Ser

Question 1

Subject pronouns are divided into what three groups?

Answer 1

first person, second person, third person

Question 2

What is the first person subject pronoun in singular?

Answer 2

Singular - yo (I)

Question 3

What are the second person subject pronouns in singular?

Answer 3

tú (you; familiar)

usted [Ud.] (you; formal)

Question 4

What are the second person subject pronouns in plural?

Answer 4

vosotros (you; masculine, familiar)

vosotras (you; feminine, familiar)

ustedes [Uds.] (you; formal)

Question 5

What are the first person subject pronouns in plural?

Answer 5

nosotros (we; masculine)

nosotras (we; feminine)

Question 6

What are the third person subject pronouns in singular?

Answer 6

él (he)

ella (she)

Question 7

What are the third person subject pronouns in plural?

Answer 7

ellos (they; masculine)

ellas (they; feminine)

Question 8

What does the verb ser mean?

Answer 8

To be

Question 9

What form of ser is used with yo?

What does it mean?

Answer 9

soy

I am

Question 10

What form of ser is used with tú?

What does it mean?

Answer 10

eres

you are (familiar)

Question 11

What form of ser is used with Ud./él/ella?

What does it mean?

Answer 11

es

you are (formal) ; he/she is

Question 12

What form of ser is used with nosotros/as?

What does it mean?

Answer 12

somos

we are

Question 13

What form of ser is used with vosotros/as?

What does it mean?

Answer 13

sois

you are (familiar)

Question 14

What form of ser is used with Uds./ellos/ellas?

What does it mean?

Answer 14

son

you are (formal) ; they are

Question 15

Use ser to identify :

Answer 15

people and things

Question 16

Translate : ¿De quién es?

Answer 16

Whose is it?

Question 17

Translate : ¿De quién son?

Answer 17

Whose are they?

Question 18

Translate : Es el diario de Maru.

Answer 18

It’s Maru’s diary.

Question 19

When de is followed by the article el, the two :

Answer 19

combine to form the contraction del.

Question 20

De contracts with ______. It does not contract with _______.

Answer 20

el ; la, las, los

Question 21

Ser also uses the preposition ____ to express origin

Answer 21

de

Question 22

Translate : ¿De dónde es Juan Carlos?

Answer 22

Where is Juan Carlos from?

Question 23

Translate : Es de Costa Rica.

Answer 23

He’s from Costa Rica.

Question 24

Use ____ to express profession or occupation.

Answer 24

ser

Question 25

Unlike English, Spanish does not use the indefinite article ___,___ after ser when referring to professions, unless accompanied by an ____________.

Answer 25

un, una ; adjective or other description.

Question 26

Write the following sentences in Spanish.

Marta is a teacher.

Marta is an exellent teacher.

Answer 26

Marta es profesora.

Marta es una profesora excelente.