El presente progresivo – ¿Qué estás haciendo ahora?The present progressive describes an action that is ____________________, or that we are ______________________________.

It is a ______________ _______________ form, meaning that it has _________ parts.

Those parts are:

1) the present tense of the verb _______________, and 2) the _______________ _______________ of the main verb (known as the

_______________ ).

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estoy estamosestás estáisestá están

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-ar = -ando

-er/-ir = -iendo

In English you would never say: “He walking.” or “She working.”You say: He’s walking. or He is walking. She’s working. or She is working.We do the same in Spanish: Never leave out the verb ESTAR

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POR EJEMPLO:

1) Juan _______ _escrib_______ la carta.2) Andrés y Alicia ________ __com_________ un burrito.3) Pedro y yo ___________ __jug________ a las cartas.

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