Student should know when to use the informal pronoun tú and the formal usted when referring to the second person of singular. The term tú is commonly used in informal situations, like when children are talking to their peers. On the other hand, the use of usted is associated to more formal relationships, like when children are addressing adults with whom they are not familiar. For example, when a child is talking to a friend, the child may say: Espero que tú puedas venir a mi fiesta. However, if the person being spoken to is an adult, the child would probably say: Espero que usted pueda venir a mi fiesta.

Editing is a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling. Applying the standards of the English language correctly helps the audience more easily comprehend the information because it is not having to interrupt thinking to determine what the writer intended to say.

In Spanish, objective pronouns such as lo, la, los, and las replace the direct object in a sentence. In the following example, Estuve buscando mis patines toda la tarde. Finalmente los encontré debajo del sofá, the objective pronoun los, in the second sentence, replaces the direct object of the first sentence: mis patines.

Personal pronouns (yo, tú, usted, él/ella, nosotros/ nosotras, ustedes, ellos/ellas) may function as the subject in a sentence. They replace some simple and proper nouns. Consider the following example: Catalina es una estudiante muy dedicada. The subject of this sentence (Catalina) can be replaced by the personal pronoun ella: Ella es una estudiante muy dedicada.

Possessive pronouns indicate possession or ownership of something. They must always agree in gender and number with a given noun. For example: El coche de nosotros está en el segundo piso del estacionamiento. = Nuestro coche está en el segundo piso del estacionamiento. (our)

Students are expected to know how to correctly use pronouns to refer to or in place of previously established nouns or noun phrases. Students should learn that pronouns are useful in writing because they help make sentences clearer. The following sentences exemplify the importance of pronouns in writing: Aldo y Julia quieren visitar a su abuela Rosa. La abuela Rosa prepara unos pastelillos que les encantan a Aldo y Julia. La última vez que la abuela Rosa preparó pastelillos para Aldo y Julia fue el día en que Aldo y Julia se graduaron de secundaria. The sentences sound confusing because of the repetitive use of nouns. Consider the same sentence when pronouns are used to replace the nouns once they have been introduced: Aldo y Julia quieren visitar a su abuela Rosa. Ella prepara unos pastelillos que les encantan a ellos. La última vez que ella les preparó pastelillos fue cuando ellos se graduaron de secundaria.