True Passive with Ser
See: section on the Passive Voice from a further explanation.
El paquete fue entregado ayer.
The package was delivered yesterday.
Los dos paquetes fueron entregados ayer.
The two packages were delivered yesterday.
La carta fue escrita por Juan.
The letter was written by John.
To express the progressive form of the present.
¿Qué estás haciendo? Estoy abriendo este paquete.
What are you doing? I'm opening this package.
With the present participle to form the progressive tenses, that is, to stress an act in progress.
Ahora está hablando.
He is talking now.
Estaba gritando entonces.
He was shouting then.
Pasamos muchas horas fumando.
We spend many hours smoking.
Leyendo tal libro, se aprende mucho.
(By) reading such a book, one learns a great deal.
The imperfect tense of the verb estar is used before the present participle of a verb to show progressive action in past time. This action may also be expressed by the imperfect tense of the main verb.
Ella estaba trabajando allí. (Ella trabajaba allí.)
She was working there.
Juan estaba viviendo solo. (Juan vivía solo.)
Juan was living alone.
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