Present Continuous adalah bentuk kata kerja yang berfungsi untuk:
- Mengungkapkan sebuah kegiatan/perbuatan atau kejadian yang sedang berlangsung pada masa sekarang (I am studying English: saya sedang belajar bahasa Inggris)
- Mengungkapkan sebuah tindakan atau peristiwa yang ada di masa sekarang tetapi belum tentu terjadi pada saat berbicara (he is studying English in Pancasila International School: Dia belajar bahasa Inggris di sekolah internasional Pancasila)
- Membicarakan tentang sesuatu yang terjadi sekitar sekarang. (John is working hard today: Hari ini John berkerja dengan giat)
- Membicarakan tentang perubahan-perubahan yang terjadi sekitar sekarang. (the weather is changing unpredictably: Cuaca berubah-ubah tidak menentu)
Affirmative
Subject
+ am /are/ is + Verb-ing
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I
am studying English
You/They/We
are studying English
He/she/my
friend/ is studying English
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Negative
Subject
+ am/are/ is + not + Verb-ing
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I
am not studying English
You/They/We
are not studying English
He/she/my
friend/ is not studying English
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Interrogative
Am/are/is
+ subject + verb-ing
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Am
I studying English
Are You/ they/ we
studying English?
Is He/she/my
friend/it studying English?
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Negative
interrogative
Am
not/are not/is not + subject + verb-ing
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Am
not I studying English
Are not You/
they/ we studying English?
Is not He/she/my
friend/it studying English?
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Catatan:
Bentuk Singkatan
I am : I’m
You are : You’re
We are : We’re
They are : They’re
He is : He’s
She is : She’s
My friend is : My Friend’s
I am not : I’m not
You are not : You aren’t
We are not : We aren’t
They are not : They aren’t
He is no : He isn’t
She is not : She isn’t
My friend is not: My Friend isn’t
Short Answer Question dari Present Continuous Tense
Present Continuous
Tense
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Question
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Short Answer
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Complete Answer
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Are
you Studying English?
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Yes
I am
No,
I am not
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Yes
I lam studying English
No,
I am not studying English
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Is
he studying English?
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Yes
he is
No,
he is not
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Yes
he is studying English
No,
he is not studying English
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