This document provides information about the present progressive tense in Spanish. It explains that the present progressive describes actions that are happening at the present moment. It gives the formation of the present progressive using estar and the present participle. Unlike in English, the present progressive in Spanish can only refer to ongoing actions and not future actions. It provides examples of the present progressive and discusses where object pronouns are placed with infinitives and present participles.

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3. The present
progressive
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6. El Presente Progresivo
¿Qué estás haciendo ahora mismo?
¿Qué estás haciendo en un momento preciso?

7. El Presente Progresivo
pasado hoy futuro
The present progressive describes an
action that is in process at the moment we
are talking.
¡Ahora mismo!

8. Formation of the present continuous
2 parts
 Present tense forms of ESTAR
 Present Participle of the main verb (gerund)
estoy estamos -ar = -ando
estás estáis + -er/-ir = -iendo
está están

9. Present Participle / Gerund = -ing
Infinitivo Participio
hablar hablando
comer comiendo
vivir viviendo
estudiar estudiando

10. In English you can say:
I am working right now or I am working tomorrow
*** In Spanish you cannot do this. The progressive in
Spanish is ONLY used to describe an action that is in
process at the moment we are talking (ahora mismo).
*** In Spanish we can use the expression IR + A +
Infinitive to refer to the near future (tomorrow).
Estoy trabajando ahora mismo.
Voy a trabajar mañana.

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12. Spelling changes

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17. ¿Quién es?

18. ¿Quién es?

19. La prensa rosa

20. La prensa rosa

21. conducir
recoger
llevar
salir
subir
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22. ?
Translate what the photographers are saying into Spanish:
1) Quick! Piqué is driving his car.
2) Piqué is picking up Shakira.
3) Piqué is taking Shakira to the airport.
4) Look! Shakira is leaving the house.
5) Shakira is getting into the car.

23. Estoy levantándome
Estoy lavándome
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25. Juan está visitiéndose
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26. Normally the Me levanto
pronoun goes Te levantas
in front of the Se levanta
verb. Nos levantamos
Os levantáis
Se levantan

27. However, with an infinitive the
pronoun goes at the end.
Voy a levantarme
I am going to get up
Va a levantar__
He is going to get up

28. With the present participle the
pronoun also goes at the end.
Estoy levantándome
I am getting up
Está levantándo__
He is getting up

29. 1.I wash (myself)
2.You wash (yourself)
3.I am going to wash (myself)
4.You are going to wash (yourself)
5.I am washing (myself)
6.You are washing (yourself)

30. Me levanto Estoy levantándome
Me lavo Estoy lavándome
Te quiero Estoy queriéndote
Te espero Estoy esperándote
enloquecerse Estoy enloqueciéndome
= to go mad
ahogarse Estoy ahogándome
= to drown
cambiarse Estoy cambiándome
= to change yourself

31. esperar mezclar
regresar enloquecerse
alcanzar cambiar
ahogarse perdonar
querer repetir
borrar comprender

32. What do the following mean?
esperándote mezclando
ahogándome enloqueciéndome
queriendo queriéndote
cambiándome

33. Shakira

34. Shakira

35. Shakira
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38. Write the Spanish for:
1.I am listening.
2.You (singular) are eating.
3.They are playing.
4.We are reading. (spelling change)
5.You (plural) are believing. (spelling change)
6.They are washing (themselves).
7.I am going mad. (enloquecerse)

39. ¿Qué está pasando?
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40. ¿Qué está pasando?
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