Los Sustantivos y Los Art ículos

1. Los Sustantivos y Los Artículos

2. nouns gender • Articles come before ____________. • Nouns have a predetermined ____________. • Nouns ending with -l, -o, -n, or -r are usually ____________. • Nouns ending with -ad, -ión, -is, or -a are usually ____________. • If you are unsure of the noun’s gender, you can find this information in the ____________. • To change a noun from singular to plural . . . • Add -s if it ends with a ____________. • Add -es if it ends with a ____________. masculine feminine dictionary vowel consonant

3. Definite = “the” Indefinite = “a” or “some” There are two types of articles. M F M F S S P P They must match the noun in gender and number.

4. Los Adjetivos

5. describe after • Adjective are used to ____________ nouns. • In Spanish, adjectives come ____________ the nouns they describe. • In Spanish, adjectives must match the noun in both ____________ and ____________. • The masculine form of many adjectives ends with _____. To make these adjectives feminine, change ____________. • Adjectives that end in a consonant or -e are considered ____________ and have identical masculine and feminine forms. gender number -o the -o to -a neutral

6. -or nationality singular • Adjectives ending in _____ or those that refer to ____________ add -a when describing a feminine noun. • An adjective must be ____________ when the noun is singular. An adjective must be ____________ when the noun is plural. • When an adjective ends in a vowel in the singular form, add _____ to make it plural. • When an adjective ends in a consonant in the singular form, add _____ to make it plural. • When the noun is a group of both males and females, use the ____________ ____________ form of the adjective. plural -s -es masculine plural

7. Los Adverbios

8. emphasis before • Adverbs are used to place ____________ on an adjective. • Adverbs are placed ____________ the adjectives they modify. • Adverbs do not change gender or number. muy algo bastante un poco