El Pasado Progresivo

How is the past progressive tense formed?

• estar in the PRETERITE + gerund

• estar in the IMPERFECT + gerund

• estar in the PRESENT + gerund

• ser in the IMPERFECT + gerund

Which verb tenses can be used to say someone WAS DOING SOMETHING?

• imperfecto

• el pasado progresivo

• el presente progresivo

• el pretérito

How do you conjugate the following in the past progressive?

yo - probarse

How do you conjugate the following in the past progressive?

tú - detestar

How do you conjugate the following in the past progressive?

ella - destacarse

How do you conjugate the following in the past progressive?

ellos - hacer juego

¿Qué significa?

Yo me estaba probando unas botas de cuero.

• I used to try on leather boots.

• I tried on leather boots.

• I was trying on leather boots.

• I was trying on tennis shoes.

¿Qué significa?

Ella se estaba destacando porque llevaba una blusa de seda.

• She was standing out because she was wearing a silk blouse.

• She stood out because she wore a silk blouse.

• She is standing out because she is wearing a silk blouse.

• She used to stand out with her silk blouse.

¿Qué significa?

Ellos detestaban pantalones apretados.

*cuidado con el tiempo verbal*

• They hate tight pants.

• They hated tight pants.

• They are hating tight pants.

• They used to hate tight pants.

¿Qué significa?

Ellos se estaban detestando.

• They are hating each other.

• They hate each other.

• They hated each other.

• They were hating each other.