sly spy and the super secret mission a l.g. bennet novella
TRANSCRIPT
Command to Agent Spy…someone
needs your help. It seems a sentence
needs someone to…um…take care…of
it’s direct and indirect objects.
Hi, Agent Spy at your service. I’ve been all over the world on top secret missions, and today you’re coming with me to help. Our mission is of utmost
secrecy and importance. I’ve been
given strict instructions.
Your Mission: -Locate the direct and indirect objects of the sentence.-Destroy them.
-Replace them with the correct pronoun.-Move them to the correct place.
Hint:The place where what you seek lies is in the following sentence-
He presents the bowl to the fish.Il presentè un bole au pisson.
Are you ready?
Additional information:me = je = me = meyou = tu = te = teHim/her/it = il/elle/on = le/la = luiUs = nous = nous = nousYou all = vous = vous = vousThem = ils/elles = les = leur
English=Subject Pronouns=Direct Object Pronouns=Indirect Object Pronouns
Let’s get going! First we have to
locate the direct and
indirect objects. Here’s the hint
again.
He presents the bowl to the fish.Il presentè un bole au poisson.
Well that’s that. Let’s radio into
command . They’ll send in
the replacements.
Command to Agent Spy. The replacements
are on their way.
Here’s what was in the box.
leluiNow we’ve
got to replace the destroyed
objects.
He presents the bowl to the fish.Il presentè un bole au poisson.
We’ve almost reached our mission objective.
All that’s left is to move the
replacements into the correct place.
He presents it to it.Il presentè le au lui.
Because we are replacing the direct and
indirect objects, we have to put their replacements in a specific order. The pronouns must go
before the verb, and must be in the correct
order . Use the decoder key to help.
Decoder Key:metunousvouslelalesluileur
He presents it to it.Il presentè le au lui.
He it it presents.Il le lui presentè.
Good! Our mission is
complete. Thanks for your help! I’ve got to get back to Command. Until
next time…
Command to Agent Spy…someone
needs your help. The package that proceeds this
message contains everything you need
to complete your mission.