PRESENT CONTINUOUS

NEGATIVE, CONTRACTIONS
ISN’T & AREN’T

Dr. Tertius Soediono

LESSON 2

• READING AND ORAL PRACTICE

Reading and Oral Practice 1.
1. Listen and Repeat

Is Dick taking a bus to work ?

No, he’s driving to work.
What’s he doing now ?
He’s listening to his radio car.
Why is he listening to his radio ?
Because he wants to hear the traffic and weather
reports.
Reading and Oral Practice 2.
• Is there a lot of traffic this morning ?
• There’s a lot of traffic every morning.
• What’s Dick doing now ?
• He’s stopping for the red light.
• What’s the policeman doing ?
• He’s directing the traffic.
• Is he motioning the drivers to wait ?
• No, he isn’t motioning them to wait. He’s motioning
them to go head.
Reading and Oral Practice 3.
• Why are the drivers blowing their horns ?
• Because they’re in a hurry.
• Why is the traffic so bad today ?
• Because it’s raining
• What’s Dick doing now ?
• He’s looking for a place to park his car.
• Is it easy to find a parking place ?
• No, it isn’t easy to find a parking place. It’s very difficult.
• ANSWER THE QUESTION IN ENGLISH
 1

Is Dick taking a bus to work ?

Tidak, ia sedang bermobil ke pekerjaan.
What’s he doing now ?
Ia sedang mendengarkan radio mobilnya.
Why is he listening to his radio ?
Karena ia ingin mendengarkan lalu lintas dan laporan
cuaca.
 2
• Is there a lot of traffic this morning ?
• Ada banyak lalu lintas setiap pagi.
• What’s Dick doing now ?
• Ia sedang berhenti di lampu merah.
• What’s the policeman doing ?
• Ia sedang mengarahkan lalu lintas.
• Is he motioning the drivers to wait ?
• Tidak, ia tidak sedang menggerakkan mereka untuk
menunggu. Ia sedang menggerakan mereka untuk
terus.
 3
• Why are the drivers blowing their horns ?
• Karena mereka tergesa gesa.
• Why is the traffic so bad today ?
• Karena hari sedang hujan.
• What’s Dick doing now ?
• Ia sedang mencari tempat untuk memarkir mobilnya.
• Is it easy to find a parking place ?
• Tidak,hal itu tidak mudah mencari tempat parkir. Hal itu
sangat sulit.
 SINGSPIRATION 14

• TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS

• Turn your eyes upon Jesus,

• Look full in His wonderful face;
• And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
• In the light of His glory and grace.
• DIALOGUE
 DIALOGUE

A : What are you doing ?

B : I’m parking my car here.
A : No, I’m sorry, that isn’t possible.
B : Why not ? I don’t see a “No Parking” sign.
A : This is my parking place.
B : I don’t see a sign with your name.
A : I park here every day.
B : Well, I am parking here today.
 DIALOGUE

• A : Why don’t you go arround the corner and look for

a place ?
• B : Because there is a place here.
• A : But it’s my place.
• B : Not to day. I’m not moving my car.
• STRUCTURE AND PATTERN PRACTICE

• Write on your notebook please

Structure and Pattern Practice
• The negative for the present continuous tense is formed by
placing not after the form of to be.

• I’m not driving to work.

• He’s not going with us.
• We are not waiting for him.

• Note : the contracted forms isn’t and aren’t. There is no

contraction for am not.

• Example :
• He isn’t going with us.
• We aren’t waiting for him.
Structure and Pattern Practice

Singular Plural

I’m not waiting We aren’t waiting

You aren’t waiting You aren’t waiting
He isn’t waiting
She isn’t waiting They aren’t waiting
It isn’t waiting
Structure and Pattern Practice

• Forms such as you aren’t and he isn’t can be used freely

as alternatives to the forms you’re not, he’s not etc.
Which were presented earlier.

• We’re not cold = we aren’t cold.

• He’s not working = he isn’t working.
Excercise 1
• Change these sentences to the negative. Use the
contracted forms isn’t and aren’t when possible.

• Example :
• He’s looking for a parking place.
• He isn’t looking for a parking place.

1. The bus is stopping at the corner.

2. I’m wearing a coat today.
3. She’s talking to a professor.
4. We’re copying the new words in our notebooks.
5. You’re putting the book on the floor.
The Answer 1

1. The bus isn’t stopping at the corner.

2. I’m not wearing a coat today.
3. She isn’t talking to a professor.
4. We aren’t copying the new words in our notebooks.
5. You aren’t putting the book on the floor.
Excercise 2
Change these sentences to affirmative.

• Example :
• He isn’t looking for a parking place.
He’s looking for a parking place.

1. We aren’t having a good time.

2. The bus isn’t leaving.
3. He isn’t taking the subway to work this week.
4. The drivers aren’t blowing their horns.
5. I’m putting the stamp on the letter.
The Answers 2

1. We’re having a good time.

2. The bus is leaving.
3. He’s taking the subway to work this week.
4. The drivers are blowing their horns.
5. I’m putting the stamp on the letter.
• PRONUNCIATION AND INTONATION PRACTICE
Pronunciation & Intonation Practice

1. Some of the negative contractions are pronounced as

one syllable and some are pronounced as two
syllables,with the second syllable pronounced [ent].

One syllable two syllable

aren’t isn’t
weren’t wasn’t
don’t doesn’t
Pronunciation & Intonation Practice
Repeat several times.

[f] as the f in for : first,family,four,five,Friday.

[v] as the v in have : leave, live, arrive, of, eleven.
[w] as the w in we : week, well, when, want.
[y] as the y in yes : yet, you, your, year, young.
[h] as the h in he : his, her, hello, have, house.
Pronunciation & Intonation Practice
Listen and Repeat

•T : He’s taking the bus.

• S : He’s taking the bus.
• T : He isn’t driving
• S : He isn’t driving

• She’s opening the letters.

• She isn’t opening the letters.
• We’re copying the sentences.
• We aren’t copying the sentences.
• I’m moving the tables
• I ‘m not moving the desk.
• GENERAL PRACTICE
General Practice
• When does spring begin? It begins late in March.

1. When does summer begin? (Bulan Juni).

2. When does fall begin? (Bulan Sept).
3. What another name to fall?(Autumn)
4. When does winter begin? (Bulan Des.)
5. In what months are the hot season in Indonesia?
(bulan April hingga Oktober)
6. In what months are the wet season in Indonesia?
(Oktober sampai April).
7. In what months is the weather in new York usually
worm?(April, Mei, Juni).