Question

Los profesores les (dar) la tarea a sus estudiantes.

Answer 1

Answer:

Los profesores LES DAN la tarea a sus estudiantes.

Explanation:

The right answer is LOS PROFESORES LES DAN LA TAREA A SUS ESTUDIANTES.

We need to remember that the Spanish language has specific grammatical rules that we have to follow to produce grammatical sentences without mistakes:

• To have a complete sentence we always need to have a CONJUGATED VERB
• The CONJUGATED VERB always must match in GENRE and NUMBER with the object of the sentence
• The CONJUGATED VERB always must match in GENRE AND NUMBER with the indirect object of the sentence (who receives the object of the sentence)
• The CONJUGATED VERB always must match in NUMBER with the subject of the sentence.

In our specific exercise, we need to conjugate the verb according to the subject, the direct and the indirect object. At this respect we have that:

• SUBJECT: Los profesores: Plural
• OBJECT: La tarea: Singular
• INDIRECT OBJECT: A sus estudiantes: Plural

So, now we know that the OBJECT PRONOUN “LES” Is needed because it refers to the plural indirect object “SUS ESTUDIANTES”.

OBJECT PRONOUNS are those words that always appear with a CONJUGATED VERB. They, as the PERSONAL PRONOUNS are in the place of a noun; their specific function into the sentence is to be the complement of the verb that they’re accompanying.

So, following the rules we can say that the correct option is to conjugate the verb in: SIMPLE PRESENT

LOS PROFESORES LES DAN LA TAREA SUS        ESTUDIANTES.

Answer 2

Los profesores les dan la tarea a sus estudiantes.