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En una fiesta de cumpleaños: adjective position and agreement

I can use adjectives correctly when describing a birthday party

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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

  1. Adjectives need to agree in gender and number with the noun that they describe.
  2. 'Mismo', 'último', 'propio', 'primero', 'segundo' and 'tercer' are examples of prenominal adjectives.
  3. Some prenominal adjectives lose the –o ending before a singular masculine noun: primer, tercer, buen, mal.
  4. 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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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the English words to the correct Spanish translation.
Correct Answer:único,only (before a noun)
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only (before a noun)

Correct Answer:el amor,love
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love

Correct Answer:el ingeniero,engineer
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engineer

Correct Answer:faltar,to be missing, lacking, being missing, lacking
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to be missing, lacking, being missing, lacking

Correct Answer:pobre,poor, unfortunate
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poor, unfortunate

Correct Answer:presentar,to present, presenting
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to present, presenting

Q2.
Choose the correct form of the adjective to describe the noun 'sorpresa'.
bonito
divertidas
caros
Correct answer: divertida
caras
Q3.
In Spanish adjectives usually go __________ the noun.
Correct answer: after
before
Q4.
Put the words in the correct order to translate the sentence 'Can you open the big window?'
1 - ¿
2 - puedes
3 - abrir
4 - la
5 - ventana
6 - grande
7 - ?
Q5.
How do you say 'annoying'?
Correct Answer: pesado, Pesado, Pesado., pesado.
Q6.
Match the translation of 'that' and 'those' with the appropriate noun.
Correct Answer:esos,vecinos (m)
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vecinos (m)

Correct Answer:ese,pastel (m)
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pastel (m)

Correct Answer:esa,gente (f)
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gente (f)

Correct Answer:esas ,mamás (f)
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mamás (f)

6 Questions

Q1.
How do you say 'good morning'?
Correct Answer: Buenos días, buenos días, ¡Buenos días!
Q2.
Match the English words with the Spanish translation.
Correct Answer:castaño,chestnut brown (m)
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chestnut brown (m)

Correct Answer:perezosa,lazy (f)
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lazy (f)

Correct Answer:enhorabuena,congratulations
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congratulations

Correct Answer:relajante,relaxing (m, f)
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relaxing (m, f)

Correct Answer:arreglar,to tidy up, tidying up
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to tidy up, tidying up

Correct Answer:la esquina,corner
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corner

Q3.
Match the nouns with the adjective that matches their gender and number.
Correct Answer:ventana (f, s),vieja
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vieja

Correct Answer:dulces (m, pl),ricos
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ricos

Correct Answer:cumpleaños (m, s),especial
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especial

Correct Answer:fiestas (f, pl),divertidas
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divertidas

Q4.
Choose the prenominal adjectives that lose the -o before a singular masculine noun.
Correct answer: tercero
propio
Correct answer: bueno
segundo
Correct answer: malo
Q5.
The adjective ‘grande’ shortens to before any singular noun.
Correct Answer: gran
Q6.
Match the phrases to the correct translation.
Correct Answer:el único espacio,the only space
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the only space

Correct Answer:el espacio único ,the unique space
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the unique space

Correct Answer:un pobre chico,a poor boy (unfortunate)
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a poor boy (unfortunate)

Correct Answer:un chico pobre ,a poor boy (money)
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a poor boy (money)

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