Subjects, Verbs, and Subject Pronouns

Subjects, Verbs, and Subject Pronouns

Subjects in sentences

• The subject of a sentence is the person, place or thing being described or performing an action

• It can be a noun (John, Ana, Isabelle and Tom, the dog, the building, etc.)

• It can be a pronoun (yo, tú, él, ella, etc.)

Multiple Choice

What is the subject in this sentence?

Alberto es mi amigo.

• Alberto

• es

• mi

• amigo

Multiple Choice

What is the subject in this sentence?

Ella es mi compañera de clase.

• Ella

• es

• mi

• compañera de clase

Multiple Choice

What is the subject in this sentence?

Yo soy de Mount Pleasant.

• Yo

• soy

• de

• Mount Pleasant

Multiple Choice

What is the subject in this sentence?

Victor y (and) Susana son de México.

• Victor y Susana

• son

• de

• México

Verbs in sentences

• The verb can be an action the subject is performing (walk, dance, sing, etc.)

• The verb can be a word that connects the subject to a description (am, are, is, etc.)

• Many times in Spanish you will see a word like soy (I am), eres (you are), es (he/she is), or son (they/ you all are) to connect the subject with a description.

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in this sentence?

Yo soy simpático (nice).

• Yo

• soy

• simpático

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in this sentence?

Él es mi mejor amigo

• Él

• es

• mi

• mejor amigo

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in this sentence?

Ellos son mis compañeros de clase.

• Ellos

• son

• mis

• compañeros de clase

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in this sentence?

Raúl y Elsa son amigos.

• Raúl y Elsa

• son

• amigos

Subject pronouns

• Subject pronouns are pronouns that identify who or what is performing the action of a verb.

• Subject pronouns often replace a subject

• The subject pronouns in Spanish are: yo(I), tú (you), él (he), ella (she), usted (you formal), nosostros[as] (we), ellos[as] (they), ustedes (you all)

Multiple Choice

What subject pronoun should we use to replace the (underlined) subject in the sentence?

El señor García es mi profesor.

• ella

• él

• nosotros

• ellos

Multiple Choice

What subject pronoun should we use to replace the (underlined) subject in the sentence?

Rosa es mi mejor amiga.

• ella

• él

• yo

• tú

Multiple Choice

What subject pronoun should we use to replace the (underlined) subject in the sentence?

Tom y (and) Bob son de Argentina.

• ellas

• ellos

• yo

• nosotros

Multiple Choice

What subject pronoun should we use to replace the (underlined) subject in the sentence?

Raúl y yo (Raúl and I) somos compañeros de clase.

• tú

• ellos

• nosotros

• ella