8th grade Plural and definite articles - long lesson 2

Objetivos:

1. Review masculine and feminine nouns

2. Review singular definite articles

3. Learn about plural and definite articles

Spanish nouns

​In Spanish, all nouns are classified as masculine or feminine - grammatical gender

​Most nouns ending in the letter "a" are feminine.

Most nouns ending in the letter "o" are masculine

Multiple Select

Which of the following are masculine?

• libro

• profesor

• carpeta

• escuela

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Which of the following are feminine?

• borrador

• profesora

• papel

• carpeta

What are articles?

​Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. In English, A, an, the

Definite and indefinite articles

​The definite article is used before a noun to refer to something specific. In English, the only definite article is "the"

​The indefinite article is used before a noun to refer to something that is general or when its identity is not known. In English, the articles are "a, an".

​​Example of definite article:

I want the apple.

​​Example of indefinite article:

I want an apple.

​Definite articles in Spanish

There are 4 definite articles in Spanish: el, la, los, las

In Spanish, the definite article defines the gender (masculine or feminine) and the number (plural or singular) of a noun.

Spanish articles are masculine or feminine, singular or plural.

la chica

la carpeta

la mesa

El is used with masculine singular nouns

Definite: El and La

el chico

el papel

el amigo

La is used with feminine singular nouns

Multiple Choice

Gender refers to:

• masculine or feminine

• plural or singular

Multiple Choice

Number refers to:

• masculine or feminine

• plural or singular

Multiple Choice

In Spanish, there are ______ ways to say the word "the"

• uno

• dos

• tres

• cuatro

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El, la, los, and las are the equivalent of the word ​

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in English.

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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

• lives

• 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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Plural definite articles

​The definite articles also change when forming a plural noun.

El becomes Los and La becomes Las

Singular Plural

el color los colores

la silla las sillas

Multiple Choice

Provide the correct definite article for: calculadoras

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

Provide the correct definite article for: cuadernos

• los

• las

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Multiple Choice

The plural form of: el libro

• el libros

• los libros

• los libro

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Poll

I understand Gender with definite articles in Spanish

• Si Si Si

• Mas o menos

• Un poco

• No, nada