PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Are you doing your homework now? Yes, I am

2. Is he helping his parents? No, he isn't

3. Are their friends watching TV? Yes, they are

4. Are they looking at the mountain? Yes, they are.

5. Is she waving to us? No, she isn't

6. Are they planning their vacation? No, they aren't.

7. Am I hurting you? No, you aren't

8. Are your neighbours cleaning the neighbourhood? Yes, they are

EXPLANATION

Present Continuous tense digunakan untuk menjelaskan tindakan yang sedang dilakukan ketika dibicarakan atau sedang berlangsung saat ini. Pada umumnya, bentuk kata kerjanya berakhiran -ing setelah penempatan auxiliary BE (is/am/are) untuk menunjukkan aktivitas yang sedang berlangsung ketika dibicarakan.

Time signal

~ Now,

~ Right now

~ At the moment

~ This day

Certain words

~ Look

~ Listen

Formulanya

(+) S+tobe(is/am/are)+verb-ing+O/C

(-) S+tobe(is/am/are)+not+ verb-ing+O/C

(?) To be(is/am/are) + S+ verb-ing+O/C?

Example

(+) They are looking at the mountain

(-) They aren't looking at the mountain

(?) Aretheylooking at the mountain?

➡ Yes, they are

➡ No, they aren't

Note!

Jika subyeknya tunggal (he, she, it), gunakan auxiliary BE (is).

Jika subyeknya kata ganti orang pertama (I), gunakan auxiliary BE (am).

Jika subyeknya jamak (they, we) dan kata ganti orang kedua (you), gunakan auxiliary BE (are)

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Details

Grade : VIII

Subject : English

Category : Sentence structure, tenses

Code : 8.5.6

Keywords : now, right now