DAY 14: PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

After PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE, this is the second tense that we are going to get to know more. We are going to talk about when should we use the tense and how do we make sentences using this tense.

USE

Kita menggunakan TENSE ini untuk menceritakan tentang AKTIVITAS yang sedang berlangsung ketika kita berbicara dan juga AKTIVITAS yang akhir-akhir ini sedang kita lakukan. Contohnya:

PATTERN

Here is how we make sentences using PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE. Those include positive, negative, and interrogative sentences:

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SUBJECT	BE	V-ING	ADDITIONAL INFO	TIME SIGNAL
I	am	cooking	something	now.
She/he/it/singular nouns	is	running	–	right now.
You/we/they/plural nouns	are	watching	a series	these days.

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SUBJECT	BE	NOT	V-ING	ADDITIONAL INFO	TIME SIGNAL
I	am	not	cooking	something	now.
She/he/it/singular nouns	is	not	running	–	right now.
You/we/they/plural nouns	are	not	watching	a series	these days.

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BE	SUBJECT	V-ING	ADDITIONAL INFO	TIME SIGNAL
Am	I	cooking	something	now?
Is	she/he/it/singular nouns	running	–	right now?
Are	you/we/they/plural nouns	watching	a series	these days?

OTHER STATE VERBS

Seperti yang sudah kita bahas sebelumnya, di bahasa Inggris terdapat bukan hanya ACTIVITY, namun juga STATE VERBS. STATE VERBS usually refer to emotions, senses, beliefs, opinions, relationships, possessions, and states of being yang bukan merupakan sebuah “aktivitas” yang bisa kita lihat kegiatannya secara fisik. Ternyata, terdapat banyak jenis STATE VERBS selain BE (are/am/is). Contohnya adalah:

Berikut contoh STATE VERBS dalam kalimat:

• The mountains in the distance are covered with snow. (BE)
• The art enthusiasts adore the paintings here. (FEELING)
• The new employee always seems eager to learn and contribute to the team. (SENSE)
• The antique clock belongs to my grandmother. (POSESSION)
• I always understand the instructions after reading them a few times. (THOUGHT)

Yang perlu kita perhatikan, biasanya kita TIDAK menggunakan bentuk CONTIUOUS (V-ing) untuk STATE VERBS.

• I am knowing you. ❌ ➡️ I know you. ✅

• He is owning a car. ❌ ➡️ He owns a car. ✅

• We are needing help. ❌ ➡️ We need help. ✅

Nice job so far! After this, we are going to get to know more about TENSES and other interesting things in English grammar. But before that, let’s also fill the CHEAT SHEET for PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE below: