Sentence Building

Building a sentence in Spanish

How can I put together a grammatically correct sentence?

Pronouns are used to replace the noun.

Ex) Anna's pronoun would be "she".

​Pronoun

A noun is a person, place, or thing.

Ex) Anna, McDonald's, or paper

Noun

First of all, you have to know the parts of speech to build a sentence.

Action words.

Verbs in Spanish are easy to spot because there are only 3 verb endings: AR, ER, IR

Ex) run, walk, live

Correr, Caminar, Vivir

​Verb

Words that describe.

Ex) funny, smart, big, small

Adjective

First of all, you have to know the parts of speech to build a sentence

We use possessives to talk about things that we own/have.

Ex) my family. my book. your friend. their notes.

​Possessives

-An article is "the, a/an, some"

-Articles come before nouns.

-Articles in Spanish change based on whether the noun is singular or plural.

Article

First of all, you have to know the parts of speech to build a sentence

Multiple Choice

A person, place, or thing.

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• article

Multiple Choice

An action word.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• article

Multiple Choice

A describing word.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• article

Multiple Choice

A word that means "a, an, the, or some"

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• article

Subject

How do I find the subject of the sentence?

The subject is the person, place, or thing performing the action (verb) of the sentence.

Ex) Carson jumps over the chair.

Carson is the subject. The action he is doing is jumping.

Multiple Choice

Who is the subject:

Noelle likes books.

• Noelle

• books

Multiple Choice

What is the verb:

Noelle likes books.

• books

• likes

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is "books" in the sentence?

Noelle likes books.

• noun

• verb

• pronoun

• adjective

Multiple Choice

What would Noelle's pronoun be?

Noelle likes books.

• ella

• el

• ellas

• yo

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in this sentence:

Genesis is a pretty girl.

• Genesis

• girl

• pretty

• a

• is

Multiple Choice

What is the subject:

Genesis is a pretty girl.

• Genesis

• girl

• pretty

• a

• is

Multiple Choice

What is the verb:

Genesis is a pretty girl.

• Genesis

• girl

• pretty

• is

• a

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is "a" in the sentence

Genesis is a pretty girl.

• noun

• article

• pronoun

• verb

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is "SER"?

• noun

• verb

• article

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is "gracioso"?

• verb

• adjective

• noun

Match

Match the parts of speech

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Adjective

• Verb

• Article

Angel

she

short

jump

an

• Angel

• she

• short

• jump

• an

In Spanish, there are different rules.

​Adjectives come before the noun when they are next to each other

Ex) in English, we say "the smart student". but in Spanish, we say "the student smart"

El estudiante inteligente.

Multiple Choice

Translate

Genesis is a pretty girl.

• Genesis es una chica bonita.

• Genesis es una bonita chica.

Multiple Choice

Translate

Harry is a tall student.

• Harry es un estudiante alto.

• Harry es un alto estudiante.

Multiple Choice

What would Harry's pronoun be?

Harry is a tall student.

• ella

• el

• ellos

• yo

Multiple Choice

Translate

Luke Paul is a smart kid.

• Luke Paul es un chico inteligente.

• Luke Paul es un inteligente chico.

Multiple Choice

Translate

My mom and I are tall girls.

• Mi madre y yo somos chicas altas.

• Mi madre y yo somos altas chicas.

Multiple Choice

What is the pronoun for "my mom and I"?

My mom and I are tall girls.

• ellas

• ustedes

• nosotras

• vosotras

​If there is a verb in between an adjective and a noun, the order is normal (or the same as English.

Ex) The girl is short.

There is a verb in between the noun "girl" and her adjective "short". Therefore, in Spanish the order will match.

La chica es baja.

​La chica es baja.

In this case, it wouldn't make sense to put the adjective before the noun.

"La baja es chica" No!

Multiple Choice

Translate

My sister is blonde.

• Mi hermana es rubia.

• Mi rubia es hermana.

Poll

Get it??

• Totally confused

• I understand a little

• I understand a lot

• I'm a pro