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Hello everyone, 
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Do you know what does a journalist do? Yes, they usually report some news to the audience or listeners. I think their job is cool. Maybe some of you are interested to be a journalist later when you grow up, aren't you?

When the journalists report a live event in English, they will use present continous tense. So, we will learn about it through this post.

I will tell you briefly about present continous tense through this video. I recorded it few months ago. Check it out.

In short, here are some key points of present continous tense:

• Present continous tense is used to describe condition which is happening at the moment of speaking.
• The word like now, at the moment, at present, this time are the signal words commonly found in present continous text.
• These are the structures for the sentence formation:

	Formation	Example
Positive	Subject + is/am/are + v1 + ing.	I am creating a blog post. She is cooking dinner. They are playing outside.
Negative	Subject + is/am/are + not + v1 + ing.	I am not typing an email. He is not teaching about simple past. We are not going to the market together.
Interrogative	Is/am/are + subject + v1 + ing?	Are you waiting for me? Is she calling the doctor? Am I doing the right thing?

Here I attach some work by my previous students related to the use of present continous tense. They are reporting about one big event in our school, SMPN 2 Salatiga. Look at their work.

I think their work is great. It looks like a live report on the spot. Don't you want to give it a try? It is fun. Trust me. 👩

Now, it's time for you to practice. Are you ready? Please take a moment to fill in the worksheet. I'm waiting for your response.

Best regards,
Ms. Ratnana