Singular preference practice
What you will learn
Module 24 — The Gustar pattern
I can say what I and other people like and make gusta/gustan agree with the thing liked.
Four connected lessons · H13–H14 · Contemporary Mexican Spanish
What you are learning
Lesson 1 — Learn & Recall
Lesson 1 · — Why Me Gusta Works This Way
Spanish organizes this idea around the thing that is pleasing. The experiencer comes first:
- me gustael café — I like coffee.
- me gustanlos libros — I like the books.
- me gustaleer — I like to read.
Core relationship:singular thing or an infinitive →gusta; plural things →gustan. The verb agrees with what is liked, not with the English “I.”
Plural preference practice
Say: “I like the books.”
Fix the agreement
Write the correct complete sentence for: “I like the houses.”
Infinitive preference
Say: “I like to read.”
Meaning recall
Read “Me gustan los libros.” Type its English meaning.
What you are learning
Lesson 2 — Build & Connect
Lesson 2 · — Likes: tú / another person
- tegusta(n) — you like…
- legusta(n) — he/she/you-formal likes…
- a + person namecan clarify wholerefers to: A Ana le gusta leer.
Lesson 3 · — Likes: we / they
- nosgusta(n) — we like…
- lesgusta(n) — they/you-all like…
The experiencer changes, but singular/plural agreement still follows the thing liked.
Question singular
Ask: “Do you like coffee?”
Question plural
Ask: “Do you like the books?”
Statement infinitive
Say: “You like to read.”
Agreement choice
Write the complete sentence: “You like the houses.”
Meaning recall
Read “Te gusta hablar.” Type its English meaning.
Another-person singular
Say: “He/She likes coffee.”
Another-person plural
Say: “He/She likes the books.”
Another-person infinitive
Say: “He/She likes to study.”
Fix the agreement
Write the complete sentence: “He/She likes the houses.”
Meaning recall
Read “Le gusta trabajar.” Type its English meaning.
Named-person clarification
Say: “Ana likes coffee.”
Named-person plural
Say: “Carlos likes the books.”
Named-person infinitive
Say: “Ana likes to read.”
Named-person question
Ask: “Does Carlos like coffee?”
Meaning recall
Read “A Ana le gustan las casas.” Type its English meaning.
We singular
Say: “We like coffee.”
We plural
Later recall: express a group preference for the books.
We infinitive
Say: “We like to speak.”
We Fix the agreement
Write the complete sentence: “We like the houses.”
Meaning recall
Read “Nos gusta estudiar.” Type its English meaning.
They singular
Later recall: express that coffee is liked by them.
They plural
Say: “They like the books.”
They infinitive
Say: “They like to read.”
Plural Fix the agreement
Write the complete sentence: “They like the houses.”
Meaning recall
Read “Les gusta trabajar.” Type its English meaning.
What you are learning
Lesson 3 — Compare Spanish and English
— Gustar-Type verb type
The same relationship transfers to three verbs you have learned:
- encantar— to love / be delighted by → encanta / encantan
- interesar— to interest / be interesting to → interesa / interesan
- molestar— to bother / annoy → molesta / molestan
Spanish relationship: me / te / le / nos / les+gustar-type verb. English often says “I like X,” but Spanish is structurally closer to “X is pleasing to me.” Do not convert these into ordinary subject-verb “I like / you like” endings.
This module stays only with the relationship shown above. Other later pronoun meanings and alternate patterns remain saved for later.
Infinitive meaning
Type the Spanish infinitive meaning “to love / be delighted by.”
Infinitive check
Read “encantar.” Type its English meaning.
Infinitive spelling
Write the infinitive again from memory: encantar.
Name the Pattern
Which Module 24 verb means “to love / be delighted by”?
Infinitive recall in contrast
Write only the infinitive, not encanta/encantan: “to love.”
Singular delight
Say: “I love coffee.”
Plural delight
Say: “We love the books.”
Other-person delight
Say: “Ana loves to read.”
Plural agreement
Say: “They love the houses.”
Meaning recall
Read “Te encanta hablar.” Type its English meaning.
Infinitive meaning
Type the learned Spanish infinitive meaning “to interest / be interesting to.”
Infinitive check
Read “interesar.” Type its English meaning.
Infinitive spelling
Write the infinitive again from memory: interesar.
Name the Pattern
Which Module 24 verb means “to interest / be interesting to”?
Infinitive recall in contrast
Write only the infinitive, not interesa/interesan: “to interest.”
Singular interest
Say: “Coffee interests me.”
Plural interest
Say: “The books interest me.”
Other-person interest
Say: “The books interest Ana.”
Group interest
Say: “The houses interest us.”
Meaning recall
Read “Te interesa leer.” Type its English meaning.
Infinitive meaning
Type the learned Spanish infinitive meaning “to bother / annoy.”
Infinitive check
Read “molestar.” Type its English meaning.
Infinitive spelling
Write the infinitive again from memory: molestar.
Name the Pattern
Which Module 24 verb means “to bother / annoy”?
Infinitive recall in contrast
Write only the infinitive, not molesta/molestan: “to bother.”
Singular bother
Say: “Studying bothers me.”
Plural bother
Say: “The books bother me.”
Other-person bother
Say: “Working bothers Ana.”
Group plural bother
Say: “The houses bother them.”
Meaning recall
Read “Te molesta estudiar.” Type its English meaning.
Experiencer selection me
For “coffee interests me,” write only the experiencer pronoun.
Experiencer selection te
For “reading interests you,” write only the experiencer pronoun.
Experiencer selection le
For “working bothers Ana,” write only the experiencer pronoun used with a named third person.
Experiencer selection nos
For “the books delight us,” write only the experiencer pronoun.
Experiencer selection les
For “the houses bother them,” write only the experiencer pronoun.
What you learned
Review & Reuse
Review Module 24 while also bringing earlier Spanish you have learned back after a delay.
Module 21 recall 1
Say: “I never work.”
Module 21 recall 2
Say the alternate form you learned: “I never work.”
Module 22 recall 1
Say: “I get up.”
Module 22 recall 2
Say: “I bathe.”
Module 22 recall 3
Say: “I get dressed.”
Module 22 recall 4
Say: “I go to bed.”
Module 23 recall 1
Say: “I am speaking.”
Module 23 recall 2
Say: “You are eating.”
Module 23 recall 3
Say: “He/She is living.”
Module 23 recall 4
Say: “We are speaking.”
Module 23 recall 5
Say: “They are sleeping.”
Module 23 recall 6
Say: “I am reading.”
Module 23 recall 7
Use the introduced non-progressive tomorrow comparison: “I’m going tomorrow.”
Self singular
Say: “I like the house.”
Self plural
Say: “I like the houses.”
Self infinitive
Say: “I like to work.”
You singular
Say: “You like coffee.”
You plural
Say: “You like the books.”
You question
Ask: “Do you like to read?”
Third singular
Say: “He/She likes the house.”
Third plural
Say: “He/She likes the houses.”
Ana singular
Later recall with named clarification: express that Ana likes coffee.
Carlos plural
Later recall with plural agreement: express that Carlos likes the books.
We singular
Say: “We like the house.”
We plural
Say: “We like the books.”
They singular
Say: “They like coffee.”
They plural
Say: “They like the houses.”
Love self
Say: “I love to read.”
Love plural self
Say: “I love the books.”
Love you
Say: “You love coffee.”
Love Ana plural
Say: “Ana loves the houses.”
Love us
Say: “We love to speak.”
Love them plural
Say: “They love the books.”
Interest self singular
use in a new situation the relationship to interesar: express that coffee interests the speaker.
Interest self plural
Use plural agreement with interesar: express that the books interest the speaker.
Interest you
Say: “Reading interests you.”
Interest third
Say: “Studying interests him/her.”
Interest us plural
Use nos plus plural interesar: express that the houses interest us.
Interest them plural
Use les plus plural interesar: express that the books interest them.
Bother self
Say: “Working bothers me.”
Bother self plural
use in a new situation to molestar with plural agreement: express that the books bother the speaker.
Bother you
Say: “Studying bothers you.”
Bother Ana
Clarify Ana as experiencer: express that working bothers Ana.
Bother us plural
Say: “The houses bother us.”
Bother them plural
Say: “The books bother them.”
Agreement decision gusta
Complete: Me ___ el café.
Agreement decision gustan
Complete the whole sentence for plural books: “We like the books.”
Named clarification
Complete the named-person phrase pattern: “Carlos likes to read.”
Extension singular
Say: “The house interests Ana.”
Extension plural
Say: “The houses delight them.”
Build fluency
Combined Practice
Use the same learned relationships in different situations.
Changed self preference
Say: “I like to speak.”
Changed listener preference
Ask: “Do you like the houses?”
Changed named preference
Say: “Ana likes the books.”
Changed group preference
In a new group context, express that we like coffee.
Changed they preference
Say: “They like to study.”
Changed self delight
Say: “I love the house.”
Changed listener delight
Say: “You love the books.”
Changed named interest
Say: “The books interest Carlos.”
Changed group interest
Say: “Reading interests us.”
Changed third bother
Say: “Studying bothers him/her.”
Changed group bother
Say: “The books bother us.”
Relationship use in a new situation
Say: “The houses interest them.”
Show What You Can Do
Apply & Communicate
Perform the actual Module 24 Can-Do. Reveal can help you learn; try again without Reveal to check yourself.
Apply 1 — self agreement
Final Practice: express your own liking for the books.
Apply 2 — listener question
Final Practice: ask the listener whether they like coffee.
Apply 3 — named person
Final Practice: clarify Ana and express that she likes to read.
Apply 4 — group agreement
Say: “We like the houses.”
Apply 5 — Use the gustar Pattern in a New Situation
Final Practice: use in a new situation the pattern to interesar and say the books interest them.
Fix it if needed
new-situation Reveal extra practice
These tasks appear only when Reveal was used on the matching Apply practice.
Reveal extra practice 1
Changed item: say “I like the houses.”
Reveal extra practice 2
Changed listener item: ask “Do you like the books?”
Reveal extra practice 3
Changed named person: say “Carlos likes coffee.”
Reveal extra practice 4
Changed group item: say “We like the books.”
Reveal extra practice 5
Changed extension: say “The houses interest them.”
You can now
Ready to continue
You can identify the experiencer withme/te/le/nos/les, makegusta/gustanagree with the thing liked, clarify a third person witha + name, and use in a new situation the same relationship toencantar, interesarandmolestarwithout introducing later object pronouns.