How are you feeling? Singular gender adjective agreement | Spanish

Starter quiz

Which of these words are adjectives?
- are
- serious ✓
- silly ✓
- table
- England
Complete the definition of an adjective: a word that gives information about a ...
- 'noun' ✓
True or false: the [e] sounds in 'excelente' each have a different pronunciation in Spanish.
- True
- False ✓
True or false: 'idea' is pronounced differently in Spanish and English.
- True ✓
- False
True or false: the verb 'estar' is used to describe location, moods and states.
- True ✓
- False
Match the Spanish and English words.
- estar
  
  ⇔
  
  to be, being ✓
- estoy
  
  ⇔
  
  I am ✓
- estás
  
  ⇔
  
  you are ✓
- está
  
  ⇔
  
  she, he, it is ✓

The masculine form of Spanish adjectives often ends in what letter?
- i
- o ✓
- u
- a
What is the masculine form of 'serious' in Spanish?
- serio ✓
- seria
- serie
Which word is a feminine adjective?
- listo
- tranquila ✓
- está
- Inglaterra
- agosto
Complete the sentence: Laura está ______ (nervous).
- 'nerviosa' ✓
Complete the definition of adjective agreement: when the ______ of an adjective matches the noun it describes.
- 'ending' ✓
True or false? The Spanish pronunciation of [i] in 'idea' and 'lista' is the same.
- True ✓
- False

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As in English, the spelling of Spanish adjectives remains the same regardless of the noun they are describing.

The spelling of Spanish adjectives changes to match the nouns they describe in gender and number.

[i] - pronounced as in 'idea'
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
Adjective agreement - when the ending of an adjective matches the gender and number of the noun it describes
Masculine form - form of an adjective that describes a boy, man or masculine noun
Feminine form - form of an adjective that describes a girl, woman or feminine noun