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Caught in the act: The Present Progressive The present progressive is used when the action is happening RIGHT NOW. Present Progressive is the equivalent of the English –ING. It will be used with a helping verb: AM ARE IS TO FORM THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE, CONJUGATE ESTAR IN THE PRESENT TENSE AND ADD A PRESENT PARTICIPLE: ESTAR Estoy Estamos Estás Estáis Está Están PRESENT PARTICIPLE -ANDO (for –AR verbs) + -IENDO (for –ER/-IR verbs) Give the present progressive forms of the following verbs: BAILAR BAILANDO DANCING ESCUCHAR ESCUCHANDO LISTENING CORRER CORRIENDO RUNNING APRENDER APRENDIENDO LEARNING DECIDIR DECIDIENDO DECIDING There are some problematic present participles that you worked with in level 2. They fall into two categories. Stem-changing -IR verbs continue to stem-change in the participle form: (and this applies to ONLY –IR stem-changers) O > UE stem-changers change O > U E > IE and E > I stem-changers change E > I • Venir (ie, i) • Divertir (ie, i) • Morir (ue, u) • Vestir (ie, i) • Dormir (ue, u) • viniendo • divirtiendo • muriendo • vistiendo • durmiendo -ER and –IR verbs whose stem ends in a vowel will also have a spelling change. The vowel from the end of the stem and the “IE” from the ending –IENDO form a tripthong, which are problematic in Spanish. Therefore, the “I” that sits between the vowels changes to “Y”. • Traer • Leer • Creer • Traiendo Trayendo • Leiendo Leyendo • Creiendo Creyendo Other verbs that have this spelling change include: oír, destruir, and caer. Describe what people are doing: • • • • • • • Yo estoy descansando… Nosotros estamos escribiendo… Felipe está leyendo… Raquel y Tomás están sacando… El Sr. Velázquez está repitiendo… Tú estás mirando… Mi madre está pidiendo… So… what do you remember? 1. When you do use the present progressive? When you want to say what is happening right now. 2. How do you form the present progressive? Conjugate ESTAR in present tense and add a present participle. 3. What is the participle ending for –AR verbs? For –ER/-IR verbs? -ANDO and -IENDO 4. What type of infinitive has a stem-changing participle? A stem-changing –IR verb 5. Give an example of a participle that ends in –YENDO. LEYENDO, CREYENDO, OYENDO, TRAYENDO, DESTRUYENDO and CAYENDO
