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Mohamad Hasan Munadi, S. Pd (SMP N 1 Wanaraja/SWANS)
Iin Fitriani, S. Pd, M. Pd (SMP N 2 Bayongbong/DUBAY)

Examples : I am playing cricket.
He is driving a car
They are reading their lessons.

Negative Sentence
• Subject + auxiliary verb + not + main verb-ing (Present participle) + object
• Subject + am/is/are + not + (1st form of verb + ing) + objecT

Examples : I am not playing cricket.
He is not driving a car
They are not reading their lessons.
Interrogative Sentences

 Auxiliary verb + Subject + main verb-ing (Present participle) + object
 Am/is/are + Subject + (1st form of verb or base verb + ing) + object
Examples : Am I playing cricket?
Is he driving a car?
Are they reading their lessons?

Penggunaan to be:
I : am He : is
You : are She : is
They : are It : is
we : are

Keterangan:
S : Subject
To be : Auxiliary (kata kerja bantu)
V-ing : Gerund (Kata kerja ditambah –ing)
O/C : Object/Complement ( Objek/Pelengkap

Kata Keterangan waktu yang biasa digunakan dalam tenses ini:
Now, right now, at the moment etc.

II. Past Continuous Tense
Past continuous tense atau past progressive tense adalah suatu bentuk kata kerja yang
digunakan untuk menyatakan bahwa suatu aksi sedang terjadi pada waktu tertentu di
masa lampau. Aksi tersebut telah dimulai tapi belum selesai pada saat itu.

Rumus Past Continuous Tense
Past continuous tense dibentuk dengan auxiliary verb “be”, berupa was atau were –
karena past tense (terjadi di masa lalu), dan present participle. Was untuk singular
subject berupa singular noun (seperti: Andi, book, dan cat) dan singular
pronoun (seperti: I, she, he, dan it) kecuali “you”; sebaliknya were yang merupakan plural
verb digunakan pada plural subject seperti plural noun (seperti: cats, people, books)
dan plural pronoun (seperti: you, they, we, dan cats), dan you.

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