Plural Forms of Nouns Flashcards
if a noun ends in a vowel, make it plural by adding ___
fill in the blank
’s’
pluma (singular) plumas (plural)
the definite articles change in plural form, they become ____ and ____
fill in the blanks
‘los’ and ‘las’
el libro (singular) los libros (plural)
if a noun ends in a consonant, make it plural by adding ____
fill in the blank
‘es’
la ciudad (singular) la ciudades (plural)
if a noun ends in ‘z’, change the ‘z’ to ____ and add ‘es’
fill in the blank
‘c’
la voz (singular) la voces (plural)
when the plural refers to a group of mixed gender, the ________ plural is used
fill in the blank
masculine
a group of 1 male cat and 9 female cats will be called ‘los gatos’
some nouns are are formed by combining two words (compound nouns). these are always masculine and you make them plural by…
changing the ‘el’ to ‘los
(abre + latas = abrelatas) el abreletas (singular) los abreletas (plural)
if a noun ends in ‘ión’, make it plural by…
dropping the written accent before adding ‘es’
el avión (singular) los aviones (plural)
