Download Present Progressive The present progressive tense is used to

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Me llamo ________________________________
Present Progressive
The present progressive tense is used to express an action that is in progress right at this
very moment.
We use the following formula to create the present progressive tense:
______present tense of “estar”____________ + ____present participle______________
(it’s the “-ing” ending in English)
Repaso: ESTAR = to ___be____
Yo
___estoy____________
Nosotros (as) _____estamos___________
Tú
____estás___________
Vosotros (as) _____estáis
Él
_________
Ellos
Ella
______está_________
Ellas
Usted
_____están_____________
Ustedes
To form the present participle of a verb, follow the following steps:
-AR Verbs:
-ER/-IR Verbs:
1. ___Drop the - ar____________
1. ___Drop the –er or
2. ___Add “ando”_____________
2. ____Add
-ir_________
iendo________________
Modelos:
1. I am walking to school.
___Estoy caminando a la escuela_________________________________________
2. Esteban is eating French fries
(las patatas fritas).
___Esteban está comiendo las patatas fritas. ______________________________
3. We are writing a letter (una carta).
___Nosotros estamos escribiendo una carta. ______________________________
Irregular Participles: When a verb stem of an –ER or –IR verb ends in a vowel, we change
“-iendo” to “-yendo”:
(a, e, I, o, u)
Leer  __le____ + ___yendo_____ = ___leyendo___________
I am reading a book. ___Estoy leyendo un libro.___________________________________
**This only changes how we spell the ending “yendo”, it doesn’t affect the pronunciation.**