Definite & Indefinite Articles Notes

​GENDER OF NOUNS

​In English, nouns can be masculine, feminine, or neuter (meaning having no gender).

**** In Spanish, however, every noun must be masculine or feminine.

​There is no way to tell for sure what gender the noun is, so you must memorize if it is masculine or feminine. Don’t assume!​

​So, how do we know?  ​

 In Spanish we can look at the article (the little word that means “the” or “a”) ​

 For example:  El colegio = the high school   ​

the word “el” tells us that it is masculine.​

  La escuela = the school​

 “la” tells us that it is Feminine.​

**** A general rule is “if it ends in “o”, it’s masculine. If it ends in “a” it’s feminine.”​

​Los Artículos (Articles) 

 

Definite Articles: 

How do you say “THE” in Spanish? ______EL____ __ _____LA_____  

 

____LOS________ ____LAS_____  

 

Indefinite Articles: 

How do you say “A” in Spanish? ___UN _____      ___UNA_____  

    

How do you say “SOME” in Spanish?  ____UNOS____   ____UNAS____ 

​	​DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE)	​INDEFINITE ARTICLE (A/SOME)
​MASCULINE (SINGULAR)	​EL	UN​
MASCULINE (PLURAL)​	LOS	​UNOS
​FEMININE (SINGULAR)	LA	​UNA
FEMININE (PLURAL)​	LAS	UNAS​

Multiple Choice

What are the definite articles in Spanish?

• el, la, los, las

• el, ella, ellos, ellas

• él, la, los, las

• un, una, unos, unas

Multiple Choice

What are the indefinite articles in Spanish?

• el, la, los, las

• uno, una, unos, unas

• un, una, unos, unas

• él, la, los, las

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What do definite articles mean in English?

• a

• an

• some

• the

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Una manzana

• Indefinite

• Definite

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El perro

• Definite

• Indefinite

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Definite Article (the)- _____ chicas son simpáticas.

• los

• las

• unos

• unas

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Definite Article (the)- _____ chico es guapo.

• el 

• la

• un

• una

Multiple Select

The masculine singular form of "THE" is _________.

• Los

• Las

• La

• El

Multiple Choice

In Spanish, nouns all are either masculine or feminine

• TRUE

• FALSE

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"La chica" in its plural form:

• los chicas

• el chicas

• las chicas

• la chicas

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Definite Article (the)- _____ maestra es seria.

• el 

• la 

• un 

• una

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Definite Article (the)- _____ mujeres son atléticas.

• los

• las

• unos

• unas

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Indefinite Article (a, an, some)- ______ chicos muy trabajadores.

• Los

• Las

• Unos

• Unas

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Indefinite Article (a, an, some)- ______ chico pequeño.

• El 

• La

• Un

• Una

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Fill in the blank with the correct Definite Article: _____ amigo

• el

• la

• los

• las

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Fill in the blank with the correct indefinite article: _____ chicas

• un

• una

• unos

• unas

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Fill in the blank with the correct Indefinite Article: _____ libros

• un

• unas

• unos

• los

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Definite Article (the)- _____ banderas.

• los

• las

• unos

• unas

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct article for the following: ____ libro

• el

• la

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Choose the correct article for the following: _____ turista(female)

• el

• la

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Choose the correct article for the following: _____ mochila

• el

• la

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Choose the correct article for the following: _____ amiga

• el

• la

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Choose the correct article for the following: _____ cuaderno

• el

• la

Multiple Choice

Choose el, la, los, las for the following word: pluma

• el pluma

• la pluma

• los pluma

• las pluma

Multiple Choice

Choose el, la, los, las for the following word: escritorio

• el escritorio

• la escritorio

• los escritorio

• las escritorio