El imperfecto progresivo Sandra Hoffmann Redmond High School
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El imperfecto progresivo © Sandra Hoffmann Redmond High School
What is the Imperfecto Progresivo? The Imperfecto Progresivo (Past Progressive) is the past tense equivalent to the Presente Progresivo (Present Progressive). It is used to talk about actions that were ongoing at some point in the past. Presente Progresivo Imperfecto Progresivo Juan está bebiendo un refresco Juan estaba bebiendo un refresco. Juan is drinking a soda. Juan was drinking a soda.
REVIEW: El Presente Progresivo If you want to describe an action that is going on right now, you will use the presente progresivo: present tense form of ESTAR + participio presente (-ando/ -iendo) Juan está bebiendo un refresco. Juan is drinking a soda.
How to form the imperfecto progresivo: If you want to express that an action was going on in the past, you will need to use the following formula: imperfect form of ESTAR + participio presente (-ando/ -iendo) Juan estaba bebiendo un refresco. Juan was drinking a soda.
Use of imperfecto progresivo: We usually use this form to talk about actions that were ongoing when something else happened. La señora Chavez estaba hablando por teléfono cuando su hijo se cayó. Señora Chavez was talking in the phone when her son fell. The event that interrupts the ongoing action will be expressed in preterit.
se cayó estaba llamando
¡Ojo! When the stem of an –”er” or “-ir” verb ends in a vowel, the “-i-” of “-iendo” usually changes to “-y-”: leer – leyendo incluir – incluyendo Remember that those verbs that change their stems in preterit, also have that stem-change in the present participle: dormir – durmiendo pedir – pidiendo mentir – mintiendo seguir – siguiendo venir - viniendo
