Simple Present Continuous Tense

Simple Present Continues Tense ialah sebuah tenses yang masuk dalam kategori present, atau ketika ini. Tenses ini smenceritakan ihwal insiden yang sedang terjadi ketika dibicarakan, akan tetapi bila durasi waktu yang panjang dapat juga sang pelaku atau subject tidak sedang melaksanakan tindakan tersebut. Sebagi sontoh Andi sedang berguru di UNNES sekarang, beliau mengambil jurusan bahasa Indonesia, nah pada kalimat ini dapat juga Andi tidak sedang berguru bahasa Indonesia mungkin beliau sedang melaksanakan acara lain, inilah yang disebut dengan Simple Present Continues tenses.

1. Please don’t make so much noise . I am working. (penulis dalam kalimat ini sedang bekerja sehingga beliau tidak mau diganggu)

2. Where are FIna and ayu ? “ They are having a bath” ( pada kalimat ini Fina dan Ayu ketika sedang dibicarakan sedang mandi)

3. Fina is reading an interesting book at the moment. She will lend it to me when she has finished it ( pada ketika ini Fina sedang membaca buku yang menarikdanunik)

Perhatikan goresan pena dibawah ini, dan cermati pengunaan simple present Continues tense yang digunakan, terutama penerapan subject dan to be nya.

Steve is reading a newspaper. The boys, Sam and Eric, are playing with a ball. They are both wearing sunglasses. Pam is cooking chicken. She's laughing because the smoke is getting in her eyes. Jo is standing with her mother and is listening to music on her personal stereo. She is eating an orange. Fred, the dog, is lying on the grass asleep.

RUMUS SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUES TENSES

Kalimat Positive

Subject + To be ( IS, am, are) + V ing + Adverb of time

Ingat dalam untuk menentukan To Be yang pas kalian harus menentukan subjectny terlebih lampau, jadi dalam tenses ini peranan subject sangat menentukan untuk menentukan tobe, perhatikan pola kalimat dibawah ini

She is studying English at the moment.

My parents are making a preparation for the party now, my father is decorating the house and my mother is cooking for the meal in the kitchen

Fina and Anto are playing computer game in the room,

Fina and Anto are watching movie in the Cinema right now, they are having a great time.

Fina is studying very hard because she will face the tamat exam tomorrow.

Ayu is drawing at her room now.

Kalimat Negative

Subject + To be ( IS, am, are) +not + V ing + Adverb of time

Sama dengan tenses yang lain, simple present continues tense juga memiliki bentuk negative, untuk membentuk kalimat negative dalam simple present continues kita tinggal menambahkan kata “not” setelah to be dan lalu ditambah dengan V- ing. Perhatikan pola dibawah ini.

She is not studying English at the moment.

My parents are not making a preparation for the party now, my father is not decorating the house and my mother is not cooking for the meal in the kitchen now

Fina and Anto are not playing computer game in the room,

Fina and Anto are not watching movie in the Cinema right now, they are having a great time.

Fina is not studying very hard because she will face the tamat exam tomorrow.

Ayu is not drawing at her room now.

Kalimat Tanya

To be ( IS, am, are) + Subject + V ing + Adverb of time ?

Teknik pembuatan kalimat tanya atau interrogative dalam simple present continues tense ialah dengan meletakkan tobe di depan subject. Untuk lebih memahaminya perhatikan pola diberikut ini.

is She studying English at the moment. ?

Are Fina and Anto playing computer game in the room ?

Are Fina and Anto watching movie in the Cinema right now ? , are they having a great time. ?

Is Fina studying very hard ? Yes she is, because she will face the tamat exam tomorrow.

Is Ayu drawing at her room now. ?

Perbedaan antara simple present continues tense dan simple present tense

Present continuous	Present simple
digunakan untuk menceritakan kegiatan yang sedang terjadi, atau sedang berlangsung ketika sedang dibicarakan	Digunakan untuk menceritakan sesuatu secara umum atau kebiasaan yang terjadi secara berulang ulang.
The water is boiling. Can you turn it off? ( air sedang mendidih)	Water boils at 100 degrees celcius. ( fakta)
Listen to those people. What Language are they speaking ? ( menanyakan orang sedang berbicara apa, ketika mereka sedang bercakap cakap)	Excuse me, do you speak english ? ( menanyakan ihwal kebiasaan)
Let's go out. it is not raining now ( saat ini sedang tidak hujan)	it does not rain very much in summer ( Pada waktu ekspresi dominan hujan memang hujan tidak turun ini ialah fakta)