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|Direct and indirect object pronouns |

|Object pronouns replace something that has already been mentioned: |

|Vio el coche. Lo compró. He saw the car. He bought it. |

|The following grid shows the Spanish object pronouns, both direct and indirect. In most cases the direct and indirect are the same. |

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|Direct object pronouns |

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|Indirect object pronouns |

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|me |

|me |

|(to) me |

|me |

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|you (sing.) |

|te |

|(to) you (sing.) |

|te |

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|him / it (masc.) |

|lo |

|(to) him / her / it |

|le |

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|her / it (fem.) |

|la |

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|us |

|nos |

|(to) us |

|nos |

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|you (pl.) |

|os |

|(to) you (pl.) |

|os |

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|them (masc./fem.) |

|los / las |

|(to) them |

|les |

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|The difference between direct and indirect object pronouns is that, in English, the indirect often can have a preposition before it: ‘I gave|

|him the present’ or ‘I gave the present to him’. |

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1 Complete the sentences with the correct direct object pronoun indicated in brackets.

1. Susana es mi mejor amiga. ________________ veo todos los días. (her)

2. ¿El libro? ________________ estoy leyendo ahora. (it)

3. ________________ ayudan cuando pueden. (us)

4. ( ¿Quién tiene mi bolígrafo?

( Yo ________________ tengo. (it)

5. ¿Esa revista? ________________ compro cada semana. (it)

2 Translate into English the completed sentences in activity 1.

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________________________________

3 Complete the sentences with the correct indirect object pronoun indicated in brackets

1. _____________ escriben a menudo. (to us)

2. _____________ mandamos un email a veces. (to you, singular)

3. Francisco _____________ dice que va a casarse. (to me)

4. Siempre _____________ envío flores para su cumpleaños. (to her)

5. ¿_____________ das un regalo? (to them)

4 Translate into English the completed sentences in activity 3.

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________________________________

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Me, my family and friends

1.2 F Planes para el futuro

Gramática

Unit 1

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