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UNIDAD 3 ETAPA 3
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE AND THE
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
STEP 1 Place these tiles on an overhead projector.
OBJECTIVE
To form present participles
ESPER
AR
ANDO
COM
ER
IENDO
ESCRIB
IR
IENDO
LE
ER
YENDO
Say
Present participles in English are verbal forms that end in -ing.
In Spanish, present participles end in -ando, -iendo, or -yendo.
To form a present participle, identify the stem of the verb and
add the appropriate ending.
Ask
What is the appropriate present participle ending for an -ar verb?
(-ando) An -er verb? (-iendo) An -ir verb? (-iendo) When is the
ending -yendo used? (With -er and -ir verbs with stems ending in
vowels, such as leer, creer, oír.)
Ask
What are the present participles for the verbs esperar, comer,
escribir, and leer? [The answer is illustrated in the next step.]
STEP 2 Change the tiles as shown.
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OBJECTIVE
To recognize present
participles
ESPER
ANDO
COM
IENDO
ESCRIB
IENDO
LE
YENDO
Ask
What do these forms mean in English? (waiting, eating, writing,
reading)
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STEP 3 Place these tiles on an overhead projector.
ESTOY
ESPER
ANDO
ESTÁS
COM
IENDO
ESTÁ
ESCRIB
IENDO
ESTAMOS
LE
YENDO
ESTÁIS
Say
To express that an action is in the process of happening now,
use a present tense form of estar with the present participle of a
verb. This is called the present progressive tense.
Ask
What forms of the present progressive would be used with the
following pronouns to describe people in the process of writing:
yo, tú, ella, nosotros, vosotras, ellos? (estoy escribiendo, estás
escribiendo, está escribiendo, estamos escribiendo, estáis
escribiendo, están escribiendo)
Ask
What forms of the present progressive would be used with the
following pronouns to describe people in the process of waiting
and eating: yo, tú, usted, nosotras, vosotros, ellas? (estoy
esperando/comiendo, estás esperando/comiendo, está
esperando/comiendo, estamos esperando/comiendo, estáis
esperando/comiendo, están esperando/comiendo)
Summarize The present progressive tense indicates action that is
happening now. It is formed by using the present tense of
estar with the present participle form of a verb. Participles are
formed by adding the appropriate ending to the verb stem:
-ar verbs add -ando, -er and -ir verbs add -iendo, -er and -ir
verbs with stems ending in vowels, such as leer, creer, and
oír, add -yendo.)
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