PRESENT COUNTINOUS TENSE

Present Countinous Tense merupakan tense yang menunjukkan

sebuah kejadian atau kondisi yang sedang terjadi sekarang, sering terjadi, dan
dapat dilakukan atau berlanjut ke masa depan. Tense ini juga dikenal dengan
Present Progressive Tense karena tense ini bisa digunakan untuk menjelaskan
tindakan yang mungkin atau bisa dilakukan di masa depan.

RUMUS PRESENT COUNTINOUS TENSE

(+) S + to be (am,is,are) + Ving

Ex : She is doing her homework now
(-) S + to be + not + Ving
Ex : She is not doing her homework now
(?) to be + S + Ving
Ex : Is she doing her homework now ?
A. Bentuk to be
1. Tunggal
I am (orang pertama)
You are (orang kedua)
He/She/It (orang ketiga)
2. Jamak
We are (orang pertama)
You are (orang kedua)
They are (orang ketiga)
B. Bentuk kata kerja “-ing” (V-ing)
Ex : Go + ing = going
Read + ing = reading
Cook + ing = cooking
C. Adverb of Time
1. Just 6. At the moment
2. Still 7. This month
3. Now 8. Soon
4. Right now 9. This week
FUNGSI PRESENT COUNTINOUS TENSE

 untuk mendeskripsikan tindakan yang sedang terjadi saat ini

Ex : You are using the Internet. You are studying English grammar.

 untuk mendeskripsikan tindakan yang sedang terjadi dalam suatu

periode waktu atau tren

Ex : Are you still working for the same company? More and more
people are becoming vegetarian.

 untuk mendeskripsikan tindakan atau kejadian di masa depan yang

sudah direncanakan atau disiapkan

Ex : We're going on holiday tomorrow. I'm meeting my boyfriend

tonight. Are they visiting you next winter?

 untuk mendeskripsikan kejadian atau situasi sementara

Ex : He usually plays the drums, but he's playing bass guitar

tonight. The weather forecast was good, but it's raining at the
moment.

 jika digunakan dengan always, forever, constantly, untuk

mendeskripsikan dan memberi penekanan pada serangkaian tindakan
berulang yang masih berlanjut

Ex : Harry and Sally are always arguing! You're constantly

complaining about your mother-in-law!

KATA KERJA YANG BIASANYA TIDAK DIGUNAKAN DALAM

BENTUK CONTINUOUS

INDERA

 to feel*
 to hear
 to see*
 to smell
 to taste

PENDAPAT

 to assume
 to believe
 to consider
  to doubt
 to feel (= to think)
 to find (= to consider)
 to suppose
 to think*

KEADAAN MENTAL

 to forget
 to imagine
 to know
 to mean
 to notice
 to recognise
 to remember
 to understand

EMOSI/KEINGINAN

 to envy
 to fear
 to dislike
 to hate
 to hope
 to like
 to love
 to mind
 to prefer
 to regret
 to want
 to wish

PENGUKURAN

 to contain
 to cost
 to hold
 to measure
 to weigh

LAINNYA

 to look (= resemble)
 to seem
 to be (dalam banyak kasus)
 to have (saat berarti "memiliki")*
PENGECUALIAN
Kata kerja yang berkaitan dengan indera (see, hear, feel, taste, smell) sering
digunakan bersama can: I can see... Kata-kata kerja ini dapat digunakan
dalam bentuk continuous, tetapi dengan arti yang berbeda.
1. This coat feels nice and warm. (persepsi Anda mengenai sifat jubah)
2. John's feeling much better now (kesehatannya membaik)
3. She has three dogs and a cat. (kepemilikan)
4. She's having supper. (dia sedang makan)
5. I can see Anthony in the garden (persepsi/indera)
6. I'm seeing Anthony later (kami berencana untuk bertemu)