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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

Imperfect Progressive and Preterite. Español Intermedio. Imperfect Progressive and Preterite. Do you remember the present progressive? It’s used when a person wants to say that an action is happening “right now.”. Imperfect Progressive and Preterite.

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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite

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  1. Imperfect Progressive and Preterite Español Intermedio

  2. Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • Do you remember the present progressive? • It’s used when a person wants to say that an action is happening “right now.”

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

  4. 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.

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

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

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

  8. E > I seguir? siguiendo servir? sirviendo vestir? vistiendo decir? diciendo pedir? pidiendo repetir? repitiendo

  9. O > U dormir? durmiendo

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

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

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

  13. 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.

  14. Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • Ella estaba corriendo cuando se lastimó el tobillo.

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