5B Grammar Practice

How do you form the imperfect progressive?

• estar (in the imperfect) + ando/iendo

• estar in the imperfect

• verb ending in ando/iendo

• go to the present tense

Form the imperfect progressive. I was singing.

Yo (a)   (cantar).

Form the imperfect progressive. You were reading.

Tú (a)   (leer).

Form the imperfect progressive. They were ordering.

Ellos (a)   (pedir).

Form the imperfect progressive. He was investigating.

Él (a)   (investigar).

Form the imperfect progressive. She was sleeping

Ella (a)   (dormir).

Form the imperfect progressive. Y'all were leaving.

Vosotros (a)   (salir).

Form the imperfect progressive. They were bringing.

Ellos (a)   (traer).

What clue word do we usually see for simultaneous actions?

• cuando

• mientras

• dónde

• que

What clue word do we usually see for an ongoing action with interruption?

• como

• mientras

• que

• cuando