CHAPTER 2 – CAPÍTULO 2

Alumnos y Cursos - Objectives• Describe people and things• Talk about more than one person or thing• Tell what subjects you take in school and express

some opinions about them• Tell time• Tell at what time an event takes place• Talk about Spanish speakers in the United States

VERBO SER

video

VERB TO BE

In the Spanish language the

verb to be is divided in two

conjugations•Ser•Estar

SER (TO BE)

Ser (to be) is permanent

Ser (to be) tells about our character and other

permanent things about us.

Ser (to be) is accompanied with adjectives that

describe people, animals and things.

VERBO SER

To describe Characteristics

TO DESCRIBE CHARACTERISTICS

Domain • Personal pronouns (yo, tú, él, ella,

nosotros, ustedes, vosotros, ellos, ellas)• Conjugation of verb to be “ser” (soy, eres,

es, somos, son, sois, son)• Adjectives the most and advance form to

describe people, things or places.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

Video (click here) & Verb Ser – Practice your skills

Don’t Forget! (click here)

Yo soy (I am)

Tú eres (you are) or

Usted es (you are)(formal

way)

Él es (he is) / Ella es (she

is)

Nosotros (as) somos (we

are)

Ustedes son / Vosotors sois

(you are)

Ellos son / Ellas son (they

are)

CONJUGATION OF VERB

“SER” (TO BE)

Singular Plural

Video

ADJECTIVES

Are important to describe people, things and

places (click here)

Basic Adjectives that you have to know (click here)

Basic Descriptive Adjectives Video (click here)

The 100 most common adjectives in Spanish (

click here)

The list of most advanced descriptive adjectives for

writing an essay.

CLOSING

Write your autobiography using all the elements

learned during the lesson of “verb ser” -

characteristics.

How to write a biography (click here)

VERBO SER

Describing people, classes, activities, friends, schedules, and

telling time during the school.

USES OF VERB SER

To Describing classes, professors, activities, friends,

schedules, and telling time during the school.• To Describe Date• Months and dates• Occupations• Telling the time• Classroom Commands• Classroom Objects• Classroom Questions

VERBO SER

To Describe Occupation, Relation and Origin

VERBO SER

To Describe Relationship with our Ancestors

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CLOSING

Write in your journal more than100 words about:• The first, second and third person of singular and

plural• What is my knowledge about the conjugation of verb

“ser” (to be)• Why the knowledge and use of descriptive adjectives

is important in a formation of a sentence. • The use of verb “ser” in the acronym DOCTOR

SPANISH SPEAKERS IN THE US

VERBO SER