Materi Present continuous tense I. Make the correct present continuous forms

Berikut ini adalah pertanyaan dari aldiozidan pada mata pelajaran B. inggris untuk jenjang Sekolah Menengah Pertama

Materi Present continuous tenseI. Make the correct present continuous forms based on the verbs in the brackets!
1. Slamet plays football now.
2. Fatimah and Zahra make cakes in the kitchen.
3. The plane ________ (fly) to London.
4. Two mice __________ (eat) fish at the moment.
5 Linda _______________ (visit) her grandpa right now.
6. I ______________ (write) a letter now.
7. Uncle and I __________________(go) to a river to fish.
8. Aunt Tina ________________ (cook) a plate of fried rice.
9. Two women ________________ (sit) on the bench in the park at the moment.
10. The red car ________________ (enter) the gate now.

II. Do like the example based on the symbol given!
Example:
Dono/drink/ice tea/now
- Dono is drinking ice tea now.(+)

11. Sarah is driving a car now.
12. Doni and Dini do not play badminton at moment
13 Didik/swim/in the poo/now (?)
14. Shidqi and Najma/prepare/breakfast/in the kitchen/right now. (+)
15. They/watch/the football match/in the stadium. (-)
16. We/clean/our classroom/ now. (?)
17. The horses/run/very fast (+)
18. The man/break/the windows/at the moment. (-)
19. Mr. Mustofa and Mrs Hastuti/teach/English/now. (?)
20. The train/leave/Semarang/for Jakarta. (+)

III. Read the following short text and answer the questions!

Today is Sunday. I am cleaning the floor in the living room. My father is feeding his lovely birds at the back of the house. My mother is preparing for our breakfast in the kitchen. Suddenly, there is a postman giving me a letter. The letter is from my uncle in Bali. Then I begin to open it. As I am reading it, someone is throwing me a banana on my head. Oh, it’s my sister, Ika. She has gone home from her friend’s house. Then, she is smiling at me and said “ what are you doing here, brother?” “I am playing with water”, I answered happily. She likes joking with me. then she is going to the kitchen to help her mother.

21 How many people are there in the text?
22. What is the writer doing on Sunday morning?
23. What is the writer’s mother doing in the kitchen?
24. What is the writer’s father doing at the back of the house?
25 Who is throwing a banana towards the writer?

Answer:

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Jawaban dan Penjelasan

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Present Continuous Tense

Slamet is playing football now
Fatimah and zahra are making cakes in the kitchen
The plane is flying to London
Two mice are eating fish at the moment
Linda is visiting her grandpa right now
I am writing a letter now
Uncle and I are going to a river to fish
Aunt Tina is cooking a plate of fried rice
Two women are sitting on the bench in the park at the moment
The red car is entering the gate now
Sarah is driving car now
Doni and Dini are not playing badminton at moment
Is Didik swimming in the pool now?
Shidqi and Najma are preparing breakfast in the kitchen right now
They are not watching the football in the stadium
Are we cleaning our classroom now?
The horsesare runningvery fast
The man is not breaking the windows at the moment
Are Mr. Mustofa and Mrs. Hastuti teaching English now?
The train is leaving Semarang for Jakarta
How many people are there in the text? There are five people in the text. They are the writer, his father, his mother, his sister and the post man.
What is the writer doing on Sunday morning? He is cleaning the floor in the living room.
What is the writer’s mother doing in the kitchen? She is preparing for our breakfast in the kitchen.
What is the writer’s father doing at the back of the house? He is feeding his lovely birds at the back of the house.
Who is throwing a banana towards the writer? His sister is throwing a banana towards him

PEMBAHASAN:

Present continuous tense digunakan untuk membicarakan aksi yang sedang berlangsung sekarang atau rencana dimasa depan. Present continuous tense dibentuk dengan auxiliary verb “be”, berupa is/am/are – karena present tense (waktu sekarang), dan present participle (-ing). Is digunakan pada subject berupa singular noun (seperti: Ammar, book) dan third person singular pronoun (seperti: she, he, it); are pada plural noun (seperti: boys, men, books), plural pronoun (seperti: we, they) dan you; sementara am pada I.

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