Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 “Present Continuous Tense”

Present continuous tense adalah bentuk tense yang digunakan untuk menyatakan
bahwa suatu aksi sedang berlangsung /sedang terjadi selama waktu tertentu
pada waktu sekarang (present).

Rumus Present Continuous Tense

Untuk membentuk kalimat present continuous tense, kita harus menerapkan rumus
be + Verb-ing pada kata kerja utama.

Rumus Present Continuous

Bentuk Tense Contoh Kalimat
- She is sleeping right now
Subjek + be (am/is/are) - We are studying today
Positif (+)
+ verb (-ing) + …
- She is not sleeping right now
Negatif (-) Subjek +be (am/is/are) + - We are not studying today
not + verb (-ing) + …
Be (am/is/are) + subjek - Is she sleeping right now?
Interrogative(?) + verb (-ing) + …? - Are we studying today?

Subjek: I menggunakan am

You , they, We mengunakan are

He, she, it(animal) menggunakan is

Berikut ini keterangan waktu yang sering digunakan pada kalimat present
continuous tense:

Pada saat terjadi Pada waktu sekitar waktu

pembicaraan (at the time of Artinya pembicaraan (around the
speaking) time of speaking)
 Right now  This month
 At the moment Sekarang  This year
 Today  This week
 At present  This semester
 Now, Etc.  Etc.
Ulangan Harian Materi Present continuous tense
I. Make the correct present continuous forms based on the verbs in the brackets!
1. Slamet ____________ (play) football now.
2. Fatimah and Zahra _______________ (make) cakes in the kitchen.
3. The plane ________ (fly) to London.
4. Two mice __________ (eat) fish at the moment.
5 Linda _______________ (visit) her grandpa right now.
6. I ______________ (write) a letter now.
7. Uncle and I __________________(go) to a river to fish.
8. Aunt Tina ________________ (cook) a plate of fried rice.
9. Two women ________________ (sit) on the bench in the park at the moment.
10. The red car ________________ (enter) the gate now.

II. Do like the example based on the symbol given!

Example:
Dono/drink/ice tea/now
- Dono is drinking ice tea now.(+)
11. Sarah/drive/a car/now. (+)
12. Doni and Dini/play/badminton/at the moment. (-)
13 Didik/swim/in the poo/now (?)
14. Shidqi and Najma/prepare/breakfast/in the kitchen/right now. (+)
15. They/watch/the football match/in the stadium. (-)
16. We/clean/our classroom/ now. (?)
17. The horses/run/very fast (+)
18. The man/break/the windows/at the moment. (-)
19. Mr. Mustofa and Mrs Hastuti/teach/English/now. (?)
20. The train/leave/Semarang/for Jakarta. (+)