Revising Spanish grammar - pronouns - CCEASubject pronouns

Pronouns are used to replace nouns. Pronouns are usually shorter and quicker ways of referring to a noun to help make sentences less repetitive.

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Subject pronouns

are used to replace a noun which is the subject of the , in other words, the person or thing that is doing the action in the sentence.

The words I, you, he, she, we, you and they are subject pronouns, eg Leo juega al fútbol (Leo plays football) becomes él juega al fútbol (he plays football). Subject pronouns are mostly used for emphasis in Spanish:

yoI
you (singular)
élhe
ellashe
ustedyou (formal singular)
nosotroswe (all male or a mixed group)
nosotras we (all female)
vosotrosyou (plural -- all male or a mixed group)
vosotrasyou (plural -- all female)
ellosthey (all male or a mixed group)
ellasthey (all female)
ustedesyou (formal plural)
yo
I
you (singular)
él
he
ella
she
usted
you (formal singular)
nosotros
we (all male or a mixed group)
nosotras
we (all female)
vosotros
you (plural -- all male or a mixed group)
vosotras
you (plural -- all female)
ellos
they (all male or a mixed group)
ellas
they (all female)
ustedes
you (formal plural)

Question

Replace the subject in bold with the correct subject pronoun.

  1. Joel vive en Madrid.
  2. Isabella y Elena fueron al cine.
  3. Miguel y yo estamos muy contentos.
  4. Ana, Susana y Pedro van al mismo colegio.