SpanishNounsPluralsArticles2024

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT typically referred to by a noun?

• An action

• A place

• A person

• An animal

Open Ended

Why do you think it is important to understand the concept of nouns when learning a language?

Fill in the Blank

Most Spanish nouns that end in ___ are masculine.

Multiple Select

Select all the nouns that are feminine in Spanish.

• escuela

• colegio

• chica

• muchacho

Open Ended

Explain how the gender of Spanish nouns is determined based on their endings.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following Spanish nouns is masculine?

• amiga

• escuela

• amigo

• chica

Multiple Choice

You have to "memorize" these nouns as a set: cine, marcador, television, pared, papel. What do these nouns have in common regarding their beginning?

• They all start with a vowel

• They all start with a consonant

• They all start with the same letter

• They all start with a prefix

Open Ended

Some Spanish nouns end in -e or a consonant. Give two examples from the slides and explain how their gender is determined.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following Spanish nouns is misleading in terms of its gender classification?

• El marcador

• El mapa

• La clase

• El papel

Multiple Select

Which of the following endings indicate a feminine noun in Spanish?

• -A

• -O

• -CIÓN

• -MA

Open Ended

Explain how the endings of Spanish nouns help determine whether they are masculine or feminine. Give examples from the chart.

Open Ended

Compare the rules for making nouns plural in English and Spanish. What similarities and differences do you notice?

Fill in the Blank

To make a Spanish noun plural, if it ends in a vowel, you add ___ to the end.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to make the Spanish noun 'lápiz' plural?

• lápizes

• lápices

• lápizs

• lápizces

Open Ended

What is an article? (front door)

Fill in the Blank

Definite articles in Spanish change according to the ___ (m or f) of the noun and whether the noun is singular or plural.

Open Ended

Why must there be 4 'the's in the Spanish language?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly matches the Spanish definite article with its gender and number?

• El = masculine, singular

• La = masculine, plural

• Los = feminine, singular

• Las = masculine, plural

Open Ended

How can you determine the gender of the word 'estudiante' in Spanish?

Fill in the Blank

The Spanish word for 'the student' (female) is ___ estudiante.

Multiple Choice

Which Spanish article would you use for a feminine noun?

• el

• la

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

Which of the following nouns is an exception to the general rule that nouns ending in 'a' are feminine?

• la mano

• la calculadora

• el libro

• el clima

Open Ended

Explain how the 'front door' and 'back door' rule helps in matching Spanish articles to nouns. Give an example.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are definite articles in Spanish?

• el

• una

• las

• unos

Multiple Choice

What do indefinite articles in Spanish change according to?

• Only the gender of the noun

• Only whether the noun is singular or plural

• Both gender and singular/plural of the noun

• Neither gender nor number

Multiple Choice

In Spanish, every noun has gender: they are either...

• male or female

• masculine or feminine

• right or wrong

• singular or plural

Multiple Choice

Most words that end in "a" are usually...

• masculine

• female

• feminine

• not real words

Multiple Choice

If a noun ends in a vowel, how do you make it plural?

• add an "s"

• add "es"

• it stays the same

• add "is"

Multiple Choice

If a noun ends in a consonant, how do you make it plural?

• add an "s"

• add "es"

• add "ces"

• it stays the same

Multiple Choice

Masculine nouns in Spanish usually end in...

• o

• a

• as

• dad

Multiple Select

Which of these mean "the" in Spanish?

• los

• la

• el

• las

Multiple Choice

Problema, día, and mapa are all examples of irregular masculine nouns.

• true

• false

Fill in the Blank

Any word that ends in a __________ can be made plural by adding "s" at the end.

Fill in the Blank

Any word that ends in a __________ can be made plural by adding "es"

Multiple Select

Which of these mean "a" in Spanish?

• el

• un

• una

• la

Multiple Select

Which of these mean "some" in Spanish?

• unas

• las

• los

• unos

Multiple Choice

las niñas

• singular

• plural

Multiple Choice

el oso

• singular

• plural

Multiple Choice

los vasos

• masculino

• femenino

Multiple Choice

___ cama

• el

• la

Multiple Choice

___ amigos

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

___ mango

• el
• la
• los
• las

Multiple Choice

___ uvas

• el
• la
• los
• las

Fill in the Blank

Make the word singular: unas escuelas

Fill in the Blank

Make the word singular: unos videos

Multiple Choice

a notebook

• un cuaderno

• el cuaderno

• unos cuaderno

• una cuaderno

Multiple Choice

some windows

• la ventanas

• las ventanas

• una ventana

• unas ventanas

Open Ended

Would you like to learn more about how nouns are used in different languages or contexts?

Open Ended

What is one thing you learned today about nouns and their gender that you found interesting or surprising?