16-Present Continuous Tense

✅ Present Continuous Tense

(juga disebut Present Progressive Tense)

📌 Pengertian

Present Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan:

1. Kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung saat ini (sekarang)

2. Peristiwa sementara

3. Rencana di masa depan (dengan waktu tertentu)

📌 Ciri utama: kata kerja menggunakan Verb + ing

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⚙️ Rumus Kalimat

Bentuk	Rumus	Contoh
(+) Positif	Subject + am/is/are + Verb-ing	We are studying now.
(-) Negatif	Subject + am/is/are + not + Verb-ing	She is not playing.
(?) Yes/No Question	Am/Is/Are + Subject + Verb-ing?	Are you reading?
(?) WH-Question	WH + am/is/are + Subject + Verb-ing?	What are you doing?

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📚 Penggunaan “To Be”

Subject	To be
I	am
He, She, It	is
You, We, They	are

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✨ Contoh Kalimat Present Continuous Tense

➕ Positif:

• I am eating lunch.

• They are playing football.

• She is reading a book.

➖ Negatif:

• I am not watching TV.

• He isn’t doing his homework.

• We aren’t going to school.

❓ Tanya:

• Are you listening to me?
  → Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.

• Is she talking to the teacher?
  → Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t.

❓ WH-Question:

• What are you doing?
  → I’m studying now.

• Who is studying English?
  → She is studying English.

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🕐 Keterangan Waktu (Time Expressions)

Umumnya menggunakan kata-kata waktu berikut:

• Now

• Right now

• At the moment

• This morning / this afternoon / today

• Nowadays

• At present

• For the time being

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🧠 Kapan Menggunakan Present Continuous?

Situasi	Contoh
Sedang berlangsung sekarang	I am doing my homework.
Sementara (tidak permanen)	He is staying with his uncle.
Rencana dekat di masa depan	We are meeting the teacher tomorrow.

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🎯 Mini Latihan (isi titik-titik):

1. She ___ (study) now.

2. ___ you (watch) TV?

3. I ___ not (sleep) right now.