KS3 · Spanish · Year 8
Preferences and opinions: personal 'a' and gustar-type verbs
Opinions and feelings: gustar-type verbs, 'ser' and 'estar'
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Your learning goal
I can use gustar-type verbs and the personal 'a' in the context of pets and animals.
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I can use gustar-type verbs and the personal 'a' in the context of pets and animals.
Key learning points
- Word-initial 'r' is rolled and pronounced as in 'rojo'. It sounds identical to the 'rr' in 'perro'.
- Gustar-type verbs commonly appear after an indirect object pronoun like 'me' or 'le'.
- We use the personal 'a' before the object if it's a person or animal.
- There are two frequently used word orders in Spanish: subject + verb + object and object + verb + subject.
Words to know
- indirect object pronoun
- replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to; in English, this includes '(to/for) me'
- gustar-type verb
- type of verb that appears after an indirect object pronoun
- personal 'a'
- preposition placed before a direct object when that object is a specific person or animal we have a name for
Common mistakes
In Spanish, like in English, the object always goes after the verb.
In Spanish, unlike in English, the object can go before or after the verb.
For parents, carers and teachers
- In Task C3, further support could be given to students by providing these verb infinitives: 'preocupar', 'gustar', 'alegrar', 'encantar', 'molestar', 'interesar' and 'importar'.