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Una historia de inmigración: subject pronouns

I can understand and use Spanish subject pronouns in the context of stories of immigration.

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Una historia de inmigración: subject pronouns

I can understand and use Spanish subject pronouns in the context of stories of immigration.

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Key learning points

  1. The Spanish subject pronouns are ‘yo’, ‘tú’, ‘él/ella/usted’, ‘nosotros’, ‘vosotros’, and ‘ellos/ellas/ustedes’.
  2. The subject of a Spanish verb is usually made clear by the verb ending.
  3. Spanish subject pronouns can be used to provide emphasis if there is a change of subject.

Keywords

  • Subject - the person, people or thing(s) doing a verb

  • Subject pronoun - represents the person, people or thing(s) doing a verb e.g. I, we, they

Common misconception

It is always necessary to use subject pronouns before Spanish verbs.

It is not usually necessary to use subject pronouns before Spanish verbs as the verb ending shows the subject. However, they can be used to emphasise a change of subject.


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Starter and Exit Quiz Qs 2 are aimed at Higher Tier students, as well as Tasks B2a and B2b.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:además,also, as well, besides
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also, as well, besides

Correct Answer:continente,continent
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continent

Correct Answer:comunidad,community
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community

Correct Answer:marrón,brown
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brown

Correct Answer:natación,swimming
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swimming

Correct Answer:norma,rule
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rule

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:acostumbrarse,to get used to, getting used to
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to get used to, getting used to

Correct Answer:integrarse,to integrate, integrating
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to integrate, integrating

Correct Answer:frontera,border
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border

Correct Answer:llegada,arrival
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arrival

Correct Answer:familiar,family member
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family member

Correct Answer:esperanza,hope
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hope

Q3.
Subject pronouns represent the person, people or thing(s) doing a . Examples in English are 'I', 'we' and 'they'.
Correct Answer: verb
Q4.
Which subject pronoun means 'they'?
Correct answer: ellos
él
vosotras
ella
Q5.
What is the masculine subject pronoun for 'we' in Spanish?
Correct Answer: nosotros
Q6.
In Spanish, the subject of a sentence is usually shown by the of a verb.
position
tense
Correct answer: ending
gender

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:acá,here
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here

Correct Answer:allá,there
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there

Correct Answer:hispanohablante,Spanish-speaking
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Spanish-speaking

Correct Answer:fueron,they were, they went
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they were, they went

Correct Answer:habitante,local, inhabitant
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local, inhabitant

Correct Answer:hermanastro,step-brother
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step-brother

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:atravesar,to cross, crossing
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to cross, crossing

Correct Answer:impedir,to prevent, preventing
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to prevent, preventing

Correct Answer:obtener,to obtain, get
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to obtain, get

Correct Answer:nacionalidad,nationality
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nationality

Correct Answer:complejo,complicated, complex
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complicated, complex

Correct Answer:afortunadamente,fortunately
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fortunately

Q3.
A word representing the person, people or thing(s) doing a verb is a subject .
article
Correct answer: pronoun
preposition
Q4.
Place the Spanish subject pronouns in the correct order: I, you, she, he, we, you (pl), they.
1 - yo
2 -
3 - ella
4 - él
5 - nosotros
6 - vosotros
7 - ellos
Q5.
Who is the subject of this sentence? Queremos hablar contigo todos los días.
yo
él
Correct answer: nosotros
vosotros
Q6.
Complete the sentence with the missing subject pronoun: Siempre entrego los deberes a tiempo, pero los entregan tarde.
Correct Answer: ellos, ellas

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