Weekend activities: pronouns 'me', 'te', 'le', 'se' and 'les'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can distinguish between actions done to others and to oneself using the reflexive pronoun 'se', and I can use indirect object pronouns to talk about weekend activities.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- When the 'doer' (subject) and 'receiver' (object) of an action are the same person we use a reflexive pronoun.
- To mean 'herself' or 'himself' in Spanish, use 'se' before a verb.
- Indirect object pronouns (e.g. 'him', 'them') indicate the person or thing that is indirectly affected by the verb.
- If the person affected by the action is 'me', use 'me'; if the person affected by the action is 'you', use 'te'.
- To refer to one person or thing indirectly affected by an action use 'le', for more than one person or thing use 'les'.
Keywords
Se - reflexive pronoun 'himself', 'herself' or 'itself'
Reflexive pronoun - used to indicate doing something to yourself, words like 'myself' and 'yourself'
Indirect object pronoun (IOP) - replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is to me, for you, to them
Common misconception
The indirect object pronoun 'le' changes to 'la' to match the gender of the person receiving the action.
'Le' means 'to him', 'to her' or 'to it' regardless of the person receiving the action, e.g. 'le doy un regalo a Lucía' or 'le doy un regalo a Daniel'.
Teacher tip
This lesson receptively revisits two different types of pronouns that pupils have previously learned. Teachers will know for their classes if they want to focus instead on just one of these, and add in a productive practice task for it.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'meanwhile'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to go down
to describe, describing
to argue, arguing
to study, studying
to speak, speaking
to go up, climb
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
tree
shirt
Chinese person
science
war
network
Q4.Order the words to say: 'the lawyer does not work with the journalist'.
Q5.Write in English: 'tengo un coche barato'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'there are two expensive bags'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.'A Lucía __________ mando fotos'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
you give me a present
I give you a present
they give him a present
he gives them a present
Q3.Write in Spanish: 'she introduces herself'.
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'he wakes up the dog'.
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