The Progressive: Actions in Progress. Present Progressive We will use the Present Progressive to express actions that are happening NOW!

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1 The Progressive: Actions in Progress

2 Present Progressive We will use the Present Progressive to express actions that are happening NOW!

3 How to form Present Progressive: Estar + Gerund Estoy EstásAr = ando Está+ Estamos EstáisEr, Ir = iendo/yendo Están

4 Ejemplos: 1.Silvia is working. 2.We are studying. 3.My friends are writing letters. 4.You are eating. 5.I am making a cake.

5 What to do with pronouns: All pronouns can either go before the verb Estar or attached to the end of the Gerund. Me estoy bañando. Estoy bañándome. Ellos lo están comiendo. Ellos están comiéndolo.

6 What about stem changers? When forming the gerund we only have to worry about –IR stem changers. O ► U (Dormir) Durmiendo E ► I(Pedir)Pidiendo

7 Past Progressive We will use the Past Progressive to express actions that WERE happening at a certain time in the past.

8 How to form the Past Progressive: Estar (imperfect) + Gerund (for actions that were happening or are assumed to be have been happening at a specific time) Estaba EstabasAr = ando Estaba+ Estábamos Estabáis Er, Ir = iendo/yendo Estaban

9 Estar (preterite) + Gerund (for actions that were happening and very definitely have ended- specific time period) Estuve EstuvisteAr = ando Estuvo+ Estuvimos Estuvisteis Er, Ir = iendo Estuvieron yendo

10 Ejemplos: 1.We were talking to Ana this morning. 2. At 2:00, I was swimming with friends. 3.Ana and Carlos were drinking milk during lunch. 4.You were watching Harry Potter last night at 8:00. 5.Yolanda was receiving gifts at her graduation party. 6.What were you doing yesterday?

11 Progressives with verbs other than Estar Ir = to be slowly / gradually doing something.(slowly but surely) Vamos repasando los tiempos verbales. Seguir / continuar: to keep doing something/ to be doing something still Siguen haciendo los mismos errores.

12 Venir: to have been doing something / to come along doing something Ella viene leyendo el libro. Andar: to go around doing something. El anda invitando a todas las chicas.

13 Just like Estar, these other verbs can be used in either the present tense or in the imperfect tense to express a present or past progressive action.

14 Ellos andaban coleccionando dinero para la escuela. Ellos andan coleccionando dinero para la escuela.

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