Notes:
1. We use „verb1+ses‟ if the subjects are he, she, and it. We use bare infinitive verb1 without adding „ses‟ if the subjects are I, we, you,
and they. 2. We use „do‟ if the subjects are I, we, you, and they. We use „does‟ when
the subjects are: he, she, and it. 3. We add „es‟ at the end of the verbs ending with „s, ch, sh, x, o, and z‟,
e.g. passes, watches, pushes, taxes, goes, etc.
4. We add „es‟ at the end of the verbs ending with „y‟, but we change the
ending „y‟ into „i‟ first, e.g. studies, cries, etc. We add „s‟ to the verb
buy, say, lay, pay, pray. In this research, the researcher taught the students the use of Simple
Present Tense, adverbs of time, and the verb forms used in the Simple Present Tense.
2.4.2 Present Continuous Tense Explanation, Examples, and the Uses
The uses of Present Continuous Tense Murphy, 1994:2 – 6 are:
a. To say something which happens at the moment of speaking Examples:
+ Please don‟t be noisy I‟m working now. ─ Joko is not working at present.
? Are they reading books at the library at the moment? b. To say something which is temporary
Examples: +
I‟m living in my friend‟s house until I find a new house. ─ Rusli is not working until he gets well.
? Is Mr. Paiman teaching English this week? c. To say things happening in a period around now
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Examples: + You are working so hard today.
─ Dian is not taking Psycholinguistics course this semester. ? Are you writing a novel now?
d. To talk about changes happening around now Examples:
+ The world‟s population is increasing very fast. ─ The weather is not changing these days. Rain falls everyday.
? Is the wor ld‟s population increasing now?
The patterns of Present Continuous Tense:
+ Subject + be am, is, are + verb+ing + object + adverb ─ Subject + be am, is, are + not + verb+ing + object + adverb
? Be am, is, are + subject + verb+ing + object + adverb
Notes:
1. There are some verbs that are not normally used in the Present Continuous Tense. They are: like, love, hate, want, need, prefer, know,
suppose, mean, believe, contain, consist, understand, seem, belong, see, hear, think, smell, and taste Murphy, 1994:8.
2. The rules of spelling Hayden, et. al., 1985:3:
a. The final e that is not pronounced is dropped, examples:
