The Present Continuous To say what is happening
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The Present Continuous To say what is happening now in Spanish, you can use the Present Continuous. To form this you will need two parts: The present tense of ESTAR and the PRESENT PARTICIPLE. Can you remember the formation of the verb ESTAR (to be) in the present tense? Here it is …. .
• Estoy Estás Está Estamos Estáis Están
Add ‘ing’ (gerund) • To form the regular present participle you need to remove from the infinitive the –AR or –ER or –IR and then add these endings: -AR verb > add -ANDO for example: hablar > hablando. (speaking) -ER verb > add -IENDO for example: comer > comiendo. (eating) -IR verb > add -IENDO for example: vivir > viviendo. (living)
Infinitivo Gerundio Inglés DORMIR DURMIENDO SLEEPING MORIR MURIENDO DYING MENTIR MINTIENDO LYING REIR RIENDO LAUGHING SERVIR SIRVIENDO SERVING DECIR DICIENDO SAYING PREFERIR PREFIRIENDO PREFERING SEGUIR SIGUIENDO FOLLOWING LEER LEYENDO READING CONSTRUIR CONSTRUYENDO BUILDING OIR OYENDO HEARING TRAER TRAYENDO BRINGING IR YENDO GOING
Ejemplos: 1. I am studying Spanish. 2. I am living in Spain. 3. We were eating when you called. 4. I was sleeping when the alarm rang. 5. If you come on Sunday I will be out running. 6. My parents were watching a film last night. 7. Will you be singing in the carol concert? 8. My gran will be cooking Christmas dinner. 9. You (all) will be revising next week. 10. Joe is worrying now about his oral exam.
prueba 1. El teclado 2. La pantalla 3. Una pantalla tactil 4. Encender 5. apagar 6. abrir 7. Cerrar 8. Una carpeta 9. Apretar 10. Guardar 11. Decargar 12. Un aparato electrónico
