Matching Pairs Parts of SpeechOnline version Matching questions and answers about parts of speech from Spanish and English. by Amy Goss 1 What is a subject? 2 What are the subject pronouns in Spanish? 3 What is a direct object? 4 What is a pronoun? 5 Does a subject have to be a noun? 6 What is a verb? 7 What are the types of nouns? 8 Does a noun have to be a subject? 9 What is a noun? 10 What is a subject pronoun? 11 What is a quick way to identify a common noun? common or proper A word that takes the place of a noun It usually does, but not always. A word that can be substituted for a noun, ex: Mary -> She You can say the word "the" in front of it. An action the "doer" or an action, also a noun the "receiver" of the action, answers the question "who?" or "what?" A person, place, thing, or idea It can be many things: subject, direct object, and object of the preposition are a few. yo, tú, él, ella, Ud., nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ellas, Uds.