Exercise and fitness: present continuous with -ar verbs
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the present continuous of -ar verbs in their singular forms to describe current or ongoing events.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- When a word has antepenultimate (third-last) syllable stress, it always has an accent on the vowel of that syllable.
- Words with penultimate syllable stress ending in any consonant other than -n or -s have an accent on that syllable.
- The singular forms of 'estar' in the present tense are 'estoy' ('I am'), 'estás' ('you are') and 'está' ('she, he is').
- We use the present continuous to express an ongoing event. It is formed by using 'estar' + the present participle.
- The present particple of -ar verbs is formed by removing the -ar from the infinitive and adding -ando.
Keywords
Estar - Spanish verb meaning 'to be', also the auxiliary verb for the present continuous
Present continous - describes events happening right now, e.g. 'I am doing'
Present participle - verb form that forms the present continuous, together with the auxiliary verb 'estar'
Common misconception
To form the present continuous I use the present tense of 'estar' followed by an infinitive, as with other two-verb structures I know, i.e. modal verbs.
To form the present continuous you use the present tense of 'estar' followed by the present participle. For -ar verbs this is formed by removing the -ar ending and adding -ando, e.g. 'estoy saltando' ('I am jumping').
Teacher tip
The present continuous lends itself well to miming activities where students have to guess what each other are pretending to do, e.g. '¿Está bailando?', '¿Está caminando?'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.To make a sentence negative in Spanish, we add the word ' ' before the verb.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to keep, keeping
to cry, crying
to pay, paying
to seem, seeming
to want, to love
to return, returning
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
euro
coldness
month
half
price
type
Q4.Order the words to say: 'the book is light and the story is practical'.
Q5.Write in English: 'es una marca famosa'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'she has a red skirt'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which words require an accent?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to be, being
I am
you are
she, he, it is
Q3.Which sentence means 'I am waiting'?
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'you are speaking'.
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