Meeting 3

SMP ICBS KELAS VIII SEMESTER 2

English Class
Present Continuous Tense
2021
Arranged by : Mir-atul Aufa, S.Pd
Welcome to class!
Today’s Topic
“Present Continuous
Tense”
• Overview of Present Continuous Tense

• Present Continuous Formulas (Positive,

Negative and Interrogative)

• Describing Picture using Simple Present

Continuous
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Kompetensi Dasar
3.7 Menerapkan struktur teks dan unsur kebahasaan untukmelaksanakan fungsi sosial menyatakan
dan menanyakan tindakan/kejadian yang sedang dilakukan/berlangsung saat ini, sesuai dengan
konteks penggunaannya.

4.7 Menyusun teks lisan dan tulis untuk menyatakan dan menanyakan tentang tindakan/kejadian yang
sedang dilakukan/berlangsung saat ini, denganmemperhatikanfungsisosial, struktur teks,
danunsurkebahasaan yang benardansesuai konteks.

Tujuan Pembelajaran
Diakhir materi ini, peserta didik diharapkan dapat memahami penggunaan Present Continuous Tense,
mampu menggunakan rumus Present Continuous Tense, dan membuat contoh kalimat Present
Continuous Tense
Overview
Simple Present Tense adalah jenis Tense yang digunakan untuk menjelaskan suatu
kegiatan/aktifitas yang sedang berlangsung.

example :

The students are learning English now (Para siswa sedang belajar Bahasa Inggris saat ini)

She is playing badminton in front of her house (Dia sedang bermain badminton didepan rumahnya)

I am washing the dishes in the kitchen (Saya sedang mencuci piring di dapur)
How to Make Present Continuous Sentence?
Subject To be Verb + ing

a. He or name -> Ali Ali is eating

b. She or name -> Namiira Namiira is eating
is eat + ing = eating
c. It or thing -> cat, flower, library, The cat is eating
bottle, etc.
I am cook + ing = cooking I am cooking

a. You You are playing

b. They or names or plural noun -> Hasan and Husein are
are play + ing = playing
Hasan and Husein, students, flowers playing
c. We or names-> James and I James and I are playing
Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative Sentences

Positive (+) Negative (-) Interrogative (?)

a. Fatima is driving her a. Fatima is not driving her a. Is Fatima driving her
car. car car? (Apakah Fatima
(Fatima sedang (Fatima tidak sedang sedang mengendarai
mengendarai mobilnya) mengendarai mobilnya) mobilnya?)

b. Students are having b. Students are not having b. Are students having
final exams final exams final exams?
(Para siswa tidak sedang (Apakah para siswa tengah
(Para siswa sedang mengikuti ujian akhir?)
mengikuti ujian akhir) mengikuti ujian akhir)

.
Subject + To be + V.ing Subject + To be + not + Ving To be + Subject + Ving
What is happening in the picture?

The postman is wearing a blue uniform

The father is making a salad

The mom is feeding the youngest child

The girl is helping around
EXERCISE
Look at the pictures and say if the statements describe
picture 1, 2, 3 or all of them.

1. A girl is wearing boots.

2. The cat is completely wet.
3. A boy is looking out of the window.
4. It's raining.
5. Many children are carrying school bags.
6. A green car is driving through a puddle.
7. The trees have no leaves.
8. It is windy.
9. The people are in the city.
10. You can see two cars.
Break a Leg!

English Class | Laredo York Primary School

References
Nur Zaida; Yuniar Widiastuti; Dwi Wahyu Priyanto. (2017). Bright: an English course for junior
high school students/ Nur Zaida; editor, Yuniar Widiastuti, Dwi Wahyu Priyanto. Jakarta:
Erlangga.

Weiner, P. K. (1990). Mozaic I: A Content-Based Grammar. New York. McGraw-Hill Companies,

Inc.