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PRESENT CONTINOUS TENSE

Present Continuous tense adalah tense untuk menyatakan kegiatan atau aktifitas yang sedang
dilakukan atau berlangsung sekarang.

Rumus sederhana:
(+) S + to be + V-ing + O/C
Is / am/ are

(-) S + to be + not + Ving + O/C

Is/am/are

(?) To be + S + Ving + O/C

(?) 5W1H + to be + S + Ving + O/C

Example Affirmative

1. The boys are playing football after school.

2. They are learning Spanish now.

3. Why aren’t you doing your homework?

4. Suzan is ironing her clothes right now.

5. Mary is at university. She’s studying chemistry.

6. She is working right now.

7. They aren’t studying English these days.

8. She is constantly changing her hair color.

9. Children are studying their lessons.

10. The man is talking on the phone.

Example Present Continuous Tense in Negatif

1. I’m not eating fruit and vegetables.

2. They aren’t playing football in the playground.

3. We aren’t going to school in the morning.

4. The teacher isn’t teaching in the classroom.

5. She isn’t watching a comedy movie.

6. Ben isn’t reading a book in a library.

7. They aren’t listening to music.

8. Children aren’t playing on the ground.

9. They aren’t going on the tour during summer vacation.

10. I’m not speaking Javanese language

Interrogative Sentences

1. Am I going to Dad’s office?

2. Is he playing basketball on the court?

3. Are you dancing on the Lisa’s song?

4. Is she watching a movie in the theatre?

5. Is it raining out there?

6. Are we shopping in the mall?

7. Are they cooking food for us?

8. Is Farah drinking coffee?

9. Are the boys playing soccer?

10. Am I surfing the internet?

Penggunaan to be:
I : am He : is
You : are She : is
They : are It : is
we : are

Keterangan:
S : Subject
To be : Auxiliary(kata kerja bantu)
 V-ing : Kata kerja ditambah –ing
O/C : Object/Complement ( Objek/Pelengkap

Kata Keterangan waktu yang biasa digunakan dalam tenses ini:

Now, right now, at the moment etc.

II. Past continuous tense juga disebut past progressive biasanya digunakan dalam teks recount
maupun teks narrative. Past continuous biasanya digabung dengan simple past tense. Baik
simple past maupun past continuous merupakan unsur kebahasaan(Language features) yang
digunakan dalam 2 genre text di atas.

The young lady was waiting for her husband when someone took her picture

Past continuous sebenarnya sama dengan present continuous tense hanya saja, kalau past
continuous digunakan untuk mengekspresikan aktifitas yang sedang dilakukan pada masa
lampau atau sudah lewat. Perlu digaris bawahi bahwa kegiatan itu sedang berlangsung saat itu
juga di masa lampau.

Secara umum, pola yang digunakan dalam bentuk waktu ini adalah:

(+) S + to be (was/were) + V ing + O/C

(-) S + to be (wa/were) not + V ing +O/C

(?) 5W1H + To be + S + V.ing + O/C +?

Untuk membentuk kalimat tanya(interogative sentence), maka to be (was/were) diletakkan pada

awal kalimat. Kalimat pertanyaan di sini merupakan bentuk -yes no question dimana jawabanya
selalu ya atau tidak. pola interogative sebagai berikut:

to be (was/were) + S + V ing ... (Interogative)

Berikut adalah contoh kalimat yang mewakili rumus di atas:

(+) Irma was sweeping the floor at 8 a.m yesterday.

(Irma sedang menyapu lantai pada jam delapan pagi kemarin.)

(-) Irma was not sweeping the floor at 8 a.m yesterday.

(Irma tidak sedang menyapu lantai pada jam delapan pagi kemarin.)

(?) Was Irma sweeping the floor at 8 a.m yesterday? Yes she was/No, she was not.
(Apakah Irma sedang menyapu lantai pada jam delapan pagi kemarin?)Ya/tidak.
- When was Irma sweeping the floor yesterday? (?) She was sweeping at 8 a.m.
(Kapan Irma sedang menyapu lantai kemarin?) Dia sedang menyapu jam delapan pagi,

Catatan:
Untuk subjek: I, he, she dan it menggunakan to be "was" sedangkan you, they, we menggunakan
"were".

Materi berikutnya adalah penggabungan dua kegiatan yang terjadi di waktu lampau atau Past
continuous versus simple past tense. Untuk membentuk kalimat tersebut kita dapat menggunakan
kata sambung "when/while". While selalu diikuti past continuous tense sedangkan when biasanya
diikuti past tense. Supaya lebih paham dalam penggunaanya berikut penulis tuliskan contohnya:

- I was sleeping when my father knocked the door. (Saya sedang tidur ketika Ayah mengetuk
pintu.)
- She finished to eat while he was cleaning the school yard.
- When the lamp went out, Mother was cooking fish.
- While uncle Budi and aunt Tina were playing badminton, I watched television.
- Rina was making a cake while Rudi and Dodi were preparing juices.

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Future Continuous dapat didefinisikan tenses yang digunakan untuk menyatakan action atau
tindakan yang akan sedang dilakukan pada masa yang akan datang. Lebih sederhananya, dapat
penulis contohkan sebagai berikut:
Saya memiliki jadwal mengajar Bahasa Inggris di Kelas 9 A besok pada jam 07.10 pagi. Dapat
saya katakan dengan menggunakan Future continuous, Bahwa besok pada jam 07.10 pagi saya
sedang mengajar di kelas 9 A.(I will be teaching English in the 9th grade tomorrow at ten past
seven a.m.)

Belajar Future Continuous Tense

Pada contoh kasus di atas kita dapat mengeskspresikannya dalam bentuk Future progressive
tense.
Secara umum pola/pattern future continuous/progressive tense sebagai berikut:

S+Will/Shall be+ V-ing

Catatan:
Seperti biasa jika kita ingin membentuk kalimat menyangkala atau negatif dapat ditambahkan
“not” setelah Will/Shall. Selanjutnya untuk kalimat tanya/interogatif Modal auxiliary
“Will/Shall dapat diletakkan di depan kalimat.

Contoh Kalimat Future Continuous:

(+) Nita will be visiting her grandpa tomorrow morning.
(-) Nita will not be visiting her grandpa tomorrow morning.
1.
(?) Will Nita be visiting her grandpa tomorrow morning? Yes, She will/No, She will
not
(+) Imron and Amir will be playing football at 04.00 p.m.
(-) Imron and Amir will not be playing football at 04.00 p.m.
2
(?) Will Imron and Amir be playing football at 04.00 p.m.? Yes, they will/ No, They
will not (won’t)

Untuk membentuk kalimat tanya menggunakan Question words (5 W + 1 H) susunannya adalah

Question words dulu diikuti Will kemudian Subjek lanjut ke Verb atau kata kerja.
Contoh:
What will Tiara be doing tonight after Isya’? She will be doing her homework with her friends.
( Apa yang akan dilakukan Tiara besok setelah Isya’? Dia sedang mengerjakan PR bersama
dengan teman-temannya.)

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Contoh dalam bentuk kalimat rumpang:

1. Danuri _______________ (travel) to Singapore next month.
Danuri Will be travelling to Singapore next month.
2. The robbers ________________ (steal) money to the bank tonight around 10.00 p.m.
3. The plane ________________ (land) on Ahmad Yani Airport tomorrow morning.
4. Mother __________________ (go) to Beji Market next week
5. By 7.00 in the morning tomorrow, I ___________________ (eat) Megono.
6. What __________ Jihan ______________(write) on his diary book tonight?
7. Father _______________ (not visit) his clients at four in the afternoon.
8. Next year, Indonesia _______________ (defeat) Spain in the same area.
9. At eight in the evening the day after tomorrow, I _____________ ( attend) my bos’
wedding party.
10 The cat ________________ (not drink) milk the next day.
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