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At school: prenominal adjectives

I can use the correct position of adjectives when talking about activities at school.

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At school: prenominal adjectives

I can use the correct position of adjectives when talking about activities at school.

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Key learning points

  1. If the final syllable is stressed and the word ends in a vowel or 'n' or 's' there is an accent on the final vowel.
  2. The 1st person singular of -er and -ir verbs in preterite ends in -í. e.g. elegí.
  3. The 1st person singular of -er and -ir verbs in present ends in -o. e.g. elijo
  4. Usually Spanish adjectives come after the noun, except for prenominal adjectives which come before the noun.

Keywords

  • Prenominal adjectives - adjectives that go before the noun

Common misconception

All the adjectives in Spanish go after the noun.

Most of the adjectives in Spanish go after the noun, except the prenominal adjectives, who go before the noun. Some prenominal adjectives are: último, primero, segundo, tercero, bueno, propio,...


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6 Questions

Q1.
What type of events does the preterite tense talk about?
habitual
usual
Correct answer: completed
future
Q2.
Tick all the present tense sentences.
Correct answer: Comparto mis respuestas con mis compañeros.
Correct answer: Aprendemos español porque disfrutamos mucho.
Correct answer: Elijo las actividades más importantes.
Imprimí mis deberes por la mañana.
Correct answer: Siempre hablas mucho en clase.
Q3.
Tick all the preterite sentences.
Correct answer: Escuché un ruido.
Correct answer: Escribí un poema sobre el cielo.
Siempre leo un libro durante un viaje.
Correct answer: Compartí mi comida con mi amiga.
Correct answer: El año pasado cambiaste el diálogo.
Q4.
Match the English to the Spanish.
Correct Answer:change,el cambio
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el cambio

Correct Answer:present,el regalo
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el regalo

Correct Answer:effort,el esfuerzo
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el esfuerzo

Correct Answer:hair,el pelo
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el pelo

Correct Answer:pen,el boli
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el boli

Correct Answer:place,el lugar
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el lugar

Q5.
Put this sentence in the correct order to say 'She has short hair.'
1 - tiene
2 - el
3 - pelo
4 - corto
Q6.
Translate into Spanish: 'I read whereas you sing.'
Correct Answer: Yo leo mientras que tú cantas.

6 Questions

Q1.
What is the meaning of 'mientras'?
whereas
when
Correct answer: while
before
Q2.
Match the English to the Spanish.
Correct Answer:famous,famoso
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famoso

Correct Answer:funny,gracioso
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gracioso

Correct Answer:short,corto
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corto

Correct Answer:long,largo
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largo

Correct Answer:interesting,interesante
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interesante

Correct Answer:blue,azul
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azul

Q3.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Correct Answer:último,last
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last

Correct Answer:mismo,same
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same

Correct Answer:propio,own
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own

Correct Answer:primero,first
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first

Correct Answer:tercero,third
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third

Correct Answer:bueno,good
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good

Q4.
Tick all the prenominal adjectives from the list below.
gracioso
Correct answer: último
famoso
Correct answer: mismo
Correct answer: propio
Q5.
Choose the correct prenominal adjective to complete this sentence: 'Mi diálogo es muy interesante.'
mismo
segunda
última
Correct answer: primer
primero
Q6.
Put this sentence in the correct order.
1 - Imprimo
2 - la segunda
3 - página
4 - pero
5 - no imprimo
6 - el documento
7 - famoso.

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