Present Continous Tense digunakan untuk tindakan-tindakan yang sedang terjadi saat sekarang. Misalnya, “I am studying English” berarti bahwa saya sedang dalam proses belajar bahasa Inggris sekarang.
Bentuk
Present Continous Tense dibentuk dengan menambahkan kata kerja “to be” dan bentuk -ing. Perhatikan tabel berikut:
Tunggal
Afirmatif
I am studying
You are studying She is studying He is studying It is studying
Negatif
I am not studying
You are not studying She is not studying He is not studying It is not studying
Pertanyaan
Am I studying?Are you studying? Is she studying? |
Jamak
Afirmatif
We are studying
You are studying They are studying
Negatif
We are not studying
You are not studying They are not studying
Pertanyaan
Are we studying?
Are you sutdying? Are they studying? |
Untuk pertanyaan kita menukar posisi subjek dan kata kerja bantu “to be”, sebagai contoh:
- You are playing -> Are you playing?
Present Continous Tense digunakan untuk tindakan-tindakan yang sedang terjadi saat sekarang. Contoh:
- We are studying English (kami sedang belajar bahasa Inggris)
- You are using a computer (kamu sedang menggunakan komputer)
- It is raining today (hari ini hujan)
- I am working in Paris this month (saya kerja di Paris bulan ini)
- The world is turning (dunia berputar)
Present Continous tense juga digunakan untuk tindakan atau kebiasaan yang berulang. Pengulangan seperti ini dianggap sebagai sebuah proses yang terus berlanjut (kontinyu). Sebagai contoh:
- I am getting up early this week (saya cepat bangun pekan ini)
Present Continous juga digunakan untuk rencana-rencana di masa mendatang yang sudah pasti waktunya. Contoh:
- I’m going to Rome at 10.30 tomorrow (saya akan pergi ke Roma jam 10.30 besok)
- She’s coming to my apartment this evening (dia akan datang ke apartemenku malam ini)
Untuk membuat bentuk -ing, yang juga dikenal sebagai present participle, kita biasanya menambahkan -ing ke kata kerja. Contoh:
- study – studying
- eat – eating
- jump – jumping
- write – writing: bukan
writeing - skate – skating: bukan
skateing.
- run – running: bukan
runing - cut – cutting: bukan
cuting
- lie – lying: bukan
lieing
1) What are you doing?
I’m studying English. What are you doing?
I’m making some food. Do you want some?
Sure!
2) Right now I’m working at home. My friend is talking on the ‘phone and my sister is studying Spanish. She wants to be a businesswoman, so she’s learning a new language. I usually work at the office, but today I’m working at home. It’s great fun!
3) How’s Sarah?
She’s fine. She’s living in Chicago now.
Really!
Yes, and she’s working as a fashion designer.
That’s great. Is she having a good time?
Yes, she’s doing really well.
Kosa kata baru:
Make = membuat
food = makanan talk = berbicara phone = telpon sister = saudara perempuan businesswoman = wanita karir learn = belajar |
Language = bahasa
usually = biasanya office = kantor fun = menyanangkan Sarah – nama perempuan Chicago = Chicago fashion designer = perancang busana |
Berikut beberapa kata keterangan frekuensi yang umum dipakai.
Keterangan
Always (selalu) -
He always eats breakfast.
Usually (biasanya) - He usually eats breakfast. Often (sering) – He often eats breakfast. Sometimes (kadang-kadang) – He sometimes eats breakfast. Never (tidak pernah) – He never eats breakfast.
Untuk aktivitas yang tidak
sering kita dapat menggunakan:
Don’t usually (tidak biasanya) - He doesn’t usually eat
breakfast. |
Frekuensi
100%
80% 60% 40%-50%
-
0%
-
20% |
Kata keterangan frekuensi afirmatif bisa dibuat menjadi negatif, contoh:
- I don’t always eat rice for breakfast.
- He doesn’t usually come home late.
Kata keterangan frekuensi negatif tidak bisa dibuat menjadi negatif, contoh:
- I don’t
Posisi kata keterangan frekuensi
Posisi kata keterangan dalam bahasa Inggris cukup bervariasi. Akan tetapi sebagai aturan umum kata keterangan frekuensi diletakkan sebelum kata kerja utama. Contoh:
Kalimatkalimat berikut sudah benar: “sometimes” ditempatkan sebelum kata kerja utama “play”
- We sometimes play sports.
- We don’t often play sports.
- We play sometimes sports.
- We don’t play often sports.
- We play sports sometimes.
- Sometimes we come home late.
Contoh penggunaan dalam percakapan
1) What do you do at the weekend?
I always go out on Saturday. Sometimes I go to a restaurant, and sometimes I watch a movie. I never go to concerts, but I often go to my friend’s house. I always have a good time!
2) What kind of person are you?
Well, I’m friendly and outgoing, and I’m usually very happy. I don’t often complain, and I never shout or get really angry. How about you?
I’m friendly too, and I’m a little shy.
I’m always happy, but sometimes I’m very busy. I always try to have a happy face.
Me too!
3) What are some customs in your country?
We always bow to people we meet, and we never joke about people’s names.
That’s good. Here we never ask about people’s salary, it’s rude. Also we usually aren’t late for meetings.
That’s good too!
Kosa kata baru:
Weekend = akhir pekan
always = selalu sometimes = kadang-kadang watch = nonton movie = film never = tidak pernah concert = konser often = sering what kind = jenis apa person = orang friendly = ramah outgoing = suka pergi-pergi usually = biasanya complain = mengeluh shout = berteriak |
get angry = marah
shy = malu busy = sibuk face = wajah custom = adat kebiasaan country = negara bow = tunduk people = orang meet = bertemu joke = lelucon salary = gaji rude = tidak sopan late = terlambat meeting = pertemuan |
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