SPANISH PROGRESSIVE LESSON

SPANISH PROGRESSIVE LESSON

Multiple Choice

The present progressive tells...

• what was happening at a certain time.

• what is happening right now.

• what is going to happen.

• what typically happens in a day.

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

• The present progressive is formed by combining the verb “to be” with the present participle. (The present participle is merely the “-ing” form of a verb.)

• In English, present progressive can be used to describe what is happening now, or what will happen in the future.

• In order to form the present progressive, you must know how to conjugate the verb estar, and how to form the present participle. You already know how to conjugate the verb estar:

• It is important to remember that you would never use the present progressive to say something like “We are going to Spain this summer.” Use present progressive only for actions that are “in progress.”

Multiple Choice

Presente Progresivo is a compound verb conjugation, this means...

• It means that when using it in a sentence, one must add verb just verb ESTAR.

• It means that when using it in a sentence, one must add verb ESTAR + gerundio.

• It means that when using it in a sentence, one must add verb just gerundio.

• None of the above.

The present participle is formed by dropping the infinitive ending

And adding the following endings to the verb. 

ar-ando er/ir-iendo

Multiple Choice

How many parts are used in the formation of the present progressive?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

The first part of the present progressive is formed by using the present tense of the verb _____.

• Estar

• Hacer

• Ser

• IR

Multiple Choice

The second part of the present progressive is called the __.

• Present participle

• Present progressive

• Present preterite

Multiple Choice

The regular AR ending of the present progressive is ___.

• ANDO

• IENDO

Multiple Choice

Regular AR/ER verbs have the same endings in the present progressive.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Conjugate "Estar + estudiar" in the "yo" form.

• Estoy estudiando

• Estamos estudiando

• Están estudiando

• Está estudiando

Multiple Choice

What is the correct conjugation for "Estar + comer" in the "nosotros" form?

• Estoy comiendo

• Están comiendo

• Estás comiendo

• Estamos comiendo

For verbs whose stem ends in a vowel, the present participle is formed by adding yendo.

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  atraer-atrayendo (to attract) creer-creyendo (to believe) leer-leyendo (to read) construir-construyendo (to construct) incluir-incluyendo (to include) oir-oyendo (to hear)

Multiple Choice

What is the rule for the verbs that change from i to y?

• When conjugating them to the presente progresivo, the stem ends with a vowel. One must add (ando), but since it does not correct, you must change it to yando instead.

• When conjugating them to the presente progresivo, the stem ends with a vowel. One must add (iendo), but since it does not correct, you must change it to yendo instead.

Multiple Choice

What are the specific verbs that have a change from i => y

• Hablar, reir, oir, traer

• Correr, jugar, traer, leer

• Creer, leer, oir, traer

• comiendo, durmiendo, ordenando

Some -ir verbs change the stem vowel e to i 

• advertir-advirtiendo (to warn) conseguir-consiguiendo (to get) decir-diciendo (to say) mentir-mintiendo (to lie)

• pedir-pidiendo (to ask for) reir-riendo (to laugh) repetir-repitiendo (to repeat)

There are 2 ir verbs that have the stem change from o to u in the present participle

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  dormir-durmiendo (to sleep) morir-muriendo (to die)

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Poll

HOW WELL DO YOU UNDERSTAND PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

• LISTO

• NO LISTO

• ASI ASI