Being able to describe what is happening right now is an essential conversational skill. In Spanish, we use the present progressive (also known as the present continuous) to talk about actions currently in progress.
Instead of just translating sentences from English, this visual sentence-building puzzle will help you think directly in Spanish. Look at the pictures below and drag the scrambled word blocks into the correct order to describe the scene. You will practice affirmative structures using the estar + gerundio formula!
Affirmative sentences in Spanish Present Progressive
The basic formula is straightforward: (Subject) + estar + gerundio. Remember that in Spanish, the subject pronoun is often dropped because the conjugation of the verb estar (estoy, estás, está...) already tells us who is performing the action.
- Example: (El perro) está durmiendo en el sofá.
- Example: (Nosotros) estamos cocinando una pizza.