The Present Progressive Tense Página 278 Present Progressive We use the present tense to talk about an action that always or often takes place or that.

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2 The Present Progressive Tense Página 278

3 Present Progressive We use the present tense to talk about an action that always or often takes place or that is happening now.

4 Present Progressive Ellos comen ensaladas. They eat salads. They are eating salads.

5 Present Progressive We use the present progressive tense when we want to emphasize that something is happening right now.

6 Present Progressive Ellos están comiendo ensaladas. They are eating salads. (right now)

7 Present Progressive están comiendo Present tense form of “estar” Present participle

8 Present Progressive comiendo Stem of comer -er present participle ending

9 Present Progressive To make the present participle, Use the endings: iendo for -er / -ir verbs ando for -ar verbs

10 Present Progressive Let’s do an -AR verb in the present progressive.

11 BAILAR Estoy bailando Estás bailando Está bailando Estamos bailando Están bailando

12 COMER Estoy comiendo Estás comiendo Está comiendo Estamos comiendo Están comiendo

13 ESCRIBIR Estoy escribiendo Estás escribiendo Está escribiendo Estamos escribiendo Están escribiendo

14 The Present Participle Some verbs have stem changing present participle forms. For -ir  the e changes to i,  and the o changes to u.

15 The Present Participle Decir Pedir Repetir Seguir Servir Vestir Dormir Diciendo Pidiendo Repitiendo Siguiendo Sirviendo Vistiendo Durmiendo

16 The Present Participle In the following -er verbs, the i of - iendo changes to y. caer: cayendo leer: leyendo ir: yendo oír: oyendo destruir: destruyendo

17 The Present Participle When you use pronouns with the present progressive, you can put them before the conjugated form of estar or attach them to the present participle.

18 The Present Participle 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.

19 The Present Participle Ahora me estoy bañando. Estoy bañándome. Las está ayudando. Está ayudándolas.