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Grade 10 · lesson 3 of 4

Let the Liked Thing Control Gustar

In Me gusta el libro, the book is the grammatical subject and me identifies the person experiencing the preference.

About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice

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Supplied materials

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  • Complete the original preference “Me ___ el libro”. Choose only the gustar form agreeing with the supplied liked noun group. Candidate answers: (A) gusta (B) gustan (C) gustas (D) gusto.
  • Complete the original preference “Me ___ las flores”. Choose only the gustar form agreeing with the supplied liked noun group. Candidate answers: (A) gusta (B) gustan (C) gustas (D) gusto.

Learn the idea

Possessives and demonstratives describe whose object or which nearby referent is meant. Gustar organizes a preference around the thing liked, so its verb number follows that grammatical subject rather than the person experiencing the preference. In Me gusta el libro, the book is the grammatical subject and me identifies the person experiencing the preference. A singular liked thing uses gusta; plural liked things use gustan. The experiencer does not determine verb number.

Locate the noun group after the gustar blank. Determine singular or plural from its article and noun, then select gusta or gustan. Keep me before the verb and retain the supplied article in these general preference statements.

Do not use gusto merely because the English sentence begins I like. In this construction me is not the grammatical subject. Other gustar forms exist for different structures, but the supplied task concerns one experiencer and the named liked things.

  1. Copy the supplied example and underline its speaker, noun, time cue or evidence words.
  2. Apply the shown language rule; keep any required ending, accent or paired punctuation.
  3. Solve the changed independent check, then explain why one offered alternative fails.
  4. Complete all three new practice cases and use the model to correct the precise word or meaning.
Worked example

See the method in action

Supplied case: Complete the original preference “Me ___ el libro”. Choose only the gustar form agreeing with the supplied liked noun group. Candidate answers: (A) gusta (B) gustan (C) gustas (D) gusto. Solution: el libro is the grammatical subject of this construction and is singular. Therefore use gusta: Me gusta el libro. Me identifies the experiencer and does not force a first-person gusto form. Final result: gusta. Do not use gusto merely because the English sentence begins I like. In this construction me is not the grammatical subject. Other gustar forms exist for different structures, but the supplied task concerns one experiencer and the named liked things.

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Helpful tips
  • Locate the noun group after the gustar blank.
  • Do not use gusto merely because the English sentence begins I like.
Complete the original preference “Me ___ las flores”. Choose only the gustar form agreeing with the supplied liked noun group.

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gustan

las flores is the grammatical subject of this construction and is plural. Therefore use gustan: Me gustan las flores. Me identifies the experiencer and does not force a first-person gusto form.

Take it further

Complete the original preference “Me ___ los juegos”. Choose only the gustar form agreeing with the supplied liked noun group. Candidate answers: (A) gusta (B) gustan (C) gustas (D) gusto. Expected result: gustan. los juegos is the grammatical subject of this construction and is plural. Therefore use gustan: Me gustan los juegos. Me identifies the experiencer and does not force a first-person gusto form.

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More practice: try new cases

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More practice: try new cases
1. Complete the original preference “Me ___ la música”. Choose only the gustar form agreeing with the supplied liked noun group.
Need a hint?
  • Locate the noun group after the gustar blank.
  • Do not use gusto merely because the English sentence begins I like.
2. Complete the original preference “Me ___ los mapas”. Choose only the gustar form agreeing with the supplied liked noun group.
Need a hint?
  • Locate the noun group after the gustar blank.
  • Do not use gusto merely because the English sentence begins I like.
3. Complete the original preference “Me ___ la película”. Choose only the gustar form agreeing with the supplied liked noun group.
Need a hint?
  • Locate the noun group after the gustar blank.
  • Do not use gusto merely because the English sentence begins I like.

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