Present continous tense

1.     Present continous tense

Present contionous tense is used to :

1.      Express an action happening  now, e.g :

§  Budi is listening to the radio at present

§  I am buying a pen

§  It is raining now

2.      A temporary action which may not be actually happening at the time of speaking. E.g:

§  I am writing my thesis

(but i am not writing thesis at this moment)

§  Annisa is writing her final assignment

3.      Express for an action that is planned for future :

§  The tourist are traveling to bali tommorow

§  She is leaving for  surabaya tommorow

The simple present tense often uses with adverbial of time, adverbial of place, adverbial of frequency, etc. E.g :

Tommorow	This evening
Tonight	This afternoon
Today	At this moment
At present	this morning, etc

There are some verb can’t use in this tenses, example :

a.       See, hear, smell, notice, etc

b.      Want, desire, refuse, forgive, hate, etc

c.       Remember, think, know, belief, forget, mind, etc

d.      Own, owe, belong, possess, etc

The formula of present continous tense

(+ ) = S + is/am/are + Vingb + O Example : i am writing a letter to my parents now (- ) = S + is/am/are+ not + Ving + O Example : i am not writing a letter to my parents now (?) = is/am/are + S + Ving + O Example : am i writing a letter to my parents now?