El verbo Ser

El Verbo Ser

Please take out a piece of paper and take your own notes as you walk through this quizziz

Verbs are words that:
1. Show action
2. show a state of being
3. link words together
4. or act as helping verbs

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​Qué es un verbo?

Multiple Choice

Verbs are found in which part of the sentence?

• Subject

• Predicate

• as modifiers

• none of the above

Ser is the INFINITIVE form of the verb.
-an infinitive is the basic form of the verb.
- To use the verb, it must be conjugated.
- Please copy the conjugation chart for ser.

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​Ser= to be

​In order to use verbs, we must know the pronouns as well. Stop here and memorize/quiz yourself with these- write them down. (Trust me on this one YOU MUST KNOW THESE).

informal- for familiar people (tú)

Formal- a sign of respect, or those we do not know (usted, ustedes)

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In Spanish, we have 2 forms of you

Multiple Choice

Cómo se dice "I" en español....

• tú

• usted

• yo

• nosotros

Multiple Choice

Cómo se dice "we" en español

• vosotros/vosotras

• nosostros/nosotras

• ellos/ellas

• ustedes

Now, back to el verbo ser....

Ser and Estar... because of this, you can't only memorize the conjugations, you must also memorize when to use them.

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​There are 2 Spanish Verbs that mean to be

These are the uses we will memorize for now- COPY THIS DOWN. These are the instances when we use ser.

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P-profession
O- Origin
P- Possession
I- Identity

Multiple Choice

Yo soy profesora.

Which of the four uses is displayed here?

• Profession

• Origin

• Possession

• Identity

Multiple Choice

El libro es de Javier.

Which of the four uses is displayed here?

• Profession

• Origin

• Possession

• Identity

Multiple Choice

El muchacho es de Ecuador.

Which of the four uses is displayed here?

• Profession

• Origin

• Possession

• Identity

Multiple Choice

Soy María.

Which of the four uses is displayed here?

• Profession

• Origin

• Possession

• Identity