the progressive: actions in progress
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The Progressive: Actions in Progress. Present Progressive. We will use the Present Progressive to express actions that are happening NOW!. How to form Present Progressive:. Estar + Gerund Estoy EstásAr = ando Está+ Estamos EstáisEr, Ir = iendo/yendo Están. Ejemplos:. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Progressive: Actions in Progress
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Present Progressive
We will use the Present Progressive to express actions that are happening NOW!
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How to form Present Progressive:Estar + Gerund
EstoyEstás Ar = andoEstá +EstamosEstáis Er, Ir = iendo/yendoEstán
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Ejemplos:
1. Silvia is working.2. We are studying.3. My friends are writing letters.4. You are eating.5. I am making a cake.
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What to do with pronouns:
All pronouns can either go before the verb Estar or attached to the end of the Gerund.
Me estoy bañando. Estoy bañándome.Ellos lo están comiendo.Ellos están comiéndolo.
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What about stem changers?
When forming the gerund we only have to worry about –IR stem changers.
O ► U (Dormir) DurmiendoE ► I (Pedir) Pidiendo
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Past Progressive
We will use the Past Progressive to express actions that WERE happening at a certain time in the past.
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How to form the Past Progressive:Estar (imperfect) + Gerund(for actions that were happening or are assumed
to be have been happening at a specific time)
EstabaEstabas Ar = andoEstaba +EstábamosEstabáis Er, Ir = iendo/yendoEstaban
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Estar (preterite) + Gerund(for actions that were happening and very
definitely have ended- specific time period)
EstuveEstuviste Ar = andoEstuvo +EstuvimosEstuvisteis Er, Ir = iendoEstuvieron yendo
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Ejemplos:
1. We were talking to Ana this morning.2. At 2:00, I was swimming with friends.3. Ana and Carlos were drinking milk during
lunch.4. You were watching Harry Potter last night at
8:00.5. Yolanda was receiving gifts at her graduation
party.6. What were you doing yesterday?
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Progressives with verbs other than Estar• Ir = to be slowly / gradually doing
something.(slowly but surely)Vamos repasando los tiempos verbales.• Seguir / continuar: to keep doing
something/ to be doing something still• Siguen haciendo los mismos errores.
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• Venir: to have been doing something / to come along doing something
Ella viene leyendo el libro.
• Andar: to go around doing something.El anda invitando a todas las chicas.
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• Just like Estar, these other verbs can be used in either the present tense or in the imperfect tense to express a present or past progressive action.
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• Ellos andaban coleccionando dinero para la escuela.
• Ellos andan coleccionando dinero para la escuela.
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