In this exercise, you need to complete the blanks in this conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

The first dialogue line reads:

***Miguel**: Look, César, I ____ (love) sharing a room with you, but the truth is that some things ____ (worry).*

The correct first-person, present tense forms of those verbs are **me encanta** and **me preocupan**.

The second dialogue line reads:

***César**: Okay. I also ____ (dislike) some things about you.*

The correct first-person, present tense form of the verb is **me disgustan**.

The third dialogue line reads:

***Miguel**: Okay, for starters, I don’t ___ (like) that you play music so loud when your friends are over. I ____ (like) your friends, but sometimes you are too noisy and I can’t study.*

The correct first-person, present tense forms of those verbs are **me gusta** and **me caen**.

The fourth dialogue line reads:

***César**: Yes, I understand. Well, look, Miguel, it ____ (annoy) me that you bring food into the room and then leave the dirty dishes on the floor.*

The correct first-person, present tense form of the verb is **me molesta**.

The last dialogue line reads:

***César**: I ____ (fascinate) by the idea!*

The correct first-person, present tense form of the verb is **me fascina**.

In this exercise, you need to ask your classmate questions using the words given, following the model:

* -What do you think fascinates your father?
-Well, I don’t know. I think he is fascinated by sleeping.

1. the president / worry

You could ask:

* *-¿Qué crees que le preocupa al presidente?*
What do you think worries the president?
*-Seguramente le preocupe la economía.*
He is surely worried about the economy.

2. your brother/sister / love

You could ask:

* *-¿Qué le encanta a tu hermano?*
What does your brother love?
*-Le encantan los videojuegos.*
He loves videogames.

3. you / miss

You could ask:

* *-¿Qué te falta?*
What are you missing?
*-Me falta uno de mis lápices.*
I’m missing one of my pencils.

4. your parents / like

You could ask:

* *-¿Qué les gusta a tus padres?*
What do your parents like?
*-A mis padres les gusta ver televisión.*
My parents like watching TV.

5. your Spanish teacher / dislike

You could ask:

* *-¿Qué le disgusta a tu profesor de español?*
What does your Spanish teacher dislike?
*-Le disgusta que no hagamos la tarea.*
He dislikes that we don’t do homework.

6. you / care about

You could ask:

* *-¿Qué les importa a ustedes?*
What do you care about?
*-Nos importa el cambio climático.*
We care about climate change.

7. your friends / bother

You could ask:

* *-¿Qué les molesta a tus amigos?*
What are your friends bothered by?
*-Les molesta no poder salir a cenar.*
They’re bothered by not being able to go out for dinner.

8. your classmate / bore

You could ask:

* *-¿Qué le aburre a tu compañero de clase?*
What bores your classmate?
*-Le aburren las clases de español.*
Spanish classes bore him.

In this exercise, you need to ask your classmate if they would like to do the activities portrayed in the pictures. You need to use the verbs **aburrir** (bore), **disgustar** (dislike), **encantar** (love), **fascinar** (fascinate), **interesar** (interest) and **molestar** (bother).

You could ask:

* *-¿Te aburriría ir a una clase de gimnasia?*
Would it bore you to go to a gym class?
*-Sí, me aburriría mucho.*
Yes, it would really bore me.

* *-¿Te disgustaría salir a bailar conmigo?*
Would you dislike going out dancing with me?
*-No, me gustaría.*
No, I would like it.

* *-¿Te aburriría ir a la playa?*
Would it bore you to go to the beach?
*-No, me encantaría.*
No, I would love it.

* *-¿Te interesaría ir a un parque de atracciones?*
Would you be interested in going to an amusement park?
*-Sí, me fascinaría.*
Yes, I would be fascinated.

* *-¿Te molestaría trabajar conmigo?*
Would it bother you to work with me?
*-No, me interesaría.*
No, I would be interested.

* *-¿Te molestaría que vayamos a cenar?*
Would it bother you to go out for dinner?
*-Sí, me aburriría.*
Yes, it would bore me.