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Imperfect Progressive

Imperfect Progressive. To say what someone WAS DOING. The IMPERFECT PROGRESSIVE can only mean one thing:. What WAS HAPPENING recently. I was speaking. She was eating. Ella estaba comiendo. Yo estaba hablando. imperfect progressive. To form the ,

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Imperfect Progressive

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  1. Imperfect Progressive To say what someone WAS DOING

  2. The IMPERFECT PROGRESSIVE can only mean one thing: What WAS HAPPENING recently. I was speaking. She was eating. Ella estaba comiendo. Yo estaba hablando.

  3. imperfect progressive To form the , you will need : 2 verbs ESTAR + or -IENDO -ANDO Step 1: Conjugate ESTAR in the imperfect -ar/-er/-ir Step 2: Take off the of the verb -ANDO Step 3: For an verb, add -ar -er / -ir For an verb, add -IENDO

  4. Think of the suffix “iendo” or “ando” as the equivalent of the Engish suffix “-ing”. I was drinkingwater. Yoestababebiendoagua. The forms of “estar” change to match the subject. The present participle always stays the same, regardless of who the subject is. Pacoestabalimpiando la mesa. Pacowascleaning the table. Maria y yoestabamoslimpiando la mesa. Maria and I werecleaning the table.

  5. I was singing. cant ando. Yo estaba He was washing. lav Él estaba ando. Estabamos jug ando. We were playing. Ellos estaban com iendo. They were eating. She was writing. Ella estaba escrib iendo.

  6. estaba escuchando 1. Yo _________________ música en mi dormitorio. (escuchar) estaba abriendo 2. Mi abuela ________________ el regalo de mis padres. (abrir) estabas haciendo 3. ¿Qué ________________ tú? (hacer) 4. Juan y Luis _______________ la basura. (sacar) estában sacando estabamos bebiendo 5. Misprimos y yo __________________ una limonadafría. (beber)

  7. 1 Mi hermano y yo… (pasar la aspiradora) estabamos pasando la aspiradora.

  8. 2 Mi madre… (poner la mesa) estába poniendo la mesa.

  9. Mis primos … (arreglar el cuarto) 3 estaban arreglandoel cuarto.

  10. 4 Yo… (hacer un video) estaba haciendo un video.

  11. 5 ¿Tú… (lavar la ropa) estabas lavando la ropa?

  12. Mi padre… (cortar el cesped) 6 estaba cortandoel césped.

  13. 7 Miguel y Rosa… (romper la pinata) estaban rompiendo la piñata.

  14. Mi hermano y yo… (limpiar la cocina) 8 estabamos limpiando la cocina.

  15. Paquito… (comer el pastel) 9 estaba comiendo el pastel.

  16. 10 Yo… (sacar la basura) estaba sacando la basura.

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