Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

Review: Present progressive The present progressive is used when a person wants to say that an action is happening “right now.”

Use present tense of estar + present participle. No puedo ir al cine. Estoy estudiando para el examen. I can’t go to the movies. I am studying for the test. Review: Present progressive

Imperfect Progressive Imperfect progressive - describes something that was taking place over a period of time in the past Use imperfect tense of estar + present participle.

Part 1: Imperfect forms of estar estaba (I was)estábamos (we were) estabas (you were)estabais (you all were) estaba (he/she/you formal were) estaban (they were, you all were –not in Spain)

Part 2 participle -ar verbs -er/-ir verbs -Remove –ar- Remove –er/-ir -Add –ando- Add -iendo -Ex: hablar > hablando-Ex: comer > comiendo

Imperfect Progressive Examples: 1.Yo estaba estudiando. (I was studying) 2. Estábamos viendo los fuegos artificiales. (We were watching the fireworks.)

Imperfect Progressive and Preterite The present and imperfect progressive tenses use the same irregular present participles.

Imperfect Progressive *Irregular participles Remember, to form the present participle of -ir stem-changing verbs: e changes to i o changes to u:

Irregular participles: e > i decir? diciendo pedir? pidiendo repetir? repitiendo seguir? siguiendo servir? sirviendo vestir? vistiendo

Irregular participles: o > u dormir? durmiendo

Irregular participles: i > y For the following -er verbs, the i of -iendo changes to y: creer? creyendo leer? leyendo traer? trayendo oír? oyendo caer? cayendo

Imperfect Progressive and Preterite Sometimes the imperfect progressive and the preterite are used together. Common pattern: Imperfect progressive + cuando + preterite Imperfect progressive > describes what was happening Preterite > Interrupts the action that was happening or tells a specific action that took place

Imperfect Progressive and Preterite Estaba esquiando cuando me caí. I was skiing when I fell..

Imperfect Progressive and Preterite Ella estaba corriendo cuando se lastimó el tobillo.

Practice – Write these sentences in Spanish. Then check your answers. (Pattern: imperfect progressive + preterite) 1.The thieves were escaping when the bomb exploded. 2.We were sleeping when they crashed. 3.They were running when she fainted. 4.You were surrounding the car when he escaped.

Las respuestas - 1. Los ladrones estaban escapando cuando la bomba explotó. 2. Nosotros estábamos durmiendo cuando ellos chocaron. 3. Ellos estaban corriendo cuando ella se desmayó. 4.Tú estabas rodeando el coche cuando él escapó.