6B Notes: El Presente Progresivo

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el presente progresivo

the present progressive




am/is/are -ing

When to use:

Use this tense when something is happening right now.

Put your pencil down and get ready to do some questions on the computer.

If you had to put them into Spanish, would the following underlined verbs be expressed in the present progressive in Spanish?


Select YES or NO.

Multiple Choice

We are making tacos tonight.

• YES, this verb would need to be in the present progressive tense if I had to put it in Spanish.

• NO, this verb would NOT need to be in the present progressive tense if I had to put it in Spanish.

Multiple Choice

He can't help right now, he's sleeping.

• YES, this verb would need to be in the present progressive tense if I had to put it in Spanish.

• NO, this verb would NOT need to be in the present progressive tense if I had to put it in Spanish.

Multiple Choice

They are driving to San Antonio this weekend.

• YES, this verb would need to be in the present progressive tense if I had to put it in Spanish.

• NO, this verb would NOT need to be in the present progressive tense if I had to put it in Spanish.

Multiple Choice

Y'all are learning about the present progressive tense in Spanish class.

• YES, this verb would need to be in the present progressive tense if I had to put it in Spanish.

• NO, this verb would NOT need to be in the present progressive tense if I had to put it in Spanish.

❌ We are making tacos tonight.

✔ He can't help right now, he's sleeping.

❌They are driving to San Antonio this weekend.

✔ Y'all are learning about the present progressive tense in
Spanish class.

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Fill out the examples on your notes page:

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Any questions about WHEN to use this tense?
Type it below! If not, put NO.

Up next: Writing step 1 of how to form this new tense.

1 - Use the verb ESTAR (to be)

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HOW TO FORM:

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VAMOS A PRACTICAR

Put your pencil down and get ready to type out the forms of the verb ESTAR!

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¿Cómo se dice "You are"?
(con el verbo estar)

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¿Cómo se dice "I am"?
(con el verbo estar)

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¿Cómo se dice "She is"?
(con el verbo estar)

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¿Cómo se dice "They are"?
(con el verbo estar)

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¿Cómo se dice "We are"?
(con el verbo estar)

Step 2:

Use the present participle (a fancy term for the -ING form of the verb.)

For -AR verbs, take off the
-AR and add -ANDO.

Hablar (to talk) ➡ hablando (talking)

Sacar (to take out) ➡ sacando (taking out)

Limpiar (to clean) ➡ limpiando (cleaning)

Put your pencil down -- up next: a quick practice!

Let's put it all together!

Type the following sentence in Spanish:

Type the correct form of ESTAR and the correct -ANDO form.

You will NOT need to include the subject pronoun (yo, tú, él, etc.)

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I am drawing =
Yo (estar) (dibujar).

Let's write the sentences on your notes sheet.

I am drawing = (yo) estoy dibujando.

You are dusting = (tú) estás quitando el polvo.

He is vacuuming = (él) está pasando la aspiradora.

For -ER & IR verbs, take off the -ER/-IR and add -IENDO.

Comer (to eat) ➡ comiendo (eating)

Vivir (to live) ➡ viviendo (living)

Put your pencil down -- up next: a quick practice!

Let's put it all together!

Type the following sentence in Spanish:

Type the correct form of ESTAR and the correct -IENDO form.

You will NOT need to include the subject pronoun (yo, tú, él, etc.)

Fill in the Blanks

We are setting the table =
Nosotros (estar) (poner) la mesa.

Let's write the sentences on your notes sheet.

We are setting the table =
(nosotros) estamos poniendo la mesa.

They are making the bed =
(ellos) están haciendo la cama.

Poll

How confident do you feel about the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE tense?

• EASY. I could teach it to my friend who's absent today. 😆🙌

• Pretty easy! I can do this without notes already. 😁

• Pretty good -- just a little more practice and then I'm set. 😊

• I will be seeing you in tutorials 😅

Open Ended

Any questions about anything we learned today concerning the present progressive? Type it below! If not, put NO.