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Which of the following best defines how the continuous tenses are formed?
estar + verb + gerund
verb + estar + gerund
estar + gerund + verb
ser + verb + gerund
Regular verbs in the continuous tenses are formed by taking off the ending of the verb and replacing it with..
iendo or ando.
eindo or ando.
iendo or endo.
aindo or iendo.
Continuous tenses can be formed in the present past and future by altering..
..the verb 'estar'.
..the 'gerund'.
..the verb 'ser'.
..the verb after the 'gerund'.
The formation of the 'gerund' is the same for the majority of verbs ending in..
..IR and ER.
..ER and AR.
..IR and AR.
..AE, ER and IR.
The present continuous tense is commonly used to talk about..
..things that are happening right now.
..things that have already happened.
..things that are happening in general.
..things that haven't happened yet.
Which continuous tenses can be used to talk about the future?
The present and future continuous tenses.
Only the future continuous tense.
The present and past continuous tenses.
The present, past and future continuous tenses.
Which tense can often be used instead of the past simple continuous tense in Spanish to mean the same thing.
The imperfect tense.
The past simple (preterite), tense.
The conditional tense.
The past subjunctive tense.
When forming the continuous tenses with 'haber' where should the form of 'haber' appear in the sentence?
Before the verb 'estar'.
After the verb 'estar'.
Before the verb 'estar' but after the 'gerund'.
Before the 'gerund' but after the verb 'estar'.
The continuous tenses can be formed with..
..virtually all other tenses.
..the conditional tenses only.
..the present and past simple tenses only.
..all tenses except the future tense.
The 'gerund' of regular verbs are formed by changing..
..the ending of the verb only.
..the stem and ending of the verb.
..the stem of the verb only.
..sometimes the stem of the verb and sometimes the ending.