What are you doing?

Look at the picture below! What are the people in the picture doing?

Siti is mopping the floor.

Lina is erasing the whiteboard.

Beni is sweeping the floor.

Udin is putting the book into the shelf.

Dayu is throwing the rubbish into the trashcan.

Look at the picture below! Here is a picture of my family. Let’s see what they are doing!

 

My mother is watering the plants.

My father is cooking spaghetti.

My brother is washing his bicycle.

My sister is sweeping the floor.

Note :

1.      The purpose of present continuous tense is to talk about activities that are still in progress now.

2.      The form is :

·         Positive

I	am
you	are
they
we		studying
he	is
she
it

Subject + to be (am, is, are) + V-ing

·         Negative

I	am not
you	are not (aren’t)
they
we		studying
he	is (isn’t)
she
it

Subject + to be (am, is, are) + not + V-ing

·         Question

Am	I
	you
Are	they
	we	studying
Is	he
	she
	it

To be (am, is, are) + subject + V-ing?

References :

Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. 2014. Bahasa Inggris, When English Rings a Bell SMP/MTs Kelas VIII. Jakarta : Pusat Kurikulum dan Perbukuan, Balitbang. Kemdikbud. Hal. 148 -155.

Zaida, N. 2014. Practise Your English Competence 2. Jakarta : Erlangga.

Zaida, N. 2015. BUPENA Buku Penilaian Autentik for SMP/MTS Grade VIII. Jakarta : Erlangga.