Present Continuous (Part 1)

She is driving to work

Dia sedang mengemudi mobilnya ke tempat kerja.
Diana is in her car. She is on her way to work. She is driving to work.
This means:
She is driving, at the time of speaking. The action is not finished.

Diana di dalam mobilnya. Dia dalam perjalanan ke tempat kerjanya. Dia sedang mengemudi mobilnya ke tempat kerja.
Hal tersebut maknanya:
Dia sedang mengemudi sekarang, pada saat berbicara. Tindakan belum selesai.

Dalam Present Continuous, kita menggunakan pola ‘is/am/are’ + ‘-ing’

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I am doing something = I’m in the middle of doing it; I have started doing it and I haven’t finished yet.
Saya sedang melakukan sesuatu = saya di tengah-tengah melakukannya, saya sudah mulai melakukannya dan saya
belum selesai

Examples (contoh):
 Please don’t make so much noise. I’m trying to work. (not “I try to work”)
Tolong jangan ribut. Saya sedang bekerja

 Let’s go out now. It isn’t raining anymore. (not “It doesn’t rain anymore”)
Mari kita pergi, sekarang sedang tidak turun hujan.

 (at a party) Hello, Jane. Are you enjoying the party? (not “do you enjoy”)
(di sebuah pesta) Halo, Jane. Apakah Anda menikmati pesta ini?

 “Where is your sister?” “She’s having a shower” (not she has a shower)
“Dimana saudara perempuanmu?” “Dia sedang mandi”

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 TRY THIS OUT !

Choose the correct one to complete the sentence

(pilihlah jawaban yang benar untuk melengkapi kalimat-kalimat berikut)

1. I look for/ am look for/ am looking for my son. Do you know where he is?
2. Have you got an umbrella? It starts/ starting/ is starting to rain.

3. Why are these people here? What is happened/ is happen/ is happening?

4. You can turn off the radio. I don’t listen/ am not listening/ am not listen to it.

5. They had an argument. They aren’t speaking/ are speaking/ speak to each other.
6. My boss isn’t working/ working/ is working this week. He’s on holiday.

7. Hurry up! Everybody waiting/ are waiting/ is waiting for you.

8. My Mom wants to go to Italy, so she isn’t learning/ is learning/ learnings Italian.

9. We live/ are living/ aren’t living with some friends until we find a place of our own.

10. Look! The water is boiling/ are boiling/ boiling. Can you turn it off?

11. Can you hear these people? What do they talk/ they are talking/ are they talking about?
12. Why do you look/ you are looking/ are you looking at me like that? What’s the matter?

13. Have you seen Rahmat? What he is doing/ is he doing/ are doing these days?

14. Why are you so quite today? What are you thinking/ you are thinking/ you thinking about?

15. Where are my children? Are they playing/ they are playing/ they playing in the soccer field?

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