Carmen is having a party. Some of Carmen’s other friends decided to start a game of baseball. Read the following sentences about the game and change the direct and indirect objects to direct and indirect object pronouns. Michael pegó la pelota.

Question

Michael la pegó.

Michael pególo.

Michael pególa.

Michael lo pegó.

Answer 1

The correct way to change the direct object ("la pelota") in the sentence "Michael pegó la pelota" to a pronoun is:

Michael la pegó.

In this case, "la" is the direct object pronoun for "la pelota."

The other options listed are incorrect. Here's a brief explanation of why:

• Michael pególo. (Incorrect: "lo" is for masculine nouns, but "pelota" is feminine)
• Michael pególa. (Incorrect: "la" is the correct form, but object pronouns are placed before the conjugated verb)
• Michael lo pegó. (Incorrect for the same reason as above; "lo" is also for masculine nouns)

Therefore, the only correct transformation is Michael la pegó.