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Progressive
tenses use a form of "to be" along with
the present participle of the verb or action stated.
The participle form in English is the "---ing"
form of a verb. |
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English
Verb Infinitive |
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English
Participle |
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to
go |
->
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|
going |
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to
sleep |
->
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sleeping |
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to
think |
->
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|
thinking |
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to
drive |
->
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|
driving |
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to
read |
->
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|
reading |
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to
study |
->
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|
studying |
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to
eat |
->
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|
eating |
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| Present
Progressive |
If
you conjugate to
be in the present tense and
use the present participle of any verb, you have
formed the present progressive tense of that verb. |
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An
English Verb Conjugated in the Present Progressive
Tense |
| I
am working |
we
are working |
| you
are working |
y'all
are working |
| he,
she, it is working |
they
are working |
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| Past
Progressive |
If
you conjugate to
be in the past tense and use
the present participle of any verb, you have formed
the past progressive tense of that verb. In Spanish,
there are two past progressive tenses: the imperfect
progressive and the preterite progressive. As you
study along, you will learn the differences. |
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An
English Verb Conjugated in the Past Progressive
Tense |
| I
was working |
we
were working |
| you
were working |
y'all
were working |
| he,
she, it was working |
they
were working |
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| Future
Progressive |
If
you conjugate to
be in the future tense and
use the present participle of any verb, you have
formed the future progressive tense of that verb. |
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An
English Verb Conjugated in the Future Progressive
Tense |
| I
will be working |
we
will be working |
| you
will be working |
y'all
will be working |
| he,
she, it will be working |
they
will be working |
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| Conditional
Progressive |
If
you conjugate to
be in the conditional tense
and use the present participle of any verb, you
have formed the conditional progressive tense of
that verb. |
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An
English Verb Conjugated in the Conditional
Progressive Tense |
| I
would be working |
we
would be working |
| you
would be working |
y'all
would be working |
| he,
she, it would be working |
they
would be working |
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| Note
that the only change in these tenses is what you
do with the verb to
be. The same thing will be
true in Spanish. |
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| In
Spanish, you use the verb estar
(to be) along with the -ando
or -iendo
form of a verb. |
The
-ando
or -iendo
form of a Spanish verb is the Spanish present participle.
The great majority of Spanish participles are regular
- meaning that you can achieve them by dropping
the infinitive's -ar and adding
-ando,
or by dropping the -er or -ir
and adding the -iendo. |
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Go
here to learn how to form the present participle
of verbs in Spanish. |
You
will pick up more exact information about each of
the progressive tenses by using the links in the
left column menu or by clicking on the links below.
Just remember that the tense of the verb estar is
what dictates which tense you are forming in Spanish. |
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Another
form of the progressive tense can also be formed
in Spanish using the verb andar.
In these cases, this auxiliary verb (the verb that
is conjugated in the different tenses to help the
meaning of the primary verb) gives the meaning of
"to be out and about" doing the verb that's
in the participial form. |
