The document discusses agreement in Spanish grammar. Adjectives must match the gender and number of the nouns they describe. For example, the adjective "alto" changes to "alta" to describe a female noun. Plural adjectives also change form, such as changing from "inteligente" to "inteligentes" in the plural. This concept of agreement is different from English and takes practice for learners to master. Paying close attention to examples of agreement will help uncover the patterns.

1. AgreementAgreement
 Look at these sentences
(alto = tall; guapo = good-
looking):
 El niño es alto y guapo.
 La niña es alta y guapa.
 Words that describe “niño”
also end in –o: alto, guapo
 Words that describe “niña”
also end in –a: alta, guapa

2. What’s going on here?What’s going on here?
 Other words in the
sentence also change to
“agree” (match the form
of the noun they describe).
Here’s another one:
 El profesor es bajo,
anciano, y gordo.
 How would you change
this sentence to talk about
a woman professor?

3. AgreementAgreement
 La profesora es baja,
anciana, y gorda.
 What if there is more
than one male teacher?

4. AgreementAgreement
 Los profesores son bajos,
ancianos, y gordos.
 What is happening??
 Los > “the” plural
 Profesores > plural
 Son > “are”
 Bajos, ancianos, gordos > adjectives
match the ending of the nouns, too.
 This doesn’t happen in English
(except for “this/these” and
“that/those”). But it’s an
important feature in Spanish!

5. Let’s try one!Let’s try one!
 Put the correct ending
on each word.
 La chica es bonit__ y
delgad__.
 Mi auto es antigu__ y
fe__.

6. The envelope, please!The envelope, please!
 La chica es bonita y
delgada.
 Mi auto es antiguo y
feo.
 Now make these
sentences plural!

7. Your final answer…Your final answer…
 Las chicas son bonitas
y delgadas.
 Mis autos son antiguos
y feos.
 How about this
sentence in the plural?
 El estudiante es
inteligente y
trabajador.

8. How did you do?How did you do?
 Los estudiantes son
inteligentes y
trabajadores.
 Adjectives that end in –e
can be used with either
masculine or feminine
nouns. To make them
plural, just add –s.
 Adjectives that end in –r
add –es for plural.

9. That’s enough for now!That’s enough for now!
 This is a very tricky concept
for learners of Spanish, mainly
because it is so different from
English.
 However, it is extremely
important and requires a lot of
concentration on your part!
Keep your eyes and ears open
for gender and agreement, and
soon the patterns will become
clearer.

10. That’s enough for now!That’s enough for now!
 This is a very tricky concept
for learners of Spanish, mainly
because it is so different from
English.
 However, it is extremely
important and requires a lot of
concentration on your part!
Keep your eyes and ears open
for gender and agreement, and
soon the patterns will become
clearer.