Present progressive: estar + present participle

Question 1

Present tense of Estar

Answer 1

Yo: estoy

Tú: estás

Él/Ella/Usted: está

Nosotros/as: estamos

Vosotros/as: estáis

Ellos/as/Ustedes: están

Question 1

Ending of AR verbs

Answer 1

stem + ando

Question 2

Ending of IR verbs

Answer 2

stem + iendo

Question 3

• Er verbs

Answer 3

stem + iendo

Question 4

Gerundio: Decir

Answer 4

diciendo

Question 5

Pedir (to ask for)

Answer 5

pidiendo

Question 6

Sentir (to feel)

Answer 6

sintiendo

Question 7

Morir (to die)

Answer 7

muriendo

Question 8

Dormir (to sleep)

Answer 8

durmiendo

Question 9

Poder (can/to be able to)

Answer 9

pudiendo

Question 10

-ER/-IR verbs ending in vowel

Ivan is reading a novela

Answer 10

-ER/-IR verbs ending in vowel

Iván está leyendo una novela

Question 11

What is the use of this tense

Answer 11

to use present simple in Spanish to talk about something you are doing right

Question 12

Can you use this tense to say something you will do in the future?

Answer 12

Although in English you can use present progressive to express future plans, it is not possible to use it in Spanish. You would need instead ‘ir + a + infinitive’ or a present tense.