Articles, gender + agreement
AQA GCSE Spanish revision on Articles, gender + agreement. Aligned to the AQA GCSE Spanish 8698 specification. This bank has 5 practice questions on this topic.
Sample questions (3 of 5)
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Question 1
Spanish nouns are...
- A) Masculine or feminine
- B) Genderless
- C) Strong or weak
- D) Always neutral
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Answer: Masculine or feminine
RULES OF THUMB: -o usually masculine (el libro, el chico). -a usually feminine (la casa, la chica). -ción / -sión / -dad / -tad usually feminine (la canción, la libertad). Many exceptions to learn - always memorise the article with the noun: 'el problema' (m!), 'la mano' (f!), 'el día' (m!).
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Question 2
'The book' in Spanish is...
- A) La libro
- B) El libro
- C) Los libro
- D) Un libro
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Answer: El libro
Definite articles: EL (m sg), LA (f sg), LOS (m pl), LAS (f pl). Indefinite: UN (m sg), UNA (f sg), UNOS (m pl ~'some'), UNAS (f pl ~'some'). Plural definite forms: los libros, las casas.
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Question 3
'A beautiful house' in Spanish is...
- A) Un bonita casa
- B) Una bonito casa
- C) Una casa bonita
- D) Un casa bonita
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Answer: Una casa bonita
Most adjectives go AFTER noun in Spanish: una casa bonita, un libro grande, una idea interesante. Adjective AGREES with noun in gender + number: bonito (m sg), bonita (f sg), bonitos (m pl), bonitas (f pl). Adjectives ending in -e or consonant: don't change for gender, just add -s/-es for plural.
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