Present continuous and present simple 2 (I am doing and I do)

        Sebelumnya saya sudah mengeposkan masalah present continuous and present simple part 1. Kali ini saya akan berbagian  apa yang saya pelajari dari buku saya... Semoga bermanfaat ya...,, mohon dimaafkan kalau kata-kata saya kurang menarik buat kalian semua, tapi saya hanya sekedar berbagi apa yang saya tahu dan pahami..

A. Kita bisa menggunakan bentuk continuous dalam suatu kejadian yang telah mulai akan tetapi belum selesai ( misalkan They are eating / It is raining dsb). Beberapa contoh kata kerja seperti know dan like umumnya tidak digunakan dengan cara ini. Kita tidak mengatakan 'I am knowing' atau 'they are liking; kita mengatakan 'I know'; 'they like'.

Berikut ini uga merupakan kata kerja yang tidak biasa digunakan dalam present continuous :

Like  Love  Hate  Want   Need   Prefer  Know   Realise  

Suppose   Mean   Understand  Believe Remember   

Belong   Fit   Contain   Consist Seem

B. Think

Jika think berarti 'believe' atau 'have an opinion', Kita tidak menggunakan continuous dalam hal ini.

• I think Mary is Indonesian, but I'm not sure. (not I'm thinking)
• What do you think about my plan ? (=What is your opinion?)

Jika think berarti "consider", the continuous mungkin digunakan:

• I'm thinking about what happened. I often think about it.
• Nicky is thinking of giving up her job. (She is considering it)

C.He is selfish and He is being selfish

He is being = He is behaving / He's acting. Compare :

• I cant understand why he's being so selfish. He isnt usually like that. (being selfish = behaving selfishly at the moment)
• He never think about other people. he is very selfish. ( bukan He is being).Dia memang umumnya egois, tidak hanya saat itu.

Kita menggunakan am/is/are being to say how somebody is behaving. It is not usually possible in other sentences :

• It's hot today. ( Bukan It is being hot)
• Sraah is very tired. ( not is being tired)

D. See    hear    smell    taste

Kita umumnya menggunakan simple present tense ( bukan continuous) dengan kata kerja ini:

• Do you see that man over there ? ( bukan Are you seeing)
• This room smells. Let's open a window

Kita sering menggunakan can + see/hear/smell/taste:

• I can hear a strange noise. Can you hear it ?

E. Look   Feel

Kita bisa menggunakan simple present atau continuous to say how somebody looks or feels now :

• You look well today.  atau You're looking well today
• How do you feel now ? atau How are you feeling now ?

But...

• I usually feel tired in the morning (not I'm usually feeling)