Grade 3 · Introductory Spanish

Make describing words agree

The idea

Find the noun being described and identify its gender and number.

Step by step
  1. Find the noun being described and identify its gender and number.
  2. For these adjectives, use -o for masculine singular, -a for feminine singular, -os for masculine plural and -as for feminine plural.
  3. Read the complete noun phrase. Other adjective classes have different patterns, so learn those separately.

Example

Choose the adjective form that agrees: el libro ___.

Answer

rojo

el libro is masculine singular, so the adjective form is rojo.

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Describe a single book and several books using rojo. Repeat with a single house and several houses using blanco.

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