Realidades 1 Chapter 1B grammar notes PowerPoint Presentation High School Beginning Spanish Adjectives and Articles in Spanish

1. GRAMMAR:
ADJECTIVES & ARTICLES
IN SPANISH
Prof. Saucedo
Young Men’s College Prep
Spanish III

2. ADJECTIVES
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• In Spanish, adjectives have masculine and feminine forms..
• Mascule adjectives usually end in the letter o
• Feminine adjectives usually end in the letter a.
• Adjectives that end in “e” describe both masculine and feminine nouns.
• Adjectives that end in –or, have a masculine form that ends in –ora.
• Some adjectives that end in “a” can be masculine and feminine.

3. EXAMPLE
MASCULINE FEMININE
ORDENADO ORDENADA
TRABAJADOR TRABAJADORA
PACIENTE PACIENTE
DEPORTISTA DEPORTISTA

4. ACTIVITY
which words from the list below could only describe
roberto? yolanda? both?
• Artistico
• Atrevida
• Deportista
• Estudiosa
• Graciosa
• Impaciente
• Simpátco
• inteligente
• Ordenada
• Paciente
• Perezosa
• Reservado
• Serio
• Sociable
• Talentosa
• trabajador
ROBERTO YOLANDA

5. DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• El and La, are the definite articles in Spanish. Equivalent to “the” in English.
• El is used for masculine nouns; La is used for feminine nouns.
• Un and Una are the indefinite articles. Equivalent to “a” in English.
• Un is used for masculine nouns; Una is used for feminine nouns.

6. ACTIVIDAD:
• Write the word EL in large letters on a sheet of paper. Write
LA on the back.
• You will hear eight words you already know. When you hear
a masculine word, hold up the paper with EL. When you
hear a feminine word, hold up the paper with the word LA.

7. ACTIVIDAD
Complete the blank with un or una.
1. La Sra. Secada es ___________________ profesora simpática.
2. Alicia es ______________ estudiante trabajadora.
3. Juan Carlos es ______________ chico perezoso.
4. Germán es ________________ chico sociable.
5. El Sr. Guzmán es _____________ profesor gracioso.
6. Adriana es ______________ chica muy seria.
7. La Srita. Cifuentes es __________________ profesora paciente.
8. Arturo es ______________ estudiante talentoso.

8. ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.
• This is different than English.
Example:
Margarita es una chica muy artística.
Pablo es un estudiante inteligente.

9. ACTIVIDAD
Rewrite the sentences in the correct order
1. artistica es una chica Marina.
________________________________
2. es un Tito perezoso chico. ___________________________________
3. deportista chica una es Paquita.
______________________________
4. Marcos chico un es reservado no. ____________________________
5. chico no Rafael es estudioso un. ______________________________
6. no una Teresa chica es inteligente.
____________________________

10. TAREA
•WORKBOOK, PAGES 24 - 28