Classroom objects Day 2 - Plural nouns lesson 7th Grade

Unit 2 - En la clase

​Objetivos para hoy:

1. Talk about things in the classroom

2. Review - masculine and feminine nouns

3. Learn about plural nouns

Multiple Choice

Which word below is a noun?

• walk

• yellow

• book

• the

Multiple Choice

Which word below is not a noun?

• cat

• boy

• pencil

• pretty

In Spanish, all nouns (including things and ideas) are classified as either "masculine" or feminine.

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​Gender of Nouns

How do you know if a noun is masculine or feminine?

To know if a noun is masculine or feminine:

1. Look at the article that precedes the noun.

   Ex. la casa

2. look to see what letter(s) the word ends with.

   Ex. la casa

Most nouns ending in -a

Most nouns ending in:

-ion, dad/tad, tud

Feminine

-Most nouns ending in -o

-Nouns ending with any of the letters in L-O-N-E-R-S

-The days of the week

​Masculine

Basic rules to follow if looking at the last letter:

Multiple Choice

Which noun is masculine?

• carpeta

• cartera

• libro

• cancion

Multiple Choice

Which noun is masculine?

• la moto

• el mapa

• la mano

• la foto

Multiple Choice

Which noun is feminine?

• cartel

• carpeta

• pegamento

• cuaderno

Multiple Choice

Which noun is feminine?

• el boligrafo

• el gato

• el huevo

• la silla

things you may find in your backpack​

​Review vocabulario

Match

Match the following:

el boligrafo

el libro

el borrador

la carpeta

el cuaderno

• el boligrafo

• el libro

• el borrador

• la carpeta

• el cuaderno

Match

Match the following:

la regla

la mochila

la tijera

el lápiz

el marcador

• la regla

• la mochila

• la tijera

• el lápiz

• el marcador

​El vocabulario- objetos de la clase

el reloj

la pizarra

el cartel

el mapa

el escritorio

el pupitre

la bandera

Match

Match the following:

el reloj

el pupitre

la pizarra

la bandera

el cartel

• el reloj

• el pupitre

• la pizarra

• la bandera

• el cartel

Plural nouns are words that demonstrate that there is more than one thing, person, idea or place. In English you make a noun plural by adding -s, -es, -ies.

​What are plural nouns?

Multiple Select

Which nouns are plural?

• wishes

• ladies

• tomato

• knives

• boy

1. In order to make a plural noun in Spanish, add -s to the end of the words that end in a vowel.

   Singular plural

   mesa mesas

   carpeta carpetas

   estudiante estudiantes

​Basic rules to make a noun plural in Spanish

Fill in the Blank

Write the plural word for "libro"

2. If a noun ends in a consonant, add -es

   Singular plural

   borrador borradores

   cartel carteles

   profesor profesores

​Basic rules to make a noun plural in Spanish

Fill in the Blank

Write the plural word for "papel"

3. If a noun ends in the letter -z, change it to -c, then add -es

   Singular plural

   luz luces

   feliz felices

   pez peces

​Basic rules to make a noun plural in Spanish

Fill in the Blank

Write the plural word for "lapiz"

4. If a singular noun ends in the letter -s, and has more than one syllable, the singular and plural form are the same. If the noun has one syllable, add -es.

3. Singular plural

   sacapuntas sacapuntas

   crisis crisis

   dios dioses

​Basic rules to make a noun plural in Spanish

Fill in the Blank

Write the plural word for "pais"

En resumen:

1. Add -s if the noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u)

2. Add -e if the noun ends in a consonant

3. If the nouns ends in the letter -z, change it to -c, then add -es

4. If the noun ends in the letter -s and it has one syllable, add -es.

Fill in the Blank

Provide the correct plural word for: pupitre

Fill in the Blank

Provide the correct plural word for: marcador

Fill in the Blank

Provide the correct plural word for: nariz

Fill in the Blank

Provide the correct plural word for: vestido

Plural nouns and masculine or feminine nouns

​Practica

Drag and Drop

Choose the correct article for the following: ​ ​ ​

Placeholder

viejo

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

el

la

Number and gender agreement

The article needs to agree in gender (masculine or feminine) and in number (singular or plural) with they noun they refer to.

For example:

el libro los libros la casa las casas

el - los

la - las

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​When the noun changes to plural, the definite article also changes

el libro

los libros

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Multiple Choice

How do you make something plural in Spanish?

• Add -s

• Add -es

• change z to c, then add -es

• All answers are correct

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of El?

• Los

• Las

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of La?

• Los

• Las

Multiple Choice

la regla --> _______

• los reglas

• la reglas

• las reglas

• el reglas

Drag and Drop

Choose the correct article for : ​ ​

Placeholder

sillas

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

las

los

Drag and Drop

Choose the correct article for : ​ ​

Placeholder

gatos

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

los

las

Drag and Drop

Choose the correct article for: ​​

Placeholder

perros

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

los

las

el

la

Drag and Drop

Choose the correct article for: ​​

Placeholder

palabra

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

la

las

el

los

Drag and Drop

Choose the correct article for: ​​

Placeholder

ojos

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

los

el

la

las

Drag and Drop

Choose the correct article for : ​ ​

Placeholder

oreja

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

la

los

las

el

Drag and Drop

Choose the correct article for : ​ ​

Placeholder

barco

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

el

la

los

las

Drag and Drop

Choose the correct article for : ​ ​

Placeholder

casas

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

las

los

el

la

Multiple Choice

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

• el

• la

• los

• las