Ser Present Subjunctive Practice

Question 1

Espero que el clima ___ bueno para el paseo del domingo. (ser)

Accepted Answer

sea. Esperar que expresses a wish, which triggers the subjunctive. El clima is third-person singular, so the form is sea, not the indicative es.

Question 2

Mis papás quieren que yo ___ más responsable con el dinero. (ser)

Accepted Answer

sea. Querer que imposes one person's will on another, a classic subjunctive trigger. The yo form is sea — soy is impossible here.

Question 3

Ojalá que tú ___ feliz en tu nuevo trabajo. (ser)

Accepted Answer

seas. Ojalá always takes the subjunctive because it expresses a hope. With tú, the subjunctive of ser is seas.

Question 4

Dudo que esos rumores ___ ciertos. (ser)

Accepted Answer

sean. Dudar que casts doubt on the statement, so the subjunctive is required. Esos rumores is plural, which gives sean.

Question 5

La maestra pide que nosotros ___ puntuales todos los días. (ser)

Accepted Answer

seamos. Pedir que is a verb of request, so the clause that follows needs the subjunctive. The nosotros form is seamos.

Question 6

Busco un departamento que ___ céntrico y no muy caro. (ser)

Accepted Answer

sea. The apartment is hypothetical — it may not exist yet — so the relative clause takes the subjunctive sea instead of the indicative es.

Question 7

No creo que tú ___ capaz de despertarte a las cinco. (ser)

Accepted Answer

seas. Creer takes the indicative, but negated no creer que expresses doubt and flips the clause into the subjunctive: seas.

Question 8

Es importante que las instrucciones ___ claras para todos. (ser)

Accepted Answer

sean. Es importante que is an impersonal expression of judgment, a standard subjunctive trigger. Las instrucciones is plural, so sean agrees.

Question 9

Mi jefa duda que yo ___ la persona adecuada para el puesto. (ser)

Accepted Answer

sea. Dudar que requires the subjunctive in the following clause. For yo, ser becomes sea — built on the stem se-, not on soy.

Question 10

Para ganar, es necesario que nosotros ___ un equipo unido. (ser)

Accepted Answer

seamos. Es necesario que states a requirement, so the subjunctive follows. With nosotros as the subject, the form is seamos.

Question 11

Quiero que la fiesta ___ una sorpresa, así que no digas nada. (ser)

Accepted Answer

sea. Querer que expresses a desire about the party, so the subjunctive sea is needed. The future será would ignore the trigger.

Question 12

Te aviso con tiempo para que tú ___ el primero en la fila. (ser)

Accepted Answer

seas. Para que introduces a purpose clause and always takes the subjunctive. The tú form of ser is seas.

Question 13

Ojalá que los boletos no ___ tan caros este año. (ser)

Accepted Answer

sean. Ojalá que voices a hope, which demands the subjunctive. Los boletos is plural, so the correct form is sean.

Question 14

Mi abuela reza para que yo ___ un buen hombre. (ser)

Accepted Answer

sea. Para que introduces the purpose of her prayers, so the subjunctive is obligatory. With yo as the subject, ser becomes sea.

Practice.