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Gustar
Model Question and Answer: Supply the correct form of gustar. Q: ¿Le _____ a usted pintar? |
Useful Grammar For This Quiz
The use in Spanish of the verb gustar (to like) is more readily understood if gustar is translated literally into English as to please. Thus I like this book becomes in Spanish This book pleases me. (A mí me gusta este libro.) Other examples of the use of gustar follow:
A Juan le gusta bailar.
John likes to dance — literally, To dance pleases John.
No nos gustan estos ejercicios.
We don't like these exercises — literally, These exercises don't please us.
Note that, as in the case of all verbs, the form of gustar is determined by the number and person of the subject. The tense, of course, will vary with the particular situation.
A mí me gustan estos libros.
A Juan no le gustó la película anoche.
A ellos no les gusto yo.
Model Question and Answer: Supply the necessary object pronoun required by the meaning of the particular sentence. Q: A mí no _____ gusta bailar. |
The purpose of this exercise is to provide further practice with gustar (to like) as well as with the various object pronouns, recently studied, which are generally used together with gustar. Some practice sentences also appear with parecer, extrañar, importar, agradar.
Model Question and Answer: Supply the necessary prepositional pronoun required by the meaning of the particular sentence. Q: A _____ nos gusta comer tarde. |
This is a review exercise designed to give additional practice with gustar and the various object pronouns generally used together with gustar. Some sentences also appear with parecer, importar, agradar. In this exercise, supply the proper form of the prepositional pronoun required in each case.
