For how you feel are where you are, always use the verb: ______________________________.
Notes
For almost every other situation, use the verb: _____________ like when you describe yourself or say
you’re from where (where you’re from).
Conjugate ESTAR:
Yo (I)
____ (am)
Tú (You)
____ (are)
Ud. (You)
Él (He)
Ella (She)
___ (are/is)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Conjugate SER:
Nosotros/as (We)
_______ (are)
Yo(I)
Nosotros/as (We)
____(am)
_____ (are)
Vosotros/as
(You all)
Tú (You)
estáis (are)
____ (are)
Vosotros/as
(You all)
Uds. (You all)
Ellos/as (They)
Ud. (You)
Él (He)
Ella (She)
______ (are)
Translate the question
words below:
How with estar can be
translated literally
How with ser is not
translated literally
Where with estar
implies location
From where with ser
implies origin
___ (are/is)
sois (are)
Uds. (You all)
Ellos/as (They)
_____ (are)
A
B
C
¿Cómo
estar (conjugate!)
Ustedes (Uds.)?
¿Cómo
ser (conjugate!)
tus amigos?
¿Dónde
estar (conjugate!)
tu madre?
¿De dónde
ser (conjugate!)
tú?
PUT TOGETHER four questions with each row of words, but don’t forget to CONJUGATE the verb in the middle. Then
TRANSLATE the question into English and ANSWER the question in Spanish.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2.
_________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
4.
_________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
GramActiva Video: The verbs Ser and Estar
Watch and listen, then do the quiz below:
1. Tu primo ________________ enfermo.
____________________________________________
2. Ellas ______________ de Portugal.
______________________________________________
3. Mi perro _________ sociable.
_____________________________________________
4. Ellos __________ al lado de David.
____________________________________________
Spanish 2 class, you will do it again in the past tense. ↑ Would you use the preterite or the imperfect?
When you talk about how you felt, what you were like, where you used to be from or where you were with
no definite time reference, you would use the _____________________________past tense.
Textbook pages 258 – 259 Read over the Gramáctica and we’ll start the activities
Actividad 15 ¿Dónde están las otras personas? _______________________________________________
Remember that está usually translates as is and están translates as are. Write out the first two.
1. A. ¿_________________________________________________________________________?
B. _________________________________________________________________________
2. A. ¿_________________________________________________________________________?
B. _________________________________________________________________________
Do the rest orally.
Actividad 16 Entrevista con un Chef _______________________________________________
You will have a section of your test that is like this, where you will need to choose and then write the
correct form of the verbs ser or estar in the blanks. Do this on your own and then we’ll go over it together.
7.
__________________________
1.
__________________________
8.
__________________________
2.
__________________________
9.
_________________________
3.
_________________________
10.
_________________________
4.
_________________________
11.
_________________________
5.
_________________________
12.
_________________________
6.
_________________________
Actividad 17 Un Postre Delicioso _______________________________________________
Have you ever had ARROZ CON LECHE (RICE WITH MILK)? _____________ Look at the recipe to find the
answers to these translations (I already figured out the conversions for you.)
1. 10.6 ounces of rice = ___________________________________
Do you know?
2. 3.17 quarts of milk = ___________________________________
1 pound = _____ounces
3. 14 ounces of sugar = __________________________________
4. A little vanilla = ________________________
1 gallon = _____ quarts
5. cinnamon = ___________________________