Starter quiz
- Identify the adjectives.
- elefante
- papel
- cansado ✓
- idea
- nervioso ✓
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- Which adjectives could be used to describe Sofía?
- seria ✓
- lenta ✓
- curioso
- preparada ✓
- contento
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- Put the words in order so they say 'Manchita is tired today'.
- 1⇔Manchita
- 2⇔está
- 3⇔consada
- 4⇔hoy
- Choose the correct word to complete this sentence: Sofia está ...
- contento
- lento
- rápida ✓
- nervioso
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- Translate the sentence from Question 4: Sofia está rápida.
- 'Sofia is fast.' ✓
- Pancho está ausente. Está cansado. This means 'Pancho is absent. He is tired. '. Write: Sofia is here. She is pleased.
- 'Sofia está aquí. Está contenta' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which Spanish names contain both the [e] and [i] sound?
- Isabel ✓
- Luis
- Sofía
- Diego ✓
- Adrián
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- Which of these is an adjective?
- idea
- primero
- nervioso ✓
- contento ✓
- papel
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- Match up the English and Spanish.
- curioso⇔curious ✓
- lento⇔slow ✓
- rápido⇔fast ✓
- cansado⇔tired ✓
- preparado⇔ready ✓
- For people or animals that are female, adjectives ending in -o change to
- 'a' ✓
- Which adjectives are describing a female person or animal?
- seria ✓
- curiosa ✓
- contento
- lento
- tranquila ✓
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- ¿Cómo está Quique hoy? Choose the correct answer.
- Quique está seria.
- Está lenta hoy.
- Quique está curiosa hoy.
- Está tranquilo hoy. ✓
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Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondences [e] and [i] can be practised with many names of people from Spanish-speaking countries.
- 'Estoy' means 'I am' and 'está' means 'she, he, it is' or 'is' when talking about mood and temporary states.
- When the person or animal being described is male adjectives end in -o and -a for female.
Common misconception
As in English, the spelling of Spanish adjectives remains the same regardless of the noun they are describing.
The spelling of Spanish adjectives changes from -o to -a when desciring a person or animal that is female.
Keywords
[e] - pronounced as in elefante
[i] - pronounced as in idea
Adjective - a word that gives information about a noun
Estoy - I am, part of the verb estar, to be, being
Está - she, he, it is or is, part of the verb estar - to be, being
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