Soal Negative – Present Continuous Tense
Rumus Negative – Present Continuous Tense
Kalimat positive present continuous tense menggunakan linking verb “be” (am/is/are) sebagai komponen verb phrase-nya. Kalimat negatif dapat langsung dibuat dengan menambahkan “not” setelahnya.
Kalimat Positive:
S + be (am/is/are) + present participle
Kalimat Negative:
S + be (am/is/are) + not + present participle
Catatan:
- is untuk subject berupa third person singular (Jack, a man, she, he, it)
- am hanya untuk “I”
- are untuk “you” dan plural subject (Jack and I, we, they)
Contoh Kalimat Negative – Present Continuous Tense
- I am writing a letter.
(Saya sedang menulis surat.)I am not writing a letter. / I‘m not writing a letter.
(Saya tidak sedang menulis surat.) - They are counting votes.
(Mereka sedang menghitung suara.)They are not counting votes. / They aren’t counting votes.
(Mereka tidak sedang menghitung suara.) - He is sleeping.
(Dia sedang tidur.)He is not sleeping. / He isn’t sleeping.
(Dia tidak sedang tidur.) - It is snowing here.
(Sedang turun salju disini.)It is not snowing here. / It isn’t snowing here.
(Tidak sedang turun salju disini.)
Lihat juga:
- Present Continuous Tense
- Passive – Present Continuous Tense
- Yes-No Question Present Continuous
- Wh- Question Present Continuous
- Soal Negative – Present Continuous
- Soal Present Continuous Tense
- Soal Passive – Present Continuous
- Soal Yes-No Present Continuous
- Soal Wh- Question Present Continuous
- Soal Tenses
References:
- Present Continuous: Negatives and Questions. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pcontnq.htm. Accessed on May 24, 2016.