Subjuntivo usos

What do we use the WINDS acronym for?

• Remembering when to use ser and estar

• Remembering when to use por and para

• Remembering when to use the subjunctive

• Remembering when to use preterite and imperfect

What does the "W" in WINDS stand for?

• Weather

• Want

• Watermelon

• Warning

What does the "I" in WINDS stand for?

• influence

• Impermanence

• Interest

• Importance

What does the "N" in WINDS stand for?

• Necessity

• Negation

• Nihilism

• Nearness

What does the "D" in WINDS stand for?

• Desire

• Doubt

• Destination

• Data

What does the "S" in WINDS stand for?

• Semi-permanence

• Solution

• Suggestion

• Safety

What connecting word is required between the WINDS trigger and the subjunctive form? (e.g., Es importante...bebas mucha agua.)

• como

• trick question, there isn't one

• que

• quien

Remember: included in "doubt" is the idea of the unknown - if I'm looking for a person or wondering about an object that may or may not exist, I should use the subjunctive (like I'm looking for a green book). If I know that thing exists, I should use the indicative (like I'm looking for the green book).

Estoy buscando una casa que ___________ (tener) piscina.

• tiene

• tenga

Es importante que Sandra ___________________ (arreglar) su habitación.

• arreglan

• arregles

• arregle

• arregla

Es bueno _______________ (pensar) que quieren para cenar.

• pensar

• pensamos

• piensen

• peinsan