Present participles
What is the present participle for "to speak"?
hablando
Present progressive is used to emphasize an action that is in progress whether it is in the present or the future.
Falso. In Spanish, it is only used to talk about present actions happening right now.
Malachi y Noa(comer) ________ en la cafetería.
Malachi y Noa están comiendo en la cafetería.
Are you eating now?
¿Estás comiendo ahora?
Mi madre está preparando la comida.
My mother is preparing the food.
What is the present participle for "to run"?
corriendo
Present progressive is formed by taking the present tense of “estar” and adding a present tense verb.
Falso. It is formed by taking the present tense of "estar" plus the present participle.
James y yo (leer) _________________________ el periódico.
James y yo estamos leyendo el periódico.
Bianca and Noa are buying new clothes at Ciao Bella
Bianca y Noa están comprando ropa nueva en Ciao Bella.
Los chicos están jugando al fútbol.
The boys are playing soccer.
What is the present participle for "to sleep"?
durmiendo
The ending -endo is used for “er” regular verbs to form the present participle.
Falso. The ending -iendo is used to form the present participle of -er verbs.
Bianca(dormir) __________________ en el sofá
Bianca está durmiendo en el sofá.
Noa and I are listening to Latin music.
Noa y yo estamos escuchando música latina.
James está escribiendo un ensayo(an essay) para su clase de español.
James is writing an essay for his Spanish class.
What is the present participle for "to read"?
leyendo
The ending -ando is used for “ar” regular verbs to form the present participle.
Cierto
Ellen y Jim(comprar) ______________________ una computadora nueva.
Ellen y Jim están comprando una computadora nueva.
The students are studying for the AP English exam.
Los estudiantes están estudiando para el exámen de AP inglés.
La familia está comiendo en la cocina.
The family is eating in the kitchen.
What is the present participle for "to boil"?
bullendo
There is no feminine or masculine form and no singular or plural form of the present participle. It always ends in -o.
Cierto
Uds. (traer) _____________________ un equipaje de mano en el avión
Uds. están trayendo un equipaje de mano en el avión.
Malachi is talking to his mother on the phone.
Malachi está hablando con su madre por teléfono.
Abuelo está durmiendo en el sofa.
Grandpa is sleeping on the couch.