Present Continuous Irregular

Question 1

Where the infinitive has two vowels together, we change the second vowel to Y

Answer 1

Donde el infinitivo tiene dos vocales juntas, cambiamos la segunda vocal a Y

Question 2

They were reading

Answer 2

Estaban leyendo

Question 3

Traer - they will be bringing

Answer 3

Estarán trayendo …

Question 4

Construir - were you building a castle?

Answer 4

¿Estabas construyendo un castillo?

Question 5

Destruir - are you destroying the evidence?

Answer 5

¿Estás destruyendo la evidencia? Las pruebas - legal

Question 6

Incluir - I’m including some food

Answer 6

Estoy incluyendo algo de comida.

Question 7

Oír - she spends the afternoons listening to music.

Answer 7

Se pasa las tardes oyendo música

Question 8

Don’t do it again! Do you hear me’

Answer 8

No lo vuelvas a hacer, ¿me oyes?”

Question 9

Stem changing verbs in the present all change in the continuous .

Answer 9

Repetir - repito - repitiendo

Mentir - miento - mintiendo

Question 10

Practical use - don’t say estoy yendo say voy.

What are you doing - tonight, uses the present continuous but refers to future - not right now. But not in Spanish- right now only.

Answer 10

Qué estás haciendo? Se refiere a ahora mismo.

Qué haces esta noche o
Que vas a hacer esta noche

Question 11

We are falling

Answer 11

Estamos cayendo