SPN2 Unidad 2 grammar

Present progressive tense is used when

• the action happened yesterday

• the action never happened

• the action is happening right now

• the action will happen soon

Present progressive is a compound tense. Compound means______

• there are two verbs in two different forms

• there is a single verb in two different forms

• there is one conjugated verb and one infinitive

• there is only a single verb in the present tense

Part one of present progressive tense is ______.

• the verb ser in present tense

• the verb ir in present tense

• the verb dar in present tense

• the verb estar in present tense

Part two of the present progressive tense is ______.

• nothing-there is only one part

• the present participle

• an infinitive

• a regular conjugated verb

The present participle is translated as ______.

• a verb + -ed

• a verb + -s

• a form of "to be"

• a verb + -ing

Stem-changing verbs do not stem-change in the present progressive.

• True

• False

The ending for a present participle of an -ar verb is

• -ando

• -yendo

• -iendo

• -undo

The ending for a present participle of an -er/-ir verb is

• -ando

• -iendo

• -ido

• -edo

The usual participle ending is changed to -yendo when _____.

• you only have one verb

• when it is an -ar verb

• 3 vowels occur together in succession

• when it is the first part

Write in present progressive: We are surfing the net.

• Navegamos la red.

• Somos navegando la red.

• Estamos navegando la red.

• Están navegando la red.