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Gramática 8A.3: personal “a”

Authored by Alejandra Muniz

World Languages

8th Grade

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Gramática 8A.3: personal “a”
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1.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The direct object is the word that ​ ​ (a)   the action of the ​ (b)   .

receives
does
verb
noun

2.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The direct object is a ​ (a)   .

noun
adjective
verb

3.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If the direct object of a sentence is a person or animal, we use the ​ (a)   "a".

adjective
personal
inpersonal
living

4.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

There are two "a" in Spanish.

One is called the personal "a" and it's used when the direct object of a sentence is a person or ​ (a)   . The personal "a" ​ (b)   translation in English.

The other one means "​ (c)   ."​

animal
any living thing
to
has NO
has

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Regardless of whether you use the personal "a" or the "a" that mean "to," "a" + "el" will always contract to "​ (a)   ."

a
a el
al

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The personal "a" is used in Spanish when the direct object is a living thing. This includes people, animals and plants.

True

False

7.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If the following nouns are all direct objects,

which ones would need vs. not need the "personal a"?

Groups:

(a) Require "personal a"

,

(b) NO personal "a"

el tren

Media Image

Miguel

el pescado

el pez

Media Image

el oso

el pájaro

la flor

la hamburguesa

mi hermana

el árbol

Answer explanation

el pez (the ALIVE fish)

el pescado (the FOOD fish)

"el pez" is to COW as "el pescado" is to "BEEF"

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