a verb of necessity or possibility used with a 2nd verb in the infinitive, e.g., 'must do', 'can eat', 'want to help'

form of the verb giving its general meaning, with no subject or tense

replaces a noun that is the object of the sentence

En una fiesta de cumpleaños: modals, direct object pronouns in 2-verb structures

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Planes para una fiesta: singular present -er/-ir, direct object pronouns

En una fiesta de cumpleaños: adjective position and agreement

Los días de colegio: present -er verbs, indirect object pronouns

En el colegio: indirect object pronouns in 2-verb structures

Quedar con los amigos: 'hacer' singular present, indirect object pronouns

This unit revisits direct and indirect object pronouns with object-first word order. Pupils learn the word order for direct and indirect pronouns in two-verb structures, and indirect object pronouns 'nos' and 'os'. They revisit a variety of present-tense and modal verbs.

People and lifestyle: la vida de todos los días

Match these Spanish words to their correct English translations.

'Querer’, ‘deber’, ‘tener que’ and ‘poder’ are all examples of ...

Match the different forms of 'poder' to the correct English translations.

Which of these verbs can be used to talk about what somebody must or has to do?

In two-verb constructions, where can direct object pronouns go?

How do you say 'the birthday' in Spanish?

Which word goes in front of the verb to make a sentence negative?

Match each person to the correct verb ending for -er and -ir verbs in the present tense.

How do you say 'he thanks' in Spanish? The infinitive 'to thank' is 'agradecer'.

Put the words below in the correct order to translate the sentence 'I buy them in a shop'.

En una fiesta de cumpleaños: modals, direct object pronouns in 2-verb structures

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