Examples of using Present continuous in English and their translations into Indonesian
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Example time signal for present continuous.
Present continuous is used for action happening right now.
We are going to study Present Continuous tense.
The Present Continuous is also used for repeated actions or habits.
Complete the sentences with present simple or present continuous.
One example is the present continuous tense which means that the event is happening.
Difference between the present simple and the present continuous.
The Present Continuous is also used for processes happening around the present time.
We have looked at two tenses the present simple, and the present continuous.
Use the present continuous to talk about arrangements that are planned with other people.
In many situations when we talk aboutfuture plans we can use either the present continuous or the‘going to' future.
You can also use the present continuous for an action just before you begin to do it.
And if that action is happening now or in the general present and has a foreseeable end(which means it's not a habit),we use the present continuous.
For example, in the present continuous tense, we can use these tenses when an event is taking place.
I am working on an important project the whole month.”=We use the present continuous for future because we are expressing the near future(soon).
The present continuous, in the negative form, is used to deny situations that are going on around the moment of speaking.
Is he working on an important project today?”= We use the present continuous to ask about an action that takes place while talking(in that moment).
Use the present continuous with normal verbs to express the idea that something is happening now, at this very moment.
He isn't working on an important project today.”= We use the present continuous to express an action that takes place while talking(in that moment).
The present continuous, in the affirmative form, is used to confirm situations that are going on around the moment of speaking.
I am sending him an email about my decision tonight.”= We use present continuous for future to show that it is already arranged that the speaker will send an email.
The present continuous, in the interrogative form, is used to ask about situations that are going on around the moment of speaking.
The present tense can be divided into: 1 Present simple,2 Present continuous, 3 Present perfect and 4 Present perfect continuous.
We only use the present continuous tense to talk about the future when we have planned to do something before we speak.
You aren't eating.”= We use the present continuous to express an action that takes place while talking(in that moment).
The present continuous(or progressive) is the tense used to express situations that are happening now(before, during and after the moment of speaking).
You can use the present continuous with today/ this week/ this year etc.(periods around now).
We use present continuous to express, deny or ask about planned future activities or fixed arrangements whose time has already been decided.
The present continuous(present progressive) tense is a way to convey any action or condition that is happening right now, frequently, and may be ongoing.
We use I am doing(present continuous) when we say what we have arranged to do- for example, arranged to meet somebody, arranged to go somewhere.