El Presente Progresivo. present progressive progress.The present progressive tense describes an action that is in progress. estar gerundiopresent participleIt is formed with the present tense of the verb estar and the gerundio or present participle of the verbs. (-ing form of the verbs in English). To form the present participle of the verbs ending in -ar change the ending ar to ando hablando hablar habl + ando = hablando 2
To form the present participle of verbs ending in -er and -ir change the ending to iendo. comer com + iendo = comiendo vivir viv + iendo = viviendo 3
irregular Verbs that have irregular present participles. pedir pidiendo decirdiciendo servirsirviendo dormirdurmiendo traertrayendo leerleyendo fin