This document provides information about gerunds in Spanish. It explains how to form gerunds from -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs by removing the infinitive ending and adding -ANDO or -IENDO. It discusses using the gerund after ESTAR to express an ongoing action. Finally, it notes some irregular gerund forms for verbs ending in a vowel and for verbs where the "i" in the -iendo ending changes to a "y".

1. GERUND
To be DOING something
Aprendiendo que es gerundio!!!

2. Howtoformit
- AR
 Take the –AR out
 Add – ANDO
Ex: Hablar – Hablando (speaking)
- ER/ IR
 Take the –ER or –IR out
 Add – IENDO
Ex: Correr – Corriendo (running)
Ex: Salir – Saliendo (going out)

3. Tobedoing/being/feeling…
Expressesanaction
happeningata specific
time
Ex:Iwasreading
Sheisgettingangry

4. ESTAR+gerund
Write the following:
 I am learning. (Aprender – to learn)
 You are writing (Escribir – to write)
 He/she is watching (Ver – to watch)
 We are decorating (Decorar – to decorate)
 You guys are dancing (Bailar – dance)
 They are eating (Comer – to eat)
I am- Estoy
You are - estás
He/she is -está
We are – estamos
You guys are- estáis
They are- están

5. Irregularverbsonradicalchange
present
E – I - Pedir, advertir, arrepentirse, consentir,
conseguir, corregir, convertir, derretirse, desmentir,
digerir, disentir, divertirse, herir, hervir, elegir,
investir, medir, medir, perseguir, preferir, reír,
presentir, repetir, seguir, sentir, servir, sonreír,
vestir…
O – U – Dormir, morir, poder.
Ex:
Estoy pidiendo
Estás consintiendo
Está arrepintiéndose
Estamos riendo
Estáis durmiendo
Están muriendo
–ir change
e-ie / e-i

6. Write the following
I am dressing (vestir/vestirse)
You are repeting (repetir)
He/she is melting (derretirse)
We are hurting (herir)
You guys are being able (poder)
They are sleeping (dormir/dormirse)

7. Verbswithirregularspelling
-er and –ir verbs with a vowel at the end of
the root.
“i” in –iendo changes to “y”
Ex: Leyendo
Includes “ir” – yendo
OthersCaer – Cayendo
Creer – Creyendo
Concluir – Concluyendo
Construir – Construyendo
Destruir – Destruyendo
Distraer – Distrayendo
Excluir – Excluyendo
Huir – Huyendo
Incluir – incluyendo
Influir –Influyendo
Oir – oyendo
Traer – trayendo

8. Write the following
I am falling (caer/caerse)
You are building (construir)
She /he is destroying (destruir)
We are running away (huir)
You guys are hearing (oir)
They are going (ir) /leaving (irse)