Question

Describe one member of your family using "es". When entering your answers for fill in the blank and essay questions, please be sure to use accent marks and/or correct punctuation to avoid your answer being marked incorrect. You may copy and paste the accented character or punctuation mark from this list if needed: á é í ó ú ñ Á É Í Ó Ú ¿

Answer 1

Mi madre es baja y tienes pelo castaño.

It means my mom is short and she has brown hair.

Answer 2

Mi hermana es hermosa. Ella es alta y delgada. Es una muy buena estudiante y es la mejor de su clase. Es divertida y su cabello es largo y rubio. Ella es mayor que yo.

This time we are using Present Simple. We use it to describe a habit, routine or something that happens now.

When it comes to the verb SER, unlike English where we use the verb "to be" as SER or ESTAR, in Spanish they have different meanings.

SER describes appearances, identity, family relationships, when and where an event takes place, time and date.

ESTAR expresses a mood or health status, an aspect, the marital status of a person, their location.

The ways to conjugate each verb for different people of the present is as follows:

SER:

yo soy

tú eres

él/ella es

nosotros somos

ellos son

ESTAR:

yo estoy

tú estás

él/ella está

nosotros estamos

ellos están