Present Progressive Tense

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Present Progressive Tense

• Unit 3, Etapa 3

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Present Progressive in English
This verb tense used to say that an action is
happening now.
In English, we use 1. the present tense
of to be plus 2. the present
participle which ends in -ing.
I am reading.

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Present Progressive in Spanish
First, use the present tense of estar as the
helping verb.
to be
estar ___________
Estamos We are
Estoy I am
Estás You are
Está He is She is You are
Están They are You all are
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Forming the Present Participle of ar verbs
Second,
1. drop the ending of the infinitive
bailar
bail
2. add the following
-ando
Bailando Dancing
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Forming the Present Participle of er -ir verbs
To form the present participle
1. drop the ending of the infinitive
comer
com
-iendo
2. add the following
comiendo
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Practice with Present Progressive-er verbs
llover
to rain

lloviendo
Está
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comer
to eat
Josefina
comiendo.
está
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Irregular Present Progressive using -yendo
OJO! (Watch out!)
When the stem of an -er/ir verb ends in a vowel,
use yendo.
To form the present participle
1. drop the ending of the infinitive
le
leer
-yendo
2. add the following
Leer Leyendo Reading Creer Creyendo
Believing Oír Oyendo Hearing
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Examples 1. Marcos está leyendo el
periódico. 2. Nosotros estamos trabajando 3.
Estás comiendo chicharrones? 4. Estoy hablando
con Mario.
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