Present Progressive. What is it?  When we want to emphasize something is happening right now, we use the present progressive  The difference between.

Presentación del tema: "Present Progressive. What is it?  When we want to emphasize something is happening right now, we use the present progressive  The difference between."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 Present Progressive

2 What is it?  When we want to emphasize something is happening right now, we use the present progressive  The difference between present tense and present progressive tense: I walk to the house is present tense I am walking to the house is present progressive tense

3 How to form it…  To form the present progressive, we use the present tense form of estar + a present participle.  The present participle is formed by dropping the ending from a verb and adding ando for AR verbs and iendo for ER/IR verbs The ando and iendo is like adding “ing” The ando and iendo is like adding “ing”

4 AR verb in action…  Estoy lavando la ropa  Estás lavando la ropa  Está lavando la ropa  Estamos lavando la ropa  Están lavando la ropa

5 ER verb in action…  Estoy comiendo la cena  Estás comiendo la cena  Está comiendo la cena  Estamos comiendo la cena  Están comiendo la cena

6 IR verb in action  Estoy escribiendo un libro  Estás escribiendo un libro  Está escribiendo un libro  Estamos escribiendo un libro  Están escribiendo un libro

7 The irregular  Leer Leer has irregular spelling in the present participle… Leer has irregular spelling in the present participle… LeyendoLeyendo  Ex/ Estoy leyendo una novela