Practice some of the vocabulary from this song and the instances of the present progressive tense using these flashcards, games and exercises.

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Activities

Vocabulary Excercises

We have chosen 20 words and phrases out of this song to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice this vocabulary.

Vocabulary Flashcards – Learn the vocabulary from this song with our sets of Spanish to English and English to Spanish flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.

Vocabulary Games – Practice the vocabulary for this song using our memory and matching games and our word search puzzle.

Vocabulary Exercises – Fill in the missing vocabulary with drag and drop and fill in the blanks exercises.

Grammar Exercises

This song has a handful of verbs in the present progressive tense, as well as two verbs in the gerund form that we’ve thrown in for good measure. Information on the present progressive tense can be found below.

You can use the following activities to learn and practice these verbs.

Present Progressive Flashcards – Practice the occurrences of the present progressive tense in this song with our sets of French to English and English to French flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.

Present Progressive Games – Practice the occurrences of the present progressive tense in this song using our memory and matching games.

Present Progressive Exercises – Practice the occurrences of the present progressive tense in this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.

Resources

Vocabulary List

Term	Meaning	P of S	Context
agonizar	be near death, be dying; die down, fade, expire, abate	spl chg verb	agonizando
ajeno	s.o. else’s, other people’s; alien, foreign	adj	ajena
alguien	anyone, someone	pron	alguien
aunque	even though, although, even if	conj	aunque
beso	kiss	masc noun	beso
enloquecer	drive crazy; go crazy, go insane, lose one’s mind	spl chg verb	enloquecer
estrella	star	fem noun	estrella’
frío	cold	masc noun	frio
grabar	record, film; engrave, etch	reg verb	grabamo’
intentar	to try, attept	reg verb	intentando
juramento	oath	masc noun	juramento
llenarse	get full, fill up	reg verb	se llena
momento	moment	masc noun	momento
nadie	no one, nobody	pron	nadie
recordar	to remember; to remind	stm chg verb	recordando
seguir	follow; pursue; understand; continue	spl / stm chg verb	sigo
sonar	to sound; to ring; to seem/look/sound familiar	stm chg verb	suena
tener que	to have to	irreg verb	tienes que
trago	sip, swallow; drink	masc noun	trago’
viento	wind	masc noun	viento

The Present Progressive

The present progressive tense discusses an action that is in progress at that very moment. It is formed by using a conjugated form of the verb ‘estar’ followed by the gerund. It is usually translated by ‘am/is/are ______ing’ in English, for example, ‘él está trabajando’ means ‘he is working’.

Estar

The verb ‘estar’ is one of the Spanish verbs that means ‘to be’. A refresher of the conjugations is provided below.

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) estoy	(nosotros) estamos
2nd Person	(tú) estás	(vosotros) estáis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted está	ellos/ellas/ustedes están

Gerund

The gerund is the equivalent of the verb form ending in -ing in English. To form the gerund of regular verbs start with the verb stem and add -ando for -ar verbs or -iendo for -er and -ir verbs.

The following chart shows the gerund of the regular verbs that appear in this song:

Verb	Meaning	Gerund
llamar	to call; name; knock (at door); call on phone	llamando
violar	to break, violate; rape	violando
intentar	to try, attempt	intentando
pasar	to happen; to pass; to cross; to proceed; to spend (time)	pasando
recordar	to remember, remind	recordando
dar	to give	dando
agonizar	be near death, be dying; die down, fade, expire, abate	agonizando
llenar	to fill	llenando

There are two verbs in his song that have an irregular gerund form. These are:

Verb	Meaning	Gerund
morir	to die	muriendo
sentir	to feel; sense; hear; taste; feel about, think about; feel sorry about	sintiendo