Exploring Spanish Direct Object Pronouns

This video tutorial reviews and expands on the use of direct object pronouns in Spanish. It explains how direct object pronouns replace nouns to avoid repetition, and provides rules for their placement in sentences. The tutorial also covers how to choose the correct pronoun based on the gender of the noun being replaced, with examples to illustrate these concepts.

What do direct object pronouns in Spanish replace?

• Subjects

• Verbs

• Direct objects

• Adjectives

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What question do direct objects answer?

• How?

• Why?

• Whom or what?

• When?

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is an example of a direct object in the sentence 'Laura opens the gift'?

• Laura

• opens

• the gift

• the

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Where is the direct object pronoun placed in relation to the conjugated verb in Spanish?

• No fixed place

• In the middle of the verb

• Before the verb

• After the verb

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What happens to the noun when a direct object pronoun is used?

• It is repeated

• It is omitted

• It is emphasized

• It is pluralized

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

If there are two verbs in a sentence, where can you place the direct object pronoun?

• Only before the first verb

• Only after the second verb

• Before the first verb or attached to the infinitive

• Between the two verbs

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

In the sentence 'Juan lo quiere comprar', what does 'lo' replace?

• Juan

• wants

• to buy

• an object mentioned earlier

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

How do you determine which direct object pronoun to use in Spanish?

• By the subject of the sentence

• By the verb ending

• By the gender and number of the noun

• Randomly

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which direct object pronoun would replace a masculine singular noun?

• lo

• los

• la

• las

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which pronoun would you use to replace 'la pantalla'?

• la

• lo

• las

• los