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PRESENT CONTINUOUSUmu Laila Khasun
Nurul Fikri Jakarta 1
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USE Present actions
Temporary actions Longer actions in progres
Future (personal) arrange
and plans Tendencies and trends
Irritation
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USE 1: Present Action
Most often, we use the Present Continuotense to talk about actions happening at
moment of speaking.
Examples:
Im teaching you at the moment
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USE 2: Temporary Actions
This tenses is also used for activities cononly for a limited period of time
Examples:
Im riding a bike to work because my car is brokTheyre not talking to each other after the last
Mary is working at Mc Donald for summer
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This tenses is also used when we are in the midof doing somethingtime-consuming
(i.e. something that takes time to complete).
Examples:
Theyre working hard to earn money
Im training to become profesional footballer
Dennis is saving money to buy a house
USE 3: Longer Actions in Progres
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This tenses also to show that something is plaand will be done in the near future
Examples:
Im going home on 19thof october
Tonight, were watching Harry Potter 7
Were not going anywhere next Sunday
USE 4: Future Arrangements and
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This tense is also used for expressing tenor trends
Examples:
Our country is getting richerThe internet is becoming less of novelty
The universe is expanding
USE 5: Tendencies and Trend
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And the last use is to express irritation or angerover somebody or something in the present wi
Adverbs such as: always, continually or contan
Examples:Shes continually complaining about everything
My boss is constantly critising me
USE 6: Irritation or Anger
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Stative Verb
ThinkI think you look pretty
I am thinking about you
Have
I have a cat
Im having lunch
SmellYou smell good
Im smelling some
burnt
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Present Perfect Contin
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USE 1 Duration from the P
Until NowThis tenses is used to show that somethi
the past and continues till now and how
action has been going on
Examples:
They have been talkingfor the last hour.She has been workingat that company f
What haveyou been doingfor the last 30
We have been waiting here for over two
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We have been waiting here for two hours!
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You can also use the this tense WITHO
a duration such as for two weeks.Without the duration, the tense has a
general meaning of "lately. We often
"lately" or "recently" to emphasize th
Example
She has been watching TV to much la
USE 2: Recently, Lately
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Hes usually not nice to me, but todayh
being nice
Im not lazy but during fasting month, I
being lazy