Reflexive or Non Reflexive Verbs Spanish Quiz

With non-reflexive verbs, the object (person or thing receiving the action, ‘your brother’) and subject (person performing the action ‘you’) are different entities. In these sentences, the object is introduced by the preposition ‘a’.

Reflexive verbs indicate that the subject of the sentence (you) is performing the action on/upon itself. ‘Te despertaste’ is the preterite conjugation of ‘tú’.

With non-reflexive verbs, the object (person or thing receiving the action, ‘my sister’) and subject (person performing the action, ‘the baby’) are different entities. In this sentence, the object is introduced by the preposition ‘a’.

Reflexive verbs indicate that the subject of the sentence (you guys) is performing the action on/upon themselves. When being in the infinitive form, the reflexive verb and the reflexive pronoun become one word. However, the pronoun still needs to match the subject of the sentence.

Non-reflexive verbs can have a direct or indirect object. An indirect object is introduced by ‘a’ and a direct object just follows the verb and may be introduced by an article or possessive pronoun. When having two verbs, the second verb is always in infinitive form.

Reflexive verbs indicate that the subject of the sentence (Dario) is performing the action on/upon himself. ‘Se afeitó’ is the preterite conjugation of ‘él’.

With non-reflexive verbs, the object (person or thing receiving the action, ‘I’) and subject (person performing the action, ‘sister’) are different entities. In these sentences, the object is introduced by the preposition ‘a’. ‘Visto’ is the conjugation of ‘yo’ in the present tense.

Non-reflexive verbs can have a direct or indirect object. An indirect object is introduced by ‘a’ and a direct object just follows the verb and may be introduced by an article or possessive pronoun. ‘Pon’ is the conjugation of ‘tú’ in the imperative form.

Reflexive verbs indicate that the subject of the sentence (the kids) is performing the action on/upon themselves. ‘Lávense’ is the plural form of the imperative form. When it’s in the imperative form, the reflexive verb and the reflexive pronoun become one word.

Not all Spanish verbs have a complement (object) because they are able to deliver complete information without the presence of the object. These intransitive verbs never have a reflexive form. ‘Trabaja’ is the conjugation of ‘ella’ in the present tense.

With non-reflexive verbs, the object (person or thing receiving the action) and subject (person performing the action) are different entities. In these sentences, the object is introduced by the preposition ‘a’. ‘Al’ is a contraction of: ‘a + el’.

With non-reflexive verbs, the object (person or thing receiving the action, ‘his girlfriend’) and subject (person performing the action, ‘my neighbor’) are different entities. In these sentences, the object is introduced by the preposition ‘a’.

Reflexive verbs indicate that the subject of the sentence (‘you guys’) is performing the action on/upon themselves. ‘Se pondrán’ is the future conjugation of ‘ustedes’.

Reflexive verbs indicate that the subject of the sentence (me) is performing the action on/upon myself. ‘Me iré’ is the conjugation of ‘yo’ in the present tense. Notice that sometimes non-reflexive verbs and their reflexive forms have different meanings.