El Presente Progresivo Lesson 5.1 #8

The present progressive tense Notes #8 Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics Objective: Students will learn the present progressive tense, it’s uses, and its conjugation forms of regular and irregular verbs.

The Present Progressive The Present Progressive is used to emphasize that something is happening RIGHT NOW. For example; John is playing tennis.

In English the present progressive is always composed of two parts – a helping verb and a present participle. Look at the examples below; Subject Helping verb Present Participle (also known as a gerund) I Am Swimming You Are Eating She Is Dancing We Laughing They Running

For example; Juan está cantando. In Spanish, the present progressive is set up the exact same way – with a helping verb and a present participle. For example; Juan está cantando. Helping Verb Present Participle

The helping verb is always a form of the verb Estar (to be) which translates as “am”, “is”, or “are”. Below is a chart of Estar’s irregular conjugation. Subject Conjugation Translation Yo Estoy I am Tú Estás You are Él, Ella, Usted Está He is, She is, You are Nosotros Estamos We are Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes Están They are, You are

The present participle is formed by adding “ando” or “iendo” to the end of the verb stem. Use “ando” for AR verbs and “iendo” for ER and IR verbs. For example; CANTAR To sing ANDO AR 1. Drop the AR as you always have to conjugate 2. Now add ando which means “-ing” Singing TOSING

ER and IR verbs work the same way as AR verbs do except that they use “iendo” instead of “ando”. For example; COMER To eat IENDO 1. Drop the ER or IR 2. Now add iendo which means “-ing” ER Eating To livee VIVIR To live IENDO ER Living To livee

Forming the Present Progressive Start with subject, Use the verb estar + -ando or –iendo verb Estoy estamos Estás x Está están hablando comiendo corriendo viviendo bailando escribiendo Subject + Yo El Ella Tu Nosotras Ellos Ellas +

Here’s what it looks like when you combine the helping verb with the present participle. Subject Cantar to sing Comer to eat Vivir to live Yo Estoy cantando I am singing Estoy comiendo I am eating Estoy viviendo I am living Tú Estás cantando You (inf) are singing Estás comiendo You (inf) are eating Estás viviendo You (inf) are living Él, Ella, Usted Está cantando He/She is singing You (for) are singing Está comiendo He/She is eating You (for) are eating Está viviendo He/She is living You (for) are living Nosotros Estamos cantando We are singing Estamos comiendo We are eating Estamos viviendo We are living Vosotros Estáis cantando You (inf pl) are singing Estáis comiendo You (inf pl) are eating Estáis viviendo You (inf pl) are living Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes Están cantando They are singing You (for pl) are singing Están comiendo They are eating You (for pl) are eating Están viviendo They are living You (for pl) are living

Examples He is asking. (Preguntar) I am studying. (Estudiar) We are running. (Correr) You are writing. (Escribir) Él está preguntando. Yo estoy estudiando. Nosotros estamos corriendo. Tú estás escribiendo.

Irregulars- add -yendo Irregulars in this tense are few. You will learn most of them on a case by case basis. This unit contains some of the most common irregulars in the present progressive. Creer>Creyendo, (to believe) add a y Leer>Leyendo. (to read) add a y Oir> oyendo (to hear) change e to y Traer>trayendo (to bring) add a y ir>yendo (to go) change i to y

Irregulars- stem changing verbs Irregulars in this tense are few. You will learn most of them on a case by case basis. This unit contains some of the most common irregulars in the present progressive. decir>diciendo.(to say) Change e to i preferir>prefiriendo (to prefer) change e to i conseguir>consiguiendo (to obtain) change e to i dormir>durmiendo (to sleep) change o to u poder>pudiendo (to be able to) change o to u venir>viniendo (to come) change e to i

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