Calentamiento
 Tell
in which room the following
would be found:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
La bicicleta ____________
El sofá ____________
La ropa ____________
La cama ____________
El lavaplatos ____________
La mesa y las sillas ____________
Prueba + The Present
Progressive
Objective & Big Picture: Knowledge of
the Present Progressive allows students to
say what is currently going on (the “ing”)
 TSWBAT:
State what they are currently
doing in class & tell the conditions your
partner likes when they study (When ___
is studying, he/se likes to…)
 Language Objective: I can create
sentences that describe what I imagine
specific famous people might be doing
right now using the present progressive

Warm-up: none (quiz)

Present:
– present progressive lesson

Participate:
– take notes & answer questions

Practice
– write sentences telling what you think the famous
people might be doing right now using the prompts in
exercise 5-31 (p 177)


Personalize: Write a sentence telling what you
are doing in class right now & report what your
partners likes when he/she is studying (quiet,
music).
Evaluation: Libro 5-31, 5-33 + MSL 5:45-48
Present Progressive
The “ing” verbs
Present Progressive

Is used to say what is happening right
now.
– Rosa is singing.
– We are eating.
To form the present progressive, you must
combine a form of “estar” with the
endings –ando (-ar) /-iendo (-er/-ir).
 “estar” + root(-ando/-iendo)

– Rosa está cantando.
– Nosotros estamos comiendo.
Try it:

I am writing.
– I am
 Estoy
– Escribir
 Iendo
– Estoy escribiendo.

You are talking.
– You are
 estás
– Hablar
 Ando
– Estás hablando.
Tomar en nota:

If the stem of an “-er” or “-ir” verb ends in
a vowel (leer):
– Form the present participle by changing the “I”
in “iendo” to a “Y”
– Estoy leyendo.
I

am reading.
The verbs IR and VENIR are not usually
used in the present progressive.
– Use simple present instead:
 ¿Vienes
a la fiesta?
 No, voy a la biblioteca.
Location
 Direct
can go
object & Reflexive pronouns
– Before the conjugated form of estar:
 ¿la
tarea? La estoy haciendo.
 ¿Mis hijos? Se están bañando.
– Or attached to the end of the present
participle:
 ¿la
tarea? Estoy haciendola.
 ¿Mis hijos? Están bañandose.
– Afeitarse (to shave)
– Me estoy afeitando
– Estoy afeitándome
Translate (warm-up)
1.
2.
-ar = -ando /-ir or –er = -iendo
I am studying. (estudiar) +
1. Estoy estudiando
3.
Juan is reading. (leer)
1. Juan está leyendo
4.
5.
6.
We are eating pizza. (comer)
Ana and Beatriz are driving. (conducir)
The cafeteria is serving soup. (servir = ei)
translate
I
am studying.
– Estoy estudiando.
 Juan
is reading.
– Juan está leyendo.
 We
are eating pizza.
– Estamos comiendo una pizza.
 Ana
and Beatriz are driving.
– Ana y Beatriz están conduciendo.
 The
cafeteria is serving soup.
– La cafetería está sirviendo sopa.
A practicar…
 Personalize:
Write a sentence telling:
– what you are doing in class right now
– report what your partner/classrom
neighbor needs/likes when he/she is
studying (use the present progressive
for “studying”).
 Practice
write sentences telling what you
think the famous people might be doing
right now using the prompts in exercise 533 (p 175)
 Libro 5-32, 5-33, 5-34