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Una historia de inmigración: develop understanding

I can use masculine and feminine nouns in the context of stories of immigration.

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Una historia de inmigración: develop understanding

I can use masculine and feminine nouns in the context of stories of immigration.

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Key learning points

  1. All nouns in Spanish have grammatical gender. They are either masculine or feminine.
  2. Masculine nouns ending in -o change to -a in the feminine form.
  3. Nouns ending in -ista, -ente and -ante don’t change spelling in the feminine form.

Keywords

  • Noun - word for a person, place or thing

  • Gender - grammatical categorisation of all nouns as masculine or feminine

Common misconception

In Spanish, all masculine nouns end in -o and all feminine nouns end in -a.

This is often the case, but it is not a blanket rule. For example, words ending in -ista, -ente and -ante can be masculine or feminine depending on the context.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:oigo,I hear
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I hear

Correct Answer:digo,I say
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I say

Correct Answer:dólar,dollar
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dollar

Correct Answer:formación,training, education
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training, education

Correct Answer:según,according to
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according to

Correct Answer:quitar,to remove, take away
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to remove, take away

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:acabar,to finish, finishing
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to finish, finishing

Correct Answer:echar,to throw, throwing
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to throw, throwing

Correct Answer:relacionarse,to get on, getting on
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to get on, getting on

Correct Answer:amenazar,to threaten, threatening
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to threaten, threatening

Correct Answer:influir,to influence, influencing
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to influence, influencing

Correct Answer:generación,generation
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generation

Q3.
Nouns in Spanish can be masculine or .
Correct Answer: feminine
Q4.
Which nouns are masculine?
Correct answer: amigo (friend)
compañera (classmate)
Correct answer: tema (issue)
natación (swimming)
Q5.
Which endings indicate that a noun is has the same spelling in the masculine and feminine forms?
Correct answer: -ante
-o
-or
Correct answer: -ente
Correct answer: -ista
Q6.
What is the grammatical gender of 'periodista' in this sentence? 'Hablé con un periodista ayer y fue muy simpático.'
Correct answer: masculine
feminine
we can't tell

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:presidente,president
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president

Correct Answer:general,general
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general

Correct Answer:pasaporte,passport
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passport

Correct Answer:profesión,profession
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profession

Correct Answer:internacional,international
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international

Correct Answer:lujo,luxury
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luxury

Q2.
All nouns in Spanish have grammatical . They are either masculine or feminine.
tense
conjugation
Correct answer: gender
Q3.
What is the correct translation of 'my classmate (f) is clever'?
Mi compañero es listo.
Mi compañero es lista.
Mi compañera es listo.
Correct answer: Mi compañera es lista.
Q4.
Which adjective completes the sentence? Las habitantes en mi barrio son muy .
simpático
simpática
simpáticos
Correct answer: simpáticas
Q5.
What is the missing word? Pablo picasso es un famoso (Pablo Picasso is a famous artist).
Correct Answer: artista
Q6.
Fill in the gaps. Ayer __________ a hablar con los nuevos __________ en mi clase. Pienso que son muy __________ y voy a ir al cine con __________.
1 - fui
2 - estudiantes
3 - graciosos
4 - ellos

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