Quiz 1: Sustantivos, articulos, y adjetivos

Question 1

Masculine Nouns

Answer 1

Biological: el perro, un senor, el caballo
Terminados en -o
Terminados en -aje
Terminados en -ama, -ema, -oma, -eta
Greek origin
Colors, days of the week, cardinal directions, trees
Proper nouns (rivers, oceans, seas, lakes, cars)

Question 2

Feminine Nouns

Answer 2

Biological: la perra, una senora
Terminados en -a
Terminados en -ción, -sión, -dad, -tad, -triz, -(t)ud, -ie
Letters of the Alphabet
Proper nouns (islands, highways, routes)

Question 3

Masculine or Feminine Nouns

Answer 3

Terminados en -ista

Some professions

Question 4

A + el

Answer 4

Al

Question 5

De + el

Answer 5

Del

Question 6

Situations to NOT use indefinite articles

Answer 6

With professions, except if it is ser + profession + adjective
With otro, tal, medio, que, and mil

Question 7

La/una becomes el/uno when

Answer 7

The feminine noun begins with a- or ha-

Question 8

Definite (el, la, los, las) vs Indefinite (uno, una, unos, unas)

Answer 8

Definite articles are used to refer to a particular item
“Give me the cookie”

Indefinite articles are used to refer to any number of items
“Give me a cookie”

Question 9

Use definite articles with

Answer 9

Abstract nouns or those used in general sense
Nouns that mean a unique thing
Languages
Days of the week

Question 10

Adjectives

Answer 10

Adjectives agree on gender and number with the noun that modify

Those ending in a consonant, in -e or -i, are equal in masculine and singular feminine, and add-(e) s in the plural

Question 11

Adjectives ending in a consonant, in -e or -i

Answer 11

Equal in masculine and singular feminine, add -(e)s in plural

Question 12

Adjectives ending in -z

Answer 12

Equal in masculine and feminine, change -z to -ces in plural

Question 13

Adjectives ending in -or, -án, -ón, -ín

Answer 13

Remove the accent and add -a, -as in the feminine and -es in plural masculine