is Ria reading a novel?

​Look at this picture!

Next, listen to this recording!

​Kata Kerja yang Tidak bisa Digunakan dalam Present Continuous Tense

1. Kata kerja yang menunjukkan perasaan dan emosi: love, prefer, hate, like, appreciate, want, dislike.

2. Kata Kerja yang menunjukkan penggunaan indra: hear, taste, smell, see.

3. Kata kerja yang mengekspresikan pengetahuan, pendapat, dan kepercayaan: think, believe, understand, know, recognize.

4. Kata kerja yang menunjukkan kepemilikan: own, have, possess, belong.

5. Kata kerja statis lainnya: seem, be, exist, need, cost.

​Adverbs yang biasa digunakan dalam Present Continuous Tense

​Umumnya, keterangan waktu berikut digunakan pada kalimat present continuous tense adalah:

• Right now

• At the moment

• Today

• At present

• This month

• This year

• This week

• This semester

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Multiple Choice

What is Cindy Doing?

• She is cutting the vegetables

• She is stirring sugar in a glass

• She is cooking Chicken soup

• She is frying fried chicken

Fill in the Blanks

What is David doing?

Open Ended

Look at the picture!

Explain what the people in the picture are doing!

(one sentence for one person)

Audio Response

Active: Lisa is listening to music in her room at the moment.

Make the negative form and read it!

Open Audio Recorder

Video Response

Open your camera and show what you are doing now while speak up the activity!

Open Video Recorder

Draw

Draw a line to match the sentence with its picture!

Poll

What do you think about the Present Continuous Tense pattern?

• easy

• medium

• difficult

• very difficult