Jawaban:

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Gambar 1: Lina melihat Udin yang kakinya diperban. Lina bertanya,

Lina: “ Udin, what happened to your foot?”

Udin: “I tripped and fell while I was carrying some pillows up the stairs at home.”

Lina: “I hope you’ll get well soon, Udin.

Gambar2: Udin dan Edo berjalan bersama ke sekolah. Udin bertanya,

Udin: “Why didn’t you join us to the picnic yesterday?”

Edo: “I was helping mum. She was making a lot of cup-cakes for the Papua community gathering in the community hall last night.”

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Gambar3: Siti dan Dayu sedang di kelas sebelum pelajaran dimulai. Dayu bertanya alasan Siti tidak mengangkat teleponnya tadi pagi.

Dayu: “Siti, where were you before you went to school this morning? I called you around six to remind you to bring my dictionary to school. But, nobody picked up the phone.”

Siti: “I’m sorry I didn’t hear your call. I was watering the front yard. Here’s your dictionary. I didn’t forget to bring it.”

Gambar4: Beni dan Lina sedang duduk bersebelahan di kantin sekolah. Beni bertanya kepada Lina.

Edo: “Lina, I came to your house last night to return your calculator, but your gate was locked.”

Lina: “Sorry. We were eating out to celebrate my sister’s birthday.”

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Gambar5. Siti sedang bermain ke rumah Lina. Lina terlihat sedih. Siti pun bertanya,

Siti: “Lina, are you okay? What’s the matter with you?”

Lina: “I’m a bit worried about my mom and dad. When I got home from swimming yesterday, they were talking very seriously to each other. “

Siti: “Don’t worry Lina. I think they were just arguing. It’s normal.”

Gambar6. Beni dan Edo sedang di sekolah setelah selesai mengikuti kegiatan Pramuka.

Beni: “You’re really good at tying knots.”

Edo: “Thank you. I was paying good attention while Kak Kemal was explaining how to do that to us.”

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Gambar7: Ketika jam istirahat Siti tampak sedang menguap karena mengantuk, dan Lina berkomentar.

Lina: “You keep yawning. Didn’t you have enough sleep last night?”

Dayu: “No. I didn’t sleep well last night. I didn’t sleep in my bedroom with my little sister, but in the long chair in the living room. My grandmother fell asleep in my bedroom when she was reading a story to my sister. So did my sister.”

Gambar8 : Para tokoh kita sedang berkemah. Dayu sedang siap-siap akan memasak. Tidak jauh tampak Edo sedang duduk memegang jari telunjuknya. Ada beberapa mangga di depannya. Ada beberapa yang telah dikupas dalam panci. Ada satu yang tergeletak baru setengah dikupas. Ada pisau di dekatnya.

Dayu: “Edo, wash the pan for me, please. I need it to make fried noodle.”

Udin: “Dayu, sorry, I can’t. I just got a small accident. I cut my finger when I was peeling the manggoes for our lunch.”

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Now I know that the verb for an action in progress consists of two words, BE (in the right form for the subject) and the main verb in the last column (in the -ing form).

To state an action in progress now, at the moment of speaking, the verb BE is in the form of is or are, for example _________

___________ (get some examples from the texts you have learned).

Answer:

- He is helping his father fixing the fence of his house.

To state an action in progress at a certain point of time in the past, the verb BE is in the form of was or were, for example ____________________ (get some examples from the texts you have learned).

Answer:

- I was going to the football practice.

- My mom and dad were attending a wedding party, and my brother was going out with his friends.

- He was doing his Math homework.

- Today she is in Posyandu till late afternoon. She is doing vaccination for the babies and small kids in my neighbourhood.

- Everybody is staying outside.

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