Grammar 02 - Present Continuous Tense

Dalam pembahasan materi Present Continuous Tense

ini, ada 4 hal yang akan kita bahas guys!
▪ FUNCTION (fungsi present continuous itu sendiri)

▪TIME SIGNAL (keterangan waktu untuk present

continuous)
▪FORM (bentuk kalimat present continuous)
Pembahasan tenses :
1. FUNCTION (fungsi)
Well, fungsi dari present continuous itu sendiri ada 5,
diantaranya

1. Untuk menyatakan perbuatan yang sedang

berlangsung psda saat ini.
A. Short term activity
Pada saat bicara peristiwa itu sedang berlangsung,
seperti :
• What are you doing at that moment? I am writing a
letter.
• Look! There's Sally. Who is she talking to?
B. Long term activity
Pada saat bicara, peristiwa itu tidak harus terjadi pada
saat itu juga, akan tetapi peristiwa itu dalam kerangka
proses, seperti :
• Patty is looking for a job at the moment
• Now, Robert is taking English course in Pare.
• Jack is on holiday this week. He is staying with his
sister in Bali.
2. Menyatakan perbuatan yang berulang ulang,
mengandung makna rasa jengkel, bisa juga untuk
menunjukkan rasa kagum, seperti:
• Roni is always borrowing my book (ada unsur rasa
jengkel)
• She is always reading many books. (Ada unsur rasa
kagum)
3. Menyatakan future time (keterangan waktu harus
disebutkan), seperti:
• We are visiting some friends in Pare next weekend.
• Sarah is taking an exam on Monday.
4. Untuk menyatakan situasi atau peristiwa yang
berangsur angsur berubah, seperti:
• Your English is improving.
• The population of the world is increasing very
rapidly.

5. Untuk menyatakan kebiasaan yang bersifat

sementara, seperti:
• I am living in Pare at that moment. (Sementara)
Bandingkandengan :
• I live in Pare (menetap) >simple present tense
2. TIME SIGNAL (keterangan waktu)
Menggunakan specific time signal :
1. Sekarang/saat ini
• Now
• Right now
• At present
• At the moment
2. Masih : still
3. This morning and this afternoon (jika diartikan
tadi pagi dan tadi sore, maka boleh digunakan untuk
tenses past.
4. Malam ini : this evening
5. Malam ini/nanti malam : tonight
6. Minggu depan : next week
7. Bulan depan : next month
8. Akhir pekan ini : this weekend
9. Segera : soon
10. Dalan beberapa minggu : in a few weeks
*nomor 4-10 juga bisa digunakan untuk future tense.
11. Lihat! : Look!
12. Dengar! : Listen!
13. Dengar! : Hear!
*nomor 11-13 Imperative (kalimat perintah/
larangan)juga bisa menjadi time signal untuk tenses
present continuous, karena konteks waktu dalam
kalimat perintah adalah saat ini/pada saat berbicara.
3. FORM (bentuk)

1. kalimat verbal (verbal sentence form) : di dalam

setiap kalimat PASTI ADA kata kerja (verb)
Contoh :
• We are working at KIC.
work adalah verb
2. kalimat nominal (nominal sentence form) : di dalam
setiap kalimat TIDAK ADA kata kerja (verb). Jadinya
kata benda (noun) atau (adjective saja).
Contoh :
• We are member of KIC.
member adalah noun
• We are proud of KIC!
proud adalah adjective

Next kita lanjut ke pembagian bentuk kalimat verbal

dan kalimat nominal.

1. Verbal Sentence Form

Subject (I), memakai am
Contoh :
Kalimat positif
Polanya : Polanya : I + am + + V. Ing + object + (adverb
of place/time/manner)
• I am reading a book.
• I am writing a letter
Subject (you, they, we atau Malven and Melvin (2 nama
orang), memakai are
Contoh :
Kalimat positif
Polanya : Subject + are + + V. Ing + object + (adverb of
place/time/manner)
• You are giving me a red card.
• They are giving us a red card.
• We are giving them a red card.

Kalimat negative
Polanya : Subject + AM NOT + verb ing + object +
(adverb of place/time/manner)
• I am not giving you a red card.
• I am not doing my homework
Subject (you, they, we atau Malven and Melvin (2 nama
orang), memakai are
Contoh :
Kalimat negative
Polanya : Subject + ARE NOT + verb ing + object +
(adverb of place/time/manner)
• You are not giving me a red card.
• They are not giving us a red card.
• We are not giving them a red card.

Kalimat interrogative (kalimat tanya ‘apakah’) :

Polanya : AM + I + verb ing + object + (adverb of
place/time/manner) ?
• Am I giving you a red card?
Subject (you, they, we atau Malven and Melvin (2 nama
orang), memakai are
Contoh :

Kalimat interrogative (kalimat tanya ‘apakah’) :

Polanya : ARE + subject + verb ing + object + (adverb
of place/time/manner) ?
• are you giving me a red card?
• are they giving us a red card?
• are we giving them a red card?

Kalimat negative interrogative (kalimat tanya

‘bukankah’)
Polanya : Am + Subject + NOT + verb ing + object +
(adverb of place/time/manner) ?
• Am I not giving you a red card?
Kalimat negative interrogative (kalimat tanya
‘bukankah’)
Polanya : AREN'T + Subject + verb ing + object +
(adverb of place/time/manner) ?
• aren't you giving me a red card?
• aren't they giving us a red card?
• aren't we giving them a red card?
Subject (She, he, it, Malven (nama satu orang),
memakai IS .

Kalimat positif
Polanya : Subject + IS + verb ing+ object + (adverb of
place/time/manner)
• She is giving her a red card.
• He is giving him a red card.
• It is giving Malven a red card.
• Malven is giving it a red card.

Kalimat negative
Polanya : Subject + IS NOT + verb ing + object +
(adverb of place/time/manner)
• She is not (isn't) giving her a red card.
• He is not (isn't) giving him a red card.
• It is not (isn't) giving Malven a red card.
• Malven is not (isn't) giving it a red card.

Kalimat interrogative (kalimat tanya ‘apakah’) :

Polanya : IS + Subject + verb ing + object + (adverb of
place/time/manner) ?
• Is she giving her a red card?
• Is he you giving him a red card?
• Is it giving Malven a red card?
• Id Malven giving a red card?

Kalimat negatie interrogative (kalimat tanya

‘bukankah’)
Polanya : ISN'T + Subject + verb ing + object + (adverb
of place/time/manner) ?
• Isn't she giving her a red card?
• Isn't he you giving him a red card?
• Isn't it giving Malven a red card?
• Is3 Malven giving a red card?

2. Nominal Sentence Form

Sama dengan bentuk kalimat nominal Simple Present
Tense
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