Conocer Commands Practice

Question 1

___ bien el barrio antes de decidir dónde alquilas. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

Conoce. The affirmative tú command is conoce, the same as the él form of the present. No -zc- appears here.

Question 2

___ nuestras tarifas antes de contratar el servicio, señora. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

Conozca. Usted commands take the subjunctive conozca, with the -zc- of conozco. This is the standard register of advertising.

Question 3

___ a tus ídolos, dicen: casi siempre decepcionan. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

No conozcas. The negative tú command uses the subjunctive conozcas. Never meet your heroes is one of the few natural negatives with this verb.

Question 4

___ el terreno antes de invertir un solo euro. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

Conozcamos. The nosotros command means let's… and keeps the -zc-: conozcamos. Conocer el terreno means to size up the situation.

Question 5

___ el reglamento antes del torneo, señores. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

Conozcan. Ustedes commands use the subjunctive conozcan. Addressing several people formally rules out the vosotros form conoced.

Question 6

___ a tus vecinos, algún día te harán falta. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

Conoce. Conoce a tus vecinos keeps the personal a before people. The command form itself has no z sound at all.

Question 7

___ usted el edificio con calma antes de firmar nada. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

Conozca. The pronoun usted after the command adds emphasis. The form remains the subjunctive conozca.

Question 8

___ tus límites y descansa cuando toque descansar. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

Conoce. Conocer los límites means to know your limits — familiarity rather than factual knowledge, so conocer and not saber.

Question 9

___ las salidas de emergencia antes de sentarse, señores. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

Conozcan. Conozcan is the plural formal command. Safety instructions are one of the places this form turns up most often.

Question 10

___ el historial del coche antes de pagar, don Julio. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

Conozca. Don Julio is addressed as usted, so the command is conozca. The z comes straight from the yo form conozco.

Question 11

___ los detalles por terceros: pregúntamelo directamente. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

No conozcas. Negated for tú, the command is conozcas. Note the accent on pregúntamelo once two pronouns attach to the command.

Question 12

___ primero los datos y luego opinamos con fundamento. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

Conozcamos. Conozcamos includes the speaker in the proposal. The -zc- runs through every subjunctive form of this verb.

Question 13

___ el recorrido antes de la carrera del domingo. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

Conoce. Conocer el recorrido means to familiarise yourself with the route. The tú command stays conoce, with no z.

Question 14

No ___ solo la parte buena del contrato, profesora. (conocer)

Accepted Answer

conozca. The negative usted command keeps the same form as the affirmative one: conozca. Only tú swaps conoce for conozcas.

Practice.