Present Progressive Is used to talk about what one is doing right at this moment-not activity in the future! Compound Verb tense-uses 2 verbs Is equivalent.

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1 Present Progressive Is used to talk about what one is doing right at this moment-not activity in the future! Compound Verb tense-uses 2 verbs Is equivalent to the –ing ending in English Must be used with a form of estar and NEVER ser

2 Forms of Estar estoy estás está estamos estáis están

3 Form the Present Progressive
For an –ar verb, take off the –ar ending and add –ando ejemplo- Yo (bailar-pp) estoy bailando For an –er or –ir verb, take off the –er or –ir ending and add –iendo Yo (comer-pp) estoy comiendo Yo (escribir-pp) estoy escribiendo

4 Irregular Participles
If the verb is an –ir stem changer in present tense, it will have a spelling change in the participle. decir (ei)=diciendo divertir (eie)=divirtiendo dormir (oue)=durmiendo **NOTE: Your only 2 options are ei & ou

5 Irregular Participles
If the verb is an –er or –ir verb and its stem ends in a vowel, such as -aer, -eer, or -uir, the “i” in the participle will change to y. You can NOT have 3 vowels together! creer=creyendo leer = leyendo oir =oyendo caer = cayendo

6 Conjugate the following verbs in Present Progressive
Mi madre (cantar-pp) Sus abuelos (hablar-pp) Nora (correr-pp) Tú (traer-pp) Yo (sacar-pp) Los perros (comer-pp) Dolores (ver-pp) Los alumnos (entender-pp)

7 Está cantando Están hablando Está corriendo Estás trayendo Estoy sacando Están comiendo Está viendo Están entendiendo