Dalam bahasa Inggris tenses merupakan masalah yang sangat penting, kita tidak mungkin dapat menggunakan bahasa Inggris dengan baik bila tidak mengerti dan menguasai masalah tenses. Tenses adalah bentuk dari sebuah kata kerja yang menunjukkan waktu terjadinya suatu peristiwa. Karena banyak tenses yang digunakan dalam bahasa Inggris,maka di dalam paper ini penulis akan menjelaskan tentang Present Continuous & Past Continuous tense beserta dengan contoh kalimat dan latihan.
Present Continuous tense adalah tense yang digunakan untuk menerangkan suatu kegiatan yang dilakukan ketika kegiatan tersebut sedang dilakukan.
Rumus : Subject + am/is/are + Verb ing
Contoh :
1. It is raining now
2. I am not wearing a coat
3. They are reading a newspaper
4. She is studying English at this moment.
Present Continuous juga digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sudah direncanakan akan dilakukan pada masa yang akan datang,tetapi keterangan waktunya harus disebutkan.
Contoh :
5. Burhan is Going to the theatre tonight.6. She is Leaving for Surabaya tomorrow.
Affirmative (Positive) Form | Negative Form | Question Form | |||||||
I | am | reading | I | am | not | reading | Am | I | reading? |
You | are | reading | You | are | not | reading | Are | you | reading? |
He | is | reading | He | is | not | reading | Is | he | reading? |
She | is | reading | She | is | not | reading | Is | she | reading? |
It | is | reading | It | is | not | reading | Is | it | reading? |
We | are | reading | We | are | not | reading | Are | we | reading? |
You | are | reading | You | are | not | reading | Are | you | reading? |
They | are | reading | They | are | not | reading | Are | they | reading? |
Past Continuous tense adalah tense yang digunakan untuk menggambarkan kejadianyang sedang terjadi pada masa lampau.
Rumus : Subject + was/were + Verb ing
Contoh :
- I was studying at my friend’s house.
- My parents were chatting in the living room.
Past Continuous juga bisa menggambarkan suatu kejadian yang sdang berlangsung
pada masa lampau dimana kejadian lain juga terjadi.
Contoh :
- When I was studying, someone knocked the door.
- When I was walking to school, I met Luna Maya.
Affirmative (Positive) Form | Negative Form | Question Form | |||||||
I | Was | reading | I | Was | not | reading | Was | I | reading? |
You | Were | reading | You | Were | not | reading | Were | you | reading? |
He | Was | reading | He | Was | not | reading | Was | he | reading? |
She | Was | reading | She | Was | not | reading | Was | she | reading? |
It | Was | reading | It | Was | not | reading | Was | it | reading? |
We | Were | reading | We | Were | not | reading | Were | we | reading? |
You | Were | reading | You | Were | not | reading | Were | you | reading? |
They | Were | reading | They | Were | not | reading | Were | they | reading? |