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Title: Imperfect Progressive and Preterite


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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
  • Do you remember the present progressive?
  • Its used when a person wants to say that an
    action is happening right now.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
  • It uses the present tense of estar the present
    participle.
  • No puedo ir al cine. Estoy estudiando para el
    examen.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
  • To describe something that was taking place over
    a period of time in the past, use the imperfect
    progressive, which uses the imperfect tense of
    estar the present participle.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
  • Estaba esquiando cuando me caí y me torcí la
    rodilla.
  • I was skiing when I fell and sprained my knee.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
  • The present and imperfect progressive tenses use
    the same irregular present participles.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
  • Remember, to form the present participle of -ir
    stem-changing verbs, e changes to i and o changes
    to u

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E gt I
  • decir?
  • diciendo
  • pedir?
  • pidiendo
  • repetir?
  • repitiendo

seguir? siguiendo servir? sirviendo vestir? vistie
ndo
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O gt U
  • dormir?
  • durmiendo

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I gt Y
  • For the following -er verbs, the I of -iendo
    changes to y
  • creer?
  • creyendo
  • leer?
  • leyendo
  • traer?
  • trayendo

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
  • When you use pronouns with the imperfect
    progressive, you can put them before estar or
    attach them to the participle.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
  • Qué estaba haciendo cuando te cortaste?
  • Estaba afeitándome.
  • Or
  • Me estaba afeitando.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
  • Note that the imperfect progressive describes
    what was taking place while the preterite tells a
    specific occurance in the past or interrupts the
    action.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
  • Ella estaba corriendo cuando se lastimó el
    tobillo.
  • Estábamos caminando cuando vimos un incendio
  • Las enfermeras estaban hablando cuando llegó la
    ambulancia

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  • I was sleeping when the fire began
  • She was walking when she fell
  • 3. Were you running when you hurt your ankle?
  • 4. What was happening when you arrived at home?
  • 5. Daniel was following directions when he
    crashed
  • 6. We were playing basketball when Juan broke his
    elbow
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