MOST IMPORTANT VERB IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH SER: TO BE.

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1 MOST IMPORTANT VERB IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH SER: TO BE

2 CONJUGATIONS To conjugate: to change the verb so that it makes sense in context. This could be to change it to the present, past, or future. She goes to the store yesterday. She went to the store yesterday. OR to change it to match (“agree with”) the subject. I reads a lot in school. I read a lot in school.

3 COMPLETE SENTENCES The two basic elements of a complete sentence are: Subject Verb Complete sentences ? Yeah, us. Yesterday. I went. I went yesterday. ¡No! ¡Sí!

4 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT The subject and verb must always “agree” or match in a sentence. - I goes  SUBJECT: the person, place, animal, etc. that does the action. The focus of the sentence. VERB: the action of the sentence. What the subject is doing. I go

5 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT CONT… Subject-verb agreement is EXTREMELY important in Spanish. In English, verb conjugations can match multiple subjects which is not the case in Spanish. - I went to school yesterday. - We went to school yesterday. - My brothers went to school yesterday.

6 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT CONT… In Spanish, each verb has its own ending for each corresponding subject. - Yo com o cereal en la mañana. - I eat cereal in the morning. - Ella com e cereal en la mañana. - She eats cereal in the morning. - Nosotros com emos cereal en la mañana. - We eat cereal in the morning.

7 OUR CONJUGATION CHARTS: YONOSOTROS TÚ VOSOTROS ÉL ELLA USTED ELLOS ELLAS USTEDES SINGULAR SUBJECTS PLURAL SUBJECTS 1 ST PERSON 2 nd PERSON 3 rd PERSON I You He She You formal We You guys They They (all girls) You guys

8 SER: __________ IRREGULAR VERB YONOSOTROS TÚVOSOTROS ÉL ELLA USTED ELLOS ELLAS USTEDES 1. Nosotros _________ hermanos.  ________________________________________ 2. Yo _______ una maestra.  ____________________ 3. Ellos _________ mejores amigos.  _____________________________________ SOY ERES ES SOMOS SOIS SON SOMOS We are brothers. SOY I am a teacher. SON They are best friends. TO BE ( am, is, are )

9 ¡AHORA TÚ! FILL IN THE BLANK WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF SER 1. Yo _______ bonita. 6. Él _______ chistoso y guapo. 2. La escuela ______ grande. 7. Ella ______ alta. 3. Tú ______ muy amable. 8. Julian y Matt ______ los mejores jugadores del equipo. 4. Juan ______ bajo y chistoso.9. La manzana ________ verde. 5. ¿De dónde __________?10. Nosotros ___________ alumnos de Infinity H.S. SOY ES ERES ES ERES ES SON ES SOMOS

10 ¡AHORA TÚ! CONT… ¿Cómo eres? ¿Quién eres? Write five complete sentences about who/how you are. Yo soy… 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.