Title: The Present Progressive Tense
1The Present Progressive Tense
- The Present Progressive tense describes an action
that is in progress at the moment you are
talking. In English, it is a form of to be
followed by a GERUND Present Participle. - My brothers are playing basketball.
- I am writing a letter.
- My sister is eating right now.
2- In Spanish, you use the appropriate form of ESTAR
followed by the Gerund. To form the Gerund, drop
the infinitive ending -ar, -er, -ir and add -
3-AR verbs -ER verbs -IR
verbs -ando -iendo
-iendo jugar ? jugando comer ?
comiendo escribir ? escribiendo
4- My brothers are playing basketball.
- Mis hermanos están jugando básquetbol.
- I am writing a letter.
- Estoy escribiendo una carta.
- My sister is eating right now.
- Mi hermana está comiendo ahora mismo.
5- What are you studying?
- Qué estás estudiando?
- I am studying the history lesson.
- Yo estoy estudiando la lección de historia.
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6What are they doing? Qué están haciendo? We
are taking notes. Nosotros estamos tomando
apuntes (notas).
7There are some verbs that have irregular Present
Participles (Gerunds) Decir diciendo venir
viniendo pedir pidiendo reÃr
(laugh) riendo vestir(dress) vistiendo
8servir sirviendo preferir prefiriendo sentir(f
eel) sintiendo seguir(follow) siguiendo
9reñir (to argue) riñiendo dormir
(sleep) durmiendo poder (to be
able) pudiendo morir (die) muriendo ir yendo
leer leyendo
10creer(believe) creyendo caer (fall) cayendo traer
(bring) trayendo oÃr (hear) oyendo huir (to
flee) huyendo