Year 9 - Spanish
Eating and drinking: direct object pronouns 'lo(s)', 'la(s)'
Activities and opinions: pronouns, gustar-type verbs
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces plural direct object pronouns 'los' and 'las' and plural indirect object pronoun 'les'. Pupils revisit 'gustar'-type verbs, personal 'a', object-first word order, and singular and plural present tense -ar verbs. In phonics pupils revisit stress patterns.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use direct object pronouns to talk about food and meals.
Key Notes
- We use direct object pronouns to avoid repeating nouns. In Spanish they usually go before the verb.
- Masculine DOPs are 'lo', meaning 'him' or 'it', and 'los', meaning 'them'.
- Feminine DOPs are 'la', meaning 'her' or 'it', and 'las', meaning 'them'.
- The verbs 'probar', 'costar' and 'soler' are stem changing verbs. When conjugated, their stem changes from 'o' to 'ue'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- direct object pronoun: replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g. 'me', 'you', 'it', 'them'
- stem-changing verb: verb that has a spelling change in the stem
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Direct object pronouns go after the verb, like in English.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
We use direct object pronouns to avoid repeating nouns. In Spanish they usually go before the verb. Masculine DOPs are 'lo', meaning 'him' or 'it', and 'los', meaning 'them'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'direct object pronoun'
replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g. 'me', 'you', 'it', 'them'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Direct object pronouns go after the verb, like in English. Correction: In Spanish, the direct object pronoun usually goes before the verb, e.g. 'pruebas el chocolate caliente' - 'lo pruebas.'.
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