1. Present Continuous Tense
Presentcontinuoustense dibentuk dengan auxiliary verb“be”, berupais/am/are – karena present
tense(waktu sekarang), dan presentparticiple (V1-ing). Umumnyatenseinihanyaterjadi padaaksi
berupadynamicverb, tidak stative verb. Mengapabegitu? karenasecara umumhanya dynamicverb
yangmemiliki bentuk continuous.
RumusPresentContinuousTense
Kalimat Rumus Present Continuous Tense Contoh Present ContinuousTense
positif
(+)
S + be (am/is/are) + presentparticiple
The shipsare sailing
He is smiling
negatif
(-)
S + be (am/is/are) + not+ presentparticiple
The shipsare notsailing
He is notsmiling
interogatif
(?)
be (am/is/are) + S + present participle?
are the shipssailing
Is he smiling
Contoh:
Positive:Youare jumpingfrom the window.
Negative:She is not walking in the yard.
Introgative:Ishe laughing with you?
Past Continuous Tense
PastContinuoustense dibentukdengan auxiliaryverb“be”,berupawas/were –karenapasttense
(masalalu), danpresentparticiple.Wasuntuk singularsubject (I,she,he,it,dankata ganti orang
ketiga) dan were untuk pluralsubject(you,they,we,orangketigajamak).
Tense ini umumnyahanyaterjadi padaaksi berupadynamicverb,tidak stativeverb karenasecara
umumhanya dynamicverb yangmemilikibentuk continuous.
RumusPast ContinuousTense:
JenisKalimat Rumus Contoh
positif
(+)
S + be (was/were)+presentparticiple (v-ing)
The team wasrunning
The workerswere queuing
negatif
(-)
S + be (was/were)+not + presentparticiple (v-ing)
The team wasnot running
The workersweren’tqueuing
interogatif
(?)
be (was/were) +S+ presentparticiple (v-ing)?
Was the team running
Were the workersqueuing
