Eres vs es

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Eres vs es

¿______usted el responsable del departamento?Are you in charge of the department?
While I wrote eres, it was marked incorrect and es being correct.
Just wondering on why?

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Conjugate ser in the present tense in Spanish (El Presente)"

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InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish TeacherCorrect answer

Hola The N

This is because you have the pronoun "usted" in the sentence, so it is referring to a formal "you", not an informal you (tú), and for this you need the 3rd person singular conjugation of the verb: "es".

Here's some information on this topic.

¿Es usted el responsable? vs ¿Eres tú el responsable?

I hope this clarified it.

Saludos

Inma

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Eres vs es

¿______usted el responsable del departamento?Are you in charge of the department?
While I wrote eres, it was marked incorrect and es being correct.
Just wondering on why?

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