Activities for Vacío
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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morir | to die | muriendo |
sentir | to feel; sense; hear; taste; feel about, think about; feel sorry about | sintiendo |