Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

• Do you remember the present progressive?
• Its used when a person wants to say that an
  action is happening right now.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

• It uses the present tense of estar the present
  participle.
• No puedo ir al cine. Estoy estudiando para el
  examen.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

• To describe something that was taking place over
  a period of time in the past, use the imperfect
  progressive, which uses the imperfect tense of
  estar the present participle.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

• Estaba esquiando cuando me caí y me torcí la
  rodilla.
• I was skiing when I fell and sprained my knee.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

• The present and imperfect progressive tenses use
  the same irregular present participles.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

• Remember, to form the present participle of -ir
  stem-changing verbs, e changes to i and o changes
  to u

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E gt I

• decir?
• diciendo
• pedir?
• pidiendo
• repetir?
• repitiendo

seguir? siguiendo servir? sirviendo vestir? vistie
ndo
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O gt U

• dormir?
• durmiendo

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I gt Y

• For the following -er verbs, the I of -iendo
  changes to y
• creer?
• creyendo
• leer?
• leyendo

• traer?
• trayendo

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

• When you use pronouns with the imperfect
  progressive, you can put them before estar or
  attach them to the participle.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

• Qué estaba haciendo cuando te cortaste?
• Estaba afeitándome.
• Or
• Me estaba afeitando.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

• Note that the imperfect progressive describes
  what was taking place while the preterite tells a
  specific occurance in the past or interrupts the
  action.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

• Ella estaba corriendo cuando se lastimó el
  tobillo.
• Estábamos caminando cuando vimos un incendio
• Las enfermeras estaban hablando cuando llegó la
  ambulancia

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• I was sleeping when the fire began
• She was walking when she fell
• 3. Were you running when you hurt your ankle?
• 4. What was happening when you arrived at home?
• 5. Daniel was following directions when he
  crashed
• 6. We were playing basketball when Juan broke his
  elbow