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532 •  Chapter 6: El cambio y el futuro 8. A _______________ les gusta viajar alrededor de Oregón. No les interesan los viajes a otros países. a. se b. los c. les d. ellos 9. Siempre pierdo mi teléfono, así que necesito ponerlo siempre encima de la misma mesa. Para _______________, ayuda tener un lugar designado. a. mí b. yo c. me d. mi 10. Has sido mi mejor amigo casi toda mi vida. Tengo muchos recuerdos buenos _______________ en el parque cerca de la casa dónde vivías en Oregon City. a. con tú b. con te c. contigo d. con ti Learning objectives check, Lengua 6.5: Prepositions and the pronouns that follow them ❏ I can list several common prepositions as well as a few uses for each of them. ❏ I know which forms of pronouns to use following most prepositions. ❏ I understand and can almost always accurately use conmigo and contigo . Lengua 6.6: Subjunctive with expressions of doubt In Lengua 6.4, we saw that the subjunctive mood is often used with verbs of will or influence in sentences such as this: Los activistas quieren que la gente escuche su mensaje. In this section, we will explore another common use of the subjunctive: in expressions of doubt. Con- ceptually, this use is similar to the first in that it expresses something that might not be real. In the sen- tence above, the people may not listen; the activists simply want for that to happen. Similarly, the broad guidelines for expressions of doubt indicate that we need to use the subjunctive when there is doubt about whether something is true or real. Luckily, the guidelines are more concrete than that. Briefly, these are the steps to form the subjunctive in the present tense: 1. Begin with the present indicative first person singular conjugation (the yo form). 2. Next, drop the -o . 3. Finally, add the appropriate endings according to the chart below.