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Español 1
Nombre: _______________________________
Pronombres y Verbos
Los Pronombres
Pronoun: Something that replaces a noun in a sentence.
Instead of saying: “John goes to the store.” (“John” is the noun in this sentence)
You can say: “He goes to the store.” (“He” is the pronoun that replaces John)
List at least 4 examples of pronouns in English
Ejemplo: He
1.
2.
3
4.
Pronouns are important because we use them to tell us who is involved in the sentence. They
also tell us who doing the action of the verb.
En español, you will need to know the following subject pronouns:
Singular (one person)
Plural (more than one person)
Español
Inglés
Español
Inglés
Yo
I
Tú
You (talking TO
someone your age)
We
We (group of girls)
Y’all (informal in España)
Él
Ella
Usted
He
She
You (formal; talking TO
someone older than
you.)
Nosotros
Nosotras
Vosotros
(only in
España)
Ellos
Ellas
Ustedes
They (mixed group)
They (group of girls)
Y’all (talking TO a group)
Los Verbos
Verbs are action words. Used with a noun or pronoun, they tell us who does the action in a sentence:
I play the guitar.
We learn Spanish.
(The verb “play” tells us what action is taking place. The pronoun “I” tells
us who does the action)
What is the action?
Who is doing the action?
We’ve already learned that there are 3 types of verbs in Spanish, -ar, -er, and –ir verbs. Give one
example of each type:
-ar:
-er:
-ir:
When verbs are in their “infinitive” form (-ar,-er,-ir endings), they are neutral. This means that no one
is actually DOING the action. Hablar= to talk/speak (We don’t know WHO talks/speaks).
In order to tell who is doing the action, we have to CONJUGATE the verb. Conjugating the verb
involves changing the ending in six different ways.
 We’ve already used some of these different forms:
Me llamo… (= I am called/My name is…)
Estoy bien. (= I am fine.)
Necesito un libro. (= I need a book.)
Tengo la clase de español. (= I have Spanish class.)
¿Qué necesitas? (= What do you need?)
¿Qué clase tienes? (= What class do you have?)
Here are some verbs that you will be able to use now by changing their endings:
hablar:
necesitar:
dibujar:
usar:
practicar:
bailar:
estudiar:
trabajar:
nadar:
cantar:
enseñar: to teach
pasar:
Read the following paragraph about Silvio’s Spanish class. Circle the verbs that are conjugated. Then
try to identify the endings that are used to conjugate the verbs.
Silvio:
Me gusta mucho la clase de español. Yo estudio el español todos los días (= every day). Mi amiga
Daniela estudia el español también (= also/too). Ella usa el libro para (= in order to) estudiar. Yo uso
el diccionario. Nosotros estudiamos juntos (= together). Hablamos mucho en español y practicamos
el vocabulario. A veces (= sometimes) yo hablo con mi amigo Roberto. Daniela habla con su mamá.
Los otros (= other) estudiantes hablan en inglés mucho. Ellos no practican el español. No estudian lo
que (= what) el profesor enseña. ¿Y tú? ¿Estudias tú el español? ¿Practicas tú el vocabulario?
¿Hablas tú en español?
Write down the different forms of each verb that you found here:
Estudiar
Usar
Hablar
Practicar
estudio (yo= I)
Enseñar:
Next to each CONJUGATED verb that you found, write who is doing the action.
We will use verb charts to organize the different forms of each verb into categories based on who and
how many people are doing that action. Fill in the cells in the verb chart with the correct form of the
verb based on the pronoun that is given. Then define each verb form in English:
yo estudio
Estudiar
nosotros estudiamos
tú
vosotros estudiáis
él/ella/usted
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Now try to duplicate the chart for the verbs “usar”, “hablar”, and “practicar”.
Usar:
yo
tú
él/ella/usted
Practicar:
Hablar:
nosotros
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Enseñar: