1. Present Progressive: Irregular Forms
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2. Present Progressive: Irregular Forms
Do you remember your regular present progressive forms?
To say that something is happening right now, use the present tense forms of estar + the present participle (-ando or -iendo)

3. Present Progressive: Irregular Forms
doblar > doblando
Ella está doblando a la izquierda
aprender > aprendiendo
Estamos aprendiendo a manejar.
escribir > esciribiendo
Están escribiendo una carta.

4. Present Progressive: Irregular Forms
Some verbs have irregular present participle forms.
To form the present participle of -ir stem-changing verbs, the e in the infinitive form changes to i, and the o in the infinitive form changes to u.

5. Present Progressive: Irregular Forms
Decir
Pedir
Preferir
Repetir
Seguir
Servir
Vestir
Dormir
Diciendo
Pidiendo
Prefiriendo
Repitiendo
Siguiendo
Sirviendo
Vistiendo
Durmiendo

6. Present Progressive: Irregular Forms
In the following -er and –ir verbs, the i of -iendo changes to y.
creer: creyendo
leer: leyendo
traer: trayendo
oir: oyendo
ir: yendo

7. Present Progressive: Irregular Forms
When you use pronouns (direct / indirect & reflexive) with the present progressive, you can put them before the conjugated form of estar or attach them to the present participle.

8. Present Progressive: Irregular Forms
Notice that if a pronoun is attached to the present participle, an accent mark is needed.
Write the accent mark over the vowel that is normally stressed in the present tense.

9. Present Progressive: Irregular Forms
¿Están Uds. esperando el autobús?
Sí, lo estamos esperando. Or
Sí, estamos esperándolo.