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MOALBOAL CAMPUS
SPANISH REQUIREMENTS
SER/ ESTAR
(MARINE LIFE)
Submitted by:
B. Let us put together the sentences from questions in (A) and read it
aloud. Make a paragraph form from the sentences made.
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D. Substitute the verb tense from the present tense to past and
future tense.
E. Let us study the irregular verb format of the verbs SER and ESTAR
the three (3) simple tenses.
EL
PRONOMBRES EL PRESENTE EL FUTURO
PRETERITO
SER to be
Yo Soy Fui Sere’
Tu Eres Fuiste Sera’s
El/Ella/ Usted Es Fue Sera’
Nosotros (as) Somos Fuimos Seremos
Vosotros (as) Sois Fuisteis Sereis
Ellos/ Ellas/
Son Fueron Seran
Ustedes
ESTAR to be
Yo Estoy Estuve Estare
Tu Estas Estuviste Estaras
El/Ella/ Usted Esta Estuvo Estara
Nosotros (as) Estamos Estuvimos Estaremos
Vosotros (as) Estais Estuvisteis Estareis
Ellos/ Ellas/
Estan Estuvieron Estaran
Ustedes
SER vs ESTAR
Ser is used: Estar is used:
To show possession: To express location or position
La casa es de Jose. (The house of things and people (not
belongs to Jose.) events) whether it’s permanent
or temporary:
Ella esta en su casa. (She is in
her house.)
To show origin: To describe a temporary,
Yo soy de Mexico. (I’m from condition or feeling of a person
Mexico.) or things:
Tu estas enfermo. (You are sick)
La escuela esta cerrada. (The
school is closed) La ventana esta
abierta. (The window is open.)
To express religious or political To express physical conditions
affliliation. and civil status:
¿Eres Musulman? (Are you Su padre esta muerto. (His father
Muslim?) is dead.), Ella esta cansada (She
is tired.)
To express dates, days, Used with the present
seasons, time, events: participle to form the
Son las tres. (It is 3:00.) Es el progressive tenses, present and
segundo de enero. (It’s the past:
second of January.) Mi hijo esta jugando. (My son is
playing.) Te estaba esperando. (I
was waiting for you.)
To express characteristic:
Mi hermana es muy intelligente.
(My sister is very intelligent.)
To express size:
Nueva York es grande. (New York
is big.)
To express length:
El texto es largo. ( The text is
long.)
To refer to colors:
Es cielo es azul. (The sky is
blue.)
In general we use SER to describe a ESTAR in short is used for: location
person, place or thing (possession, of things or people (not events),
origin, essence of things affiliation, moods, temporary feelings and
characteristic, size, length, color, physical conditions.
personality, profession, etc). This
description is something that does
not change at all in some cases, or
the change is gradual and slow.
VOCABOLARIO (Vocabulary)
el padre - father
la madre - mother
el hijo - son
la hija - daughter
el abuelo - grandfather
la abuela - grandmother
el tio - uncle
la tia - auntie
el suegro - father-in-law
la suegra - mother-in-law
el yerno - son-in-law
la nuera - daughter-in-law
el primo - cousin (m)
el prima - cousin (f)
el sobrino - nephew
la sobrina - niece
el nieto - grandson
la nieta - grand daughter
el cuñado - brother-in-law
la cuñada - sister-in-law
el padrino - god father
la madrina - god mother
el ahejado - godson
la ahejada - god daughter
Exercises (Ejercicios)
I. LOS VERBOS
Direction: Encircle the letter that represents the correct answer:
A. SER
B. ESTAR