Answer:
1) Estoy pasando mucho tiempo en el Club de servicio.
2) Estás haciendo mucho ejercicio en el gimnasio hoy.
3) Marcos está viendo una película en lugar de estudiar.
4) Mis amigos y yo estamos jugando al ajedrez en el club social.
5) Papá y mamá están hablando en la cocina.
Step-by-step explanation:
The present continuous tense, also known as the present progressive tense in Spanish, is used to discuss current events.
The verb estar combined with a present participle is typically used to create the present progressive.
Formula: estar + present participle
The following is how regular present participles are created:
- Verb stem plus -ando forms the present participle of -ar verbs.
- Verb stem plus -iendo forms the present participle of -er and -ir verbs.
Examples:
Hablando and Escribiendo
The verb Estar
The present progressive of the word estar is used to create the present progressive. (to be). The only portion of the present progressive that changes to fit the topic is the estar. There is no alteration to the present tense (hablando).
Several Examples:
- Yo estoy hablando.
- Ellos/Ellas están hablando.
- Ustedes están hablando.
- Vosotros estáis hablando.
- Nosotros estamos hablando.
- Usted está hablando.
- Él/Ella está hablando.
- Tú estás hablando.
Pronoun Positioning
When using the present progressive, there are two ways to put reciprocal pronouns, indirect object pronouns, and direct object pronouns. You may either put the pronoun on top of the conjugated version of estar or connect it to the end of a gerund (the verb ending in -iendo or ‐ando.)
Example:
Estoy lavándome el pelo.
*Note: An accent mark must be placed on the antepenultimate (third from last) word when a pronoun is introduced to the conclusion of a gerund.
Present Progressive and Present Simple
The current progressive is used to talk about what's a topic is doing at the moment in either Spanish or English yet it is also possible to speak about what a topic is currently doing right now in Spanish by using the basic present.