Una historia de inmigración: subject pronouns | Spanish

Starter quiz

Match the Spanish and English.

además

⇔

also, as well, besides ✓

continente

⇔

continent ✓

comunidad

⇔

community ✓

marrón

⇔

brown ✓

natación

⇔

swimming ✓

norma

⇔

rule ✓
Match the Spanish and English.

acostumbrarse

⇔

to get used to, getting used to ✓

integrarse

⇔

to integrate, integrating ✓

frontera

⇔

border ✓

llegada

⇔

arrival ✓

familiar

⇔

family member ✓

esperanza

⇔

hope ✓
Subject pronouns represent the person, people or thing(s) doing a ______. Examples in English are 'I', 'we' and 'they'.

'verb' ✓
Which subject pronoun means 'they'?

ellos ✓

él

vosotras

ella

tú
What is the masculine subject pronoun for 'we' in Spanish?

'nosotros' ✓
In Spanish, the subject of a sentence is usually shown by the ______ of a verb.

position

tense

ending ✓

gender

Exit quiz

Match the Spanish and English.

acá

⇔

here ✓

allá

⇔

there ✓

hispanohablante

⇔

Spanish-speaking ✓

fueron

⇔

they were, they went ✓

habitante

⇔

local, inhabitant ✓

hermanastro

⇔

step-brother ✓
Match the Spanish and English.

atravesar

⇔

to cross, crossing ✓

impedir

⇔

to prevent, preventing ✓

obtener

⇔

to obtain, get ✓

nacionalidad

⇔

nationality ✓

complejo

⇔

complicated, complex ✓

afortunadamente

⇔

fortunately ✓
A word representing the person, people or thing(s) doing a verb is a subject ______.

article

pronoun ✓

preposition
Place the Spanish subject pronouns in the correct order: I, you, she, he, we, you (pl), they.

1

⇔

yo

2

⇔

tú

3

⇔

ella

4

⇔

él

5

⇔

nosotros

6

⇔

vosotros

7

⇔

ellos
Who is the subject of this sentence? Queremos hablar contigo todos los días.

yo

tú

él

nosotros ✓

vosotros
Complete the sentence with the missing subject pronoun: Siempre entrego los deberes a tiempo, pero ______ los entregan tarde.

'ellos' ✓

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Key learning points

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

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.

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