3.6 Sentence Structure

• Understanding the basic subject-verb order is crucial for building more complex sentences in Spanish
• In Spanish, the subject comes before the verb in a basic sentence structure.

  True
• When using pronouns as direct objects, they are typically placed before the verb.
• An example of correct indirect object placement in Spanish is: Le doy el libro a Juan
• The Spanish sentence "Le doy el libro a Juan" translates to "I give the book to him."
• The Spanish sentence "Juan la come" translates to "Juan eats it."
• Order the possible placements of prepositional phrases in a Spanish sentence:

  1️⃣ Beginning

  2️⃣ Middle

  3️⃣ End
• Temporal adverbs in Spanish, such as "ayer," are typically placed after the verb.
• What type of adverb is "ayer"?

  Temporal adverb
• What is the English translation of "yo"?

  I
• What are the two plural forms of "you" in Spanish?

  Vosotros and ustedes
• Arrange the basic Spanish sentence structure in the correct order:

  1️⃣ Subject

  2️⃣ Verb
• In Spanish, direct objects answer the question "what?" or "whom?" after the verb
• In Spanish, indirect objects are typically placed before the verb.
• Prepositional phrases can be placed at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence
• Temporal adverbs in Spanish can only be placed at the beginning of a sentence.

  False
• In negative sentences, pronouns come before the word no
• Order the elements of a simple Spanish sentence:

  1️⃣ Subject

  2️⃣ Verb

  3️⃣ Object
• What is the basic sentence structure in Spanish?

  Subject + Verb
• What do direct objects answer in a sentence?

  What? or Whom?
• Indirect objects are typically placed after the verb in Spanish.

  False
• In Spanish, indirect objects are typically placed after the verb.

  False
• Match the language with its example of direct object usage:

  Spanish ↔️ Juan come la manzana.

  English ↔️ Juan eats the apple.
• In Spanish, indirect objects are placed before the verb.

  True
• Where are adverbs like "siempre" usually placed in a Spanish sentence?

  Before the verb
• "Yo" is the Spanish subject pronoun for "I."


  True
• Subject pronouns in Spanish are used to indicate who is performing the action of the verb
• Match the Spanish subject pronoun with its English translation:

  Él ↔️ He

  Ella ↔️ She

  Nosotros ↔️ We

  Vosotros ↔️ You (plural, informal)
• Subject pronouns in Spanish are required to avoid ambiguity.


  True
• In Spanish, the verb always comes before the subject.

  False
• Indirect objects in Spanish answer the question "to whom?" or "for whom?".


  True
• Match the purpose of a prepositional phrase with its description:

  Location ↔️ Indicates where something is

  Time ↔️ Indicates when something happens

  Direction ↔️ Indicates movement

  Manner ↔️ Indicates how something is done
• Understanding indirect object placement is crucial for grammatically correct Spanish sentences.


  True
• Match the preposition with its meaning:

  a ↔️ to, at

  de ↔️ of, from

  en ↔️ in, on
• Adverb placement in Spanish is more flexible than in English
• Match the Spanish subject pronoun with its English equivalent:

  yo ↔️ I

  tú ↔️ you (informal singular)

  él ↔️ he
• Direct questions in Spanish use subject-verb inversion
• What do indirect objects answer in a sentence?

  To whom? or For whom?
• What do indirect objects answer in a Spanish sentence?

  To whom or for whom
• What is the basic sentence structure in Spanish?

  Subject + Verb