1. Present Participles / Los Participios Presentes
Realidades 2
Capítulo 5B
Present Participles / Los Participios Presentes
Study guide / Worksheet / Powerpoint

2. What you are doing now, Spanish
present participles, is a review.
You studied this concept in Capítulo 3B,
page 171.
This concept Is revisited in this chapter,
Capítulo 5B, page Stem-changes are
NOT given to you in testing/writing activities.
Learn them as you go along. Put them into
“verb families” as is done on this study guide.

3. Important points to keep in mind about
Spanish present participles:

4. I. For regular verbs, drop…
AR of AR verbs and add ando hablar > hablando (speaking, talking)
ER of ER verbs and IR of IR verbs and add iendo
comer > comiendo (eating)
vivir > viviendo (living)

5. “IR” stem-changing verbs have a stem-change in the present participle.
They are…
e > i
repetir (i) > repitiendo (repeating)
divertirse (ie) > divirtiéndose (having fun, having a good
time)
o > u
morir (ue) > muriendo (dying)
dormir (ue) > durmiendo (sleeping)

6. reírse > riéndose (laughing) sonreír > sonriendo (smiling)
III. Some verbs have irregular present participles and just have
to be memorized. 
reírse > riéndose (laughing)
sonreír > sonriendo (smiling)
ir > yendo (going)

7. IV. Verbs that use “y” in the third singular and the third
plural of the preterite, and –aer verbs will end in yendo.
Note the following:
caer > cayó cayeron > cayendo (falling)
destruir > destruyó destruyeron > destruyendo (destroying)
traer > trayendo (bringing)

8. V. Add (reflexive, indirect, direct) object pronouns to the
end of present participles, AND use an accent!! See
divertirse and reírse on your notes used previously.
probarse (ue) > probándose (trying on)
aprenderlo > aprendiéndolo (learning it)
escribirle > escribiéndole (writing to him,
to her, to you)

9. Escribe el participio presente del infinitivo en
español y su equivalente en inglés. Sigue el modelo.

10. habl ando speaking ar esper ar ando waiting 2. esperar (to wait) –
Regular Verbs / Los Verbos Regulares
modelo: escuchar (to listen) - escuchando > listening
AR verbs
1. hablar (to speak) –
2. esperar (to wait) –
habl
ando speaking ar
esper ar
ando waiting 3

11. estudi ando studying ar d ando giving ar cepill ándose brushing arse
3. estudiar (to study) –
4. dar (to give) –
5. cepillarse (to brush) –
estudi
ando studying ar d
ando giving ar
cepill
ándose brushing
arse

12. corr iendo running er hac er iendo doing, making 6. correr (to run) –
ER verbs
6. correr (to run) –
7. hacer (to do, to make) –
corr
iendo running er
hac er
iendo doing, making

13. ofrec er iendo offering escog er iendo choosing
8. ofrecer (to offer) –
9.escoger (to choose) –
ofrec er
iendo offering
escog er
iendo choosing

14. iendo occurring, happening
IR verbs
10. subir (to climb) –
11.ocurrir (to occur, to happen) –
12. escribirse (to write to each other) –
sub ir
iendo climbing
ocurr ir
iendo occurring, happening
escrib
irse
iéndose writing to each other

15. Stem-changing verbs / Los verbos con
cambios ortográficos

16. ando counting;telling ar
AR stem-changing verbs
Remember these verbs have NO stem-change.
13. contar (ue) (to count;to tell) –
14. recordar (ue) (to remember;to remind) –
15. cerrar (ie) (to close) –
cont
ando counting;telling ar
record
ando remembering;reminding ar
cerr ar
ando closing

17. prob arse ándose trying on despert arse ándose waking up empez
16. probarse (ue) (to try on) –
prob
arse
ándose trying on
17. despertarse (ie) (to wake up) - -
despert
arse
ándose waking up 2
18. empezar (ie) (to begin) -
empez
ando beginning ar

18. comenz ando beginning ar jug ando playing ar almorz ar
19. comenzar (ie) (to begin) -
20. jugar (ue) (to play) -
21. almorzar (ue) (to have lunch) -
comenz
ando beginning ar
jug
ando playing ar
almorz ar
ando having lunch

19. iendo returning (an item)
ER stem-changing verbs
Remember these verbs have NO stem-change.
22. entender (ie) (to understand) -
23 devolver (ue) (to return (an item)) -
entend
iendo understanding er
devolv er
iendo returning (an item)

20. iéndose saying good-bye
IR stem-changing verbs
Remember IR stem-changing verbs have a
stem-change in the present participle!!
e > i and o > u!!
24. dormir (ue) (to sleep) –
25. despedirse (i) (to say good-bye) -
26. decir (i) (to say, to tell) -
dorm u
iendo sleeping ir
desped i
irse
iéndose saying good-bye
dec i ir
iendo saying, telling

21. iéndose having fun, having a good time irse
Remember IR stem-changing verbs have a stem-change in the present participle!! e > i and o > u!!
27. divertirse (ie) (to have fun, to have a good time) -
28. mentir (ie) (to lie) -
29. morir (ue) (to die) -
divert i
iéndose having fun, having a
good time
irse
ment i
iendo lying ir
mor u
iendo dying ir

22. iendo asking for, requesting
Remember IR stem-changing verbs have a stem-change in the present participle!! e > i and o > u!!
30. pedir (i) (to ask for, to request) -
31. repetir (i) (to repeat) -
32. seguir (i) (to follow;to continue) -
ped i ir
iendo asking for, requesting
repet i
iendo repeating ir
segu i ir
iendo following;continuing

23. serv i ir iendo serving ven i ir iendo coming
Remember IR stem-changing verbs have a stem-change in the present participle!! e > i and o > u!!
33. servir (i) (to serve) -
34. venir (ie) (to come) -
serv i ir
iendo serving
ven i ir
iendo coming

24. iéndose getting dressed
Remember IR stem-changing verbs have a stem-change in the present participle!! e > i and o > u!!
35. vestir (i) (to dress) –
36. vestirse (i) (to get dressed) -
vest i
iendo dressing ir
vest i
irse
iéndose getting dressed

25. riéndose laughing sonriendo smiling yendo going
III. Irregular present participles / Los participios
presentes irregulares
These just have to be memorized!! 
37. reírse (to laugh) -
riéndose laughing
38. sonreír (to smile) - 3
sonriendo smiling
39. ir (to go) –
yendo going

26. cayéndose falling down
IV. Present participles with “y”.
Remember that verbs that use “y” in the third
singular and the third plural of the preterite, and
the infinitive ends in –aer will end in yendo.
40. caerse (to fall (down)) –
Remember the 3rd singular and the 3rd plural of the preterite: se cayó se cayeron
41. creer (to believe) –
Remember the 3rd singular and the 3rd plural of the preterite: creyó creyeron
cayéndose falling down
creyendo believing

27. destruyendo destroying
Present participles with “y”.
Remember that verbs that use “y” in the third
singular and the third plural of the preterite, and
the infinitive ends in –aer will end in yendo.
42. leer (to read) –
Remember the 3rd singular and the 3rd plural of the preterite: leyó leyeron
43. destruir (to destroy) –
Remember the 3rd singular and the 3rd plural of the preterite: destruyó destruyeron
leyendo reading
destruyendo destroying

28. oyendo hearing trayendo bringing Present participles with “y”.
Remember that verbs that use “y” in the third
singular and the third plural of the preterite, and
the infinitive ends in –aer will end in yendo.
oír (to hear) –
Remember the 3rd singular and the 3rd plural of the preterite:
oyó oyeron
traer (to bring) -
oyendo hearing
Remember the verbs that end in –aer.
trayendo bringing

29. Remember to learn what stem-change each verb
has. The stem-changes are NOT given to you in
testing and writing activities.
It is expected that you will have learned them. It is
much easier if you put them into “verb families” as
is the case on this study guide.

30. Remember that Spanish present participles are
often used with the verb ESTAR!!! 4 4

31. El profesor está hablando ahora.
The present tense of ESTAR + present participle =
the present progressive and indicates what is happening
when you make a comment.
El profesor está hablando ahora.
The teacher is talking now.

32. The teacher was talking.
The imperfect tense of ESTAR + present participle =
the imperfect progressive and indicates what was happening
at a point in the past.
El profesor estaba hablando.
The teacher was talking.

33. ¡El fin!