Noun Adjective Agreememnt

Noun Adjective Agreement

NUMBER & GENDER

There are two areas where all nouns and adjectives MUST agree

• NUMBER - (Is it singular or plural)

• GENDER - (Is it masculine or feminine)

There are three different options for adjective placement in Spanish. 

• All numerical adjectives MUST go BEFORE the noun.

• Almost all descriptive adjectives will go AFTER the noun.

• There are some that can go before or after the noun. We will not address these at this point.

There are FIVE main types of adjectives

• Adjectives that end with -o in the root form

• Adjectives that end with -e in the root form

• Adjectives that end with -dor in the root form

• Adjectives that end with any consonant other than -dor in the root form

• Adjectives that give a person's nationality

Multiple Select

Which of the following are types of adjectives? Mark all that apply

• Adjectives that end with -e

• Adjectives that end with -dor

• Adjectives that end with i

• Adjectives that end with u

• Adjectives that end with -o

Adjectives that end with -o have FOUR forms. The ending will change to match up with the gender and the number implied by the noun. The four forms are:

• -o

• -a

• -os

• -as

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chico ________

• alto

• alta

• altos

• altas

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chica __________

• alto

• alta

• altos

• altas

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chicos __________

• alto

• alta

• altos

• altas

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chicas ______________

• alto

• alta

• altos

• altas

Adjectives that end with -e have TWO forms.  With these adjectives, you do not have to worry about gender. The only thing that matters with these adjectives is number(whether it is singular or plural.) There are only TWO forms with these types of adjectives. They are:

• -e (for both masculine singular and feminine singular)

• -es (for both masculine plural and feminine plural)

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: carro _________

• grande

• grando

• grandes

• grandos

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: casa ________

• grande

• granda

• grandes

• grandas

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: carros __________

• grande

• grando

• grandes

• grandos

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: casas _________

• grande

• granda

• grandes

• grandas

Adjectives that are Nationalities all have FOUR forms except for the ones that end with -e. Those only have two forms.  Below are a few examples. Also, nationalities in Spanish are capiltalized ONLY at the beginning of a sentence.

• Cuban - cubano, cubana, cubanos, cubanas

• English - inglés, inglesa, ingleses, inglesas

• Spanish - español, española, españoles, españolas

• German - alemán, alemana, alemanes, alemanas 

• Canadian - canadiense, canadienses

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: El muchacho ______

• chino

• china

• chinos

• chinas

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: La muchacha _______

• español

• española

• españoles

• españolas

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: Los muchachos _______

• ingleses

• inglesos

• inglesas

• inglés

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: Las muchachas _______

• alemán

• alemana

• alemanes

• alemanas

Adjectives that end with -or have FOUR forms. The ending will change to match up with the gender and the number implied by the noun. The four forms are:

• -or (masc. singular)

• -ora (fem. singular)

• -ores (masc. plural)

• -oras (fem. plural)

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chico ________

• hablador

• habladoro

• habladora

• habladore

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chica ________

• hablador

• habladoro

• habladora

• habladore

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chicos ________

• hablador

• habladoro

• habladores

• habladoras

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chicas ________

• habladora

• habladoros

• habladoras

• habladores

Adjectives that end with any consonant other than "-or" have TWO forms. Gender is irrelevant with these adjectives.  The only thing that matters is number (whether it is singular or plural.

• -consonant (masc./fem. singular)

• -consonant + es (masc./fem. plural)

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chico _________

• popular

• popularo

• populara

• populare

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chica _________

• popular

• popularo

• populara

• populare

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chicos _________

• popular

• populares

• popularos

• popularo

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the adjective according to the noun: chicas _________

• popular

• populares

• popularas

• populara