PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. They are spending their holiday in Bali for a week.
2. My mother is washing the clothes.
3. We are planting tomatoes in the garden.
4. The teacher is teaching English now.
5. My brother and his friends are playing volleyball.

PEMBAHASAN

Present Continuous Tense

Yaitu bentuk tenses yang digunakan untuk menunjukkan suatu kejadian yang sedang berlangsung atau berulangkali.

Mirip dengan Present Simple. Namun jika Present Simple bisa menggunakan auxiliary Do/Does ataupun to be, Present Continuous hanya menggunakan to be dan verb-nya berakhiran -ing.

↬RUMUS

(+) Subject + to be + Verb + ing + Object

(+) Subject + to be + not + Verb + ing + Object

(?) To be + Subject + Verb + ing + Object + ?

↬To be

Is untuk subjek orang ketiga tunggal He/She/It

Am untuk subjek I

Are untuk subjek You/We/They dan subjek jamak

↬Based on Questions

Change these Present Simple into Present Continuous!

• Pada soal, perintahnya yaitu mengubah kalimat yang masih dalam bentuk Present Simple menjadi bentuk Present Continuous.
• Untuk mengubahnya, dengan memberi to be sesuai subjeknya.
• Lalu pada verb, beri akhiran -ing.

Contoh:

(1)

Present Simple

I water the flower.

Present Continuous

I am watering the flower.

(2)

Present Simple

My brother and his friends play volleyball.

Present Continuous

My brother and his friends are playing volleyball.

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