Entrada: ¿Qué hacen?[en el libro importante] Tell what activities the people are doing. Be sure to conjugate the verbs. Follow the model. Modelo: MarisolMarisol.

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1 Entrada: ¿Qué hacen?[en el libro importante] Tell what activities the people are doing. Be sure to conjugate the verbs. Follow the model. Modelo: MarisolMarisol come una manzana. Español 1 El primero de mayo de 2013 1. Joel y Tito4. Tú 2. Nosotras5. Enrique y yo 3. Yo

2 In Spanish, you use the present tense to talk about an action that either takes place regularly, or that is happening now. “Paco lava los platos.” can mean Paco washes the dishes. OR Paco is washing the dishes. When you want to emphasize that an action is happening right now, you use the present progressive tense. The present progressive tense

3 To form the present progressive tense, use the present tense forms of estar (to be) + the present participle. The present participle is formed by dropping the ending of the infinitive, and adding –ando for –ar verbs –iendo for –er and –ir verbs hablar  hablandocomer  comiendo escribir  escribiendo The present progressive tense yoestoy nosotros nosotras estamos túestás vosotros vosotras estáis Ud. él ella está Uds. ellos ellas están

4 The form of estar changes to match the subject of the sentence. The present participle always stays the same, no matter who or what the subject is. Francisco está limpiando la mesa. Tú y yo estamos limpiando la mesa. Leer (and some other verbs whose stems end in a vowel) has an irregular spelling in the present participle: leyendo. “Trabajando” music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmoU18q-TUc The present progressive tense

5 Salida: ¿Qué están haciendo?[en el libro importante] Complete the sentences telling what the people below are doing right now, using the present progressive. Follow the model. 1.Joel y Tito ___ al fútbol americano. 2.Nosotras __ en el parque. 3.Yo __ un refresco. 4.Tú __ una revista. 5.Enrique y yo __ en el campo. Español 1 El primero de mayo de 2013