Materi Bahasa Inggris SMP Kelas 9: Present Continuous Tense - Penjelajah Bahasa Inggris

Bentuk kata kerja (verb) yang menunjukkan tindakan yang sedang berlangsung.

Ciri-ciri:

• Menggunakan kata kerja berakhiran -ing (verb-ing).
• Menggunakan to be berbentuk present yakni am, is atau are.
• Menggunakan keterangan waktu berupa today, tonight, now dsb.

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Positive form (+)	Subject + to be + Verb-ing
Negative form (-)	Subject + to be + not + Verb-ing
Interrogative form (?)	To be + Subject + Verb-ing …?

Example:

• Vina is sleeping tonight.
• I am writing a letter now.
• Doni and Dona are sitting beside me now.
• We are washing a car today.
• They are waiting at this room.

Bentuk positive, negative dan interrogative dari present continuous tense :

(+)       She is singing a song.

(-)        She is not singing a song.

(?)        Is she singing a song?

(+)       They are playing a card today.

(-)        They are not playing a card today.

(?)        Are they playing a card today?

Latihan: Make a positive, negative or interrogative from these sentences below!

(+) …………………………………………….

 (-) …………………………………………….

(?) Are you listening music tonight?

(+) …………………………………………….

(-) Dinda is not drawing a picture.

 (?) …………………………………………….

(+) I am throwing a ball.

 (-) …………………………………………….

(?) …………………………………………….

(+) …………………………………………….

 (-) …………………………………………….

(?) Are Susi and Riska cooking a soup?

(+) …………………………………………….

(-) We are not walking at Malabar Street today.

 (?) …………………………………………….