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Slide 2 + Present Participle & Present Progressive Tense Formation, use, and conjugation Slide 3 + What is the present participle? What is the present progressive? The present participle is like the ing form in English. I am thinking of my favorite food. I am living in New York. Yo estoy pensando en mi comida favorita. Yo estoy viviendo en Nueva York. The present perfect is a tense that uses estar (conjugated) + present participle (see above). It identifies something that is happening or in progress. Slide 4 + How do you form the present participle? For AR verbs, you remove the AR ending and add ando For ER and IR verbs, you remove the ER or IR ending and add iendo For example: Caminar Caminando Escribir Escribiendo Beber Bebiendo Slide 5 + Here are some more examples! Slide 6 + Now you try Now you try. Turn the following words into a present participle: Jugar Querer Volver Arreglar Vivir Insistir Slide 7 + Answers to Now You Try Turn the following words into a present participle: Besar Besando Comer Comiendo Hacer Haciendo Arreglar Arreglando Vivir Viviendo Insistir Insistiendo Slide 8 + Stem-Changing Verbs in the Present Participle There is no stem change for AR verbs in the present participle. Pensar (e ie) Yo pienso Yo estoy pensando. HOWEVER -ER and IR verbs with stem-changes, do change in the present participle. Sentir (e ie) Yo siento. Yo estoy sintiendo. Dormir (o ue) Yo duermo. Yo estoy durmiendo. Pedir (e i) Yo pido. Yo estoy pidiendo. Do you notice what happens? Slide 9 + Irregular-ish present participles Ir, Or, and verbs that end in AER, -EER, and UIR (but not GUIR) have present participles that end in yendo. Ir yendo Or Oyendo Caer Cayendo Creer Creyendo Construir Construyendo Which of the following would NOT end in yendo? And why not? 1) Traer 2) Ir 3) Leer 4) Seguir 5) Destruir Slide 10 + Present Progressive To form the Present Progressive: Conjugate Estar to the appropriate person Then add the present participle Example: She is cleaning the stove. Ella est limpiando la estufa. Now you try. We are cooking lasagna. I am writing a novel. You are drinking Coca-Cola. Slide 11 + Answers to Now You Try Now you try. We are cooking lasagna. (Nosotros) estamos cocinando lasagna. I am writing a novel. (Yo) estoy escribiendo una novela. You are drinking Coca-Cola. T ests bebiendo Coca-Cola. Slide 12 + Present Progressive continued You can also use the present progressive with verbs other than estar that indicate progression. Continuar (I continue doing something) Yo continuo trabajando. Seguir (I keep on doing something) Yo sigo trabajando. You can also use the present progressive with reflexive verbs. I am brushing my teeth. Yo me estoy cepillando los dientes. Put the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) before estar + present participle formation.