Chapter V

Everybody is always in the

middle of
something
We will learn:
to communicate activities in progress at the time of speaking, at
one point time in the past, and at one point in the future, in order
- to share the information with others, and
- to give an explanation.
Basic Competence (KD)
3.5 Menerapkan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan
teks interaksi transaksional lisan dan tulis yang melibatkan
tindakan memberi dan meminta informasi terkait keadaan/
tindakan/kegiatan/ kejadian yang sedang dilakukan/ terjadi pada
saat ini, waktu lampau, dan waktu yang akan datang, sesuai
dengan konteks penggunaannya (perhatikan unsur kebahasaan
present continuous, past continuous, will+continuous)
4.5 Menyusun teks interaksi transaksional lisan dan tulis sangat
pendek dan sederhana yang melibatkan tindakan memberi
dan meminta informasi terkait
keadaan/tindakan/kegiatan/kejadian yang sedang
dilakukan/terjadi pada saat ini, waktu lampau, dan waktu yang
akan datang, dengan memperhatikanfungsisosial, struktur teks,
dan unsur kebahasaan yang benar dan sesuai konteks
Learning Objectives
• to identify the social function, structure, and
language features of past continuous

• to know the form, meaning, and use of past

continuous
Social Function
• to describe an action which was in progress at a
special time in the past
• to describe an unfinished action that was
interrupted by another event or action
• to describe two action which were happening at the
same time (the action do not influence each other)
Present Continuous
 Use:
 To talk about actions happening now, at
the moment.
Example:

He
He is
is learning
learning English
English
online
online now.ine
now.ine noHe
noHe isis
Present Continuous
 Form:
Subject + Verb to be (is, am, are) + Verb-
ing
Example:
Agung
Agung and
and Ali
Ali are
are
playing
playing football.
football.noHe
noHe
Present Continuous
Affirmative Negative
I am (‘m) I am not (‘m not)
He He
playing playing
She She
It is (‘s) working It is not (isn’t) working
We
You are (‘re) We
reading You are not (aren’t) reading
They They
Present Continuous
Interrogative Yes/No Answers
Am I I am. I am not. (‘m not)
he playing? he he
Is she she she
it working? Yes, it is. No, it is not. (isn’t)
we we we
Are you studying? you are. you are not. (aren’t)
they they they
Past Continuous
 Use
 To talk about an action that was in progress (not
finished) at a time in the past.

At 12.30 I was having lunch.

12.15 12:30
12:45
I started having lunch. I finished having lunch.
Past Continuous
 Form
Subject + Was/Were + V-
ing

Example:
He
He was
was learning
learning English
English last
last
night.
night.He
He
Past Continuous
Past Continuous
Past Continuous
Past Continuous & Past tense
 We often use the past continuous tense with the simple
past tense. We use the past continuous tense to express
a long action. And we use the past tense to express a
short action that happens in the middle of the long
action .
Past Continuous & Past tense
Example:
Past Continuous & Past tense
 Form
Summary
Let’s Practice
Put the verbs into present continuous.

My sister (to clean) ____________ the bathroom.

My sister is cleaning the bathroom

1. Look! They (to go) ____________ inside.

2.I (to wait) ____________ in the car now.
3.Mrs Miller (to listen) ____________ to CDs.
4.We (to speak) _____________ English at the moment.
5.It _____________ . Take an umbrella if you go out.
Let’s Practice
Put in the verbs in brackets in Simple Past or Past Continuous into
the gaps.

While we ______ , we ______ crossword puzzles. (wait / do)

While we were waiting, we did crossword puzzles.

6. He ______ to the radio while he _____ breakfast. (listen /

prepare)
7. It ______ to rain when we. (begin / leave)
8. While the scientist ______ in his laboratory a friend _____ to
see him. (work / come)
9. We just ______ for Mary when John ______. (wait / come)
10. We _______ dinner when he _______. (have / arrive)
Bye .. see you soon