En una fiesta de cumpleaños: adjective position and agreement
I can use adjectives correctly when describing a birthday party
En una fiesta de cumpleaños: adjective position and agreement
I can use adjectives correctly when describing a birthday party
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Key learning points
- Adjectives need to agree in gender and number with the noun that they describe.
- 'Mismo', 'último', 'propio', 'primero', 'segundo' and 'tercer' are examples of prenominal adjectives.
- Some prenominal adjectives lose the –o ending before a singular masculine noun: primer, tercer, buen, mal.
- The position of adjectives changes its meaning. This happens with 'grande', 'único', 'pobre' and 'viejo'.
Keywords
Gender - a way to categorise all nouns as feminine or masculine
Adjective positioning - adjectives that can go before the noun
Common misconception
All adjectives go after the noun in Spanish.
There are some adjectives that can also go before the noun and these are called prenominal adjectives.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the English words to the correct Spanish translation.
only (before a noun)
love
engineer
to be missing, lacking, being missing, lacking
poor, unfortunate
to present, presenting
Q2.Choose the correct form of the adjective to describe the noun 'sorpresa'.
Q3.In Spanish adjectives usually go __________ the noun.
Q4.Put the words in the correct order to translate the sentence 'Can you open the big window?'
Q5.How do you say 'annoying'?
Q6.Match the translation of 'that' and 'those' with the appropriate noun.
vecinos (m)
pastel (m)
gente (f)
mamás (f)
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.How do you say 'good morning'?
Q2.Match the English words with the Spanish translation.
chestnut brown (m)
lazy (f)
congratulations
relaxing (m, f)
to tidy up, tidying up
corner
Q3.Match the nouns with the adjective that matches their gender and number.
vieja
ricos
especial
divertidas
Q4.Choose the prenominal adjectives that lose the -o before a singular masculine noun.
Q5.The adjective ‘grande’ shortens to before any singular noun.
Q6.Match the phrases to the correct translation.
the only space
the unique space
a poor boy (unfortunate)
a poor boy (money)