What’s on the The Subjunctive poster
14 entries in 3 groups.
WEIRDO — the six categories that trigger the subjunctive in a subordinate clause.
- The triggers: Wishes – Quiero que vengas, Emotions – Me alegra que estés, Impersonal…
- Formation: Take the yo form of the present, Drop the -o, -ar verbs take -e endings, -…
- Two subjects: Quiero comer – one subject, infinitive, Quiero que comas – two subjects…
No creo que sea takes the subjunctive; creo que es does not. Doubt triggers it, certainty does not.
Questions about the The Subjunctive poster
- What’s on the The Subjunctive poster?
- 14 entries in 3 groups. WEIRDO — the six categories that trigger the subjunctive in a subordinate clause. The triggers: Wishes – Quiero que vengas, Emotions – Me alegra que estés, Impersonal…; Formation: Take the yo form of the present, Drop the -o, -ar verbs take -e endings, -…; Two subjects: Quiero comer – one subject, infinitive, Quiero que comas – two subjects…. No creo que sea takes the subjunctive; creo que es does not. Doubt triggers it, certainty does not.
- Who is the The Subjunctive poster for?
- The Subjunctive belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning spanish can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the The Subjunctive poster?
- The subjunctive is not a tense. It is a mood, and something in the sentence triggers it. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Subjunctive belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The Subjunctive?
- Spanish Accents, Adjective Agreement and Commands sit alongside The Subjunctive in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Spanish AccentsAdjective AgreementCommands
- Is the The Subjunctive poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The Subjunctive downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The Subjunctive poster print at?
- The Subjunctive is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Subjunctive loses nothing.Printing guide
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