Pre-assessment: adj como sustantivos

Pre-assessment: adj como sustantivos

When you are comparing two similar objects, you can avoid repetition by dropping the noun and using an article with an adjective.

How?

¿Cuál prefieres, la sudadera apretada o la floja?

Which hoodie do you prefer: the tight or the loose one?

This also happens in English:

-Do you prefer the red jacket or the blue one?

- The red one.

In this case the noun is dropped because the speakers know what object they refer to.

¿Cuál prefieres, la sudadera apretada o la floja?

In Spanish we dropped the noun but we keep the article- la- and the adjective-floja-

Poll

Why do we drop the noun in a sentence where we compare two similar objects?

• to avoid confusion

• to avoid fatigue

• to avoid repetition

Multiple Choice

In this phrase what noun would you drop? Prefieres el vestido negro o el vestido blanco?

• negro

• blanco

• el vestido

• vestido

Multiple Choice

In this phrase what is the response that uses the adj as noun.

A:¿Prefieres el vestido negro o el vestido blanco?

• B: el vestido blanco

• B: el blanco

• B: el vestido

Now, give the answer to a conversation. Drop the noun...

When it includes a material description, we keep the preposition de: el de algodón.

The one made of cotton

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Poll

How well did you understand this topic?

• Bien. Mañana voy a hacerlo muy bien en clase.

• Bien, pero necesito más ejemplos.

• Regular,necesito más ejemplos y explicación.

• It's confusing.