Bellwork

1. Bellwork • In the following sentences, identify the nouns, verbs and put what tense they are in. • Yo tengo el pasaporte. • María va a tener la identificación. • Cada lunes leíamos el libro. • Mi madre llamó a mi después de la boda. • Tú estabas corriendo cuando yo te vi. Whenyoufinishwriteeverythingyouknowaboutdirectobjects!

2. What are direct objects in English? • They receive the action of the verb. • Answer the questions: whom? or what? about the verb • Examples: • I have the backpack. • The backpack is receiving the action of the verb • The Direct Object(DO) is the backpack.

3. So what would it be in Spanish? • Yo tengo la mochila. • I have the backpack. Yo tengo la mochila. la mochila is our DO How does this sound… I have the backpack. The backpack was given to me by my sister. She liked the backpack. The backpack holds all my things. The backpack is blue and pink. I take my backpack everywhere! What could we change? ~ Let’s put IT in there!

4. The Pros at DOs • Here’s how we say replace those direct objects nouns with their pronouns:

5. Placing the Pros • The DO pronouns are placed directly BEFORE the conjugated verbs! • Yotengo la mochila La tengo. • Luis ve al profesor. Luis lo ve. • Note the personal a is dropped Replaced by Replaced by

6. Another Placing • When an infinitive follows the conjugated verb, the direct object pronoun can be placed before the conjugated verb or ATTACHED to the infinitive. BEFORE • No voy a lavarla ropa. No lavoy a lavar. No voy a lavarla. ATTACHED

7. Vamos a practicar • La mochila El cuaderno • El lápiz El libro • El papel La pluma / el bolígrafo • ¿Tienes la mochila? ….. Sí la tengo.