Family: 'tener' 3rd person singular and plural | Spanish

Starter quiz

Match the Spanish with the English.

caminar

⇔

to walk ✓

ciencias

⇔

science ✓

grupo

⇔

group ✓

silencio

⇔

silence ✓
How many [r] sounds are in this sentence: 'Hay que parar y repetir el correo'.

1

2

3 ✓

4
Match the English with the Spanish.

I have

⇔

tengo ✓

you have

⇔

tienes ✓

she/he/it has

⇔

tiene ✓

we have

⇔

tenemos ✓
How do you say 'strong' in plural in Spanish?

'fuertes' ✓
Place the adjectives in this order: beautiful, small, strange, old.

1

⇔

hermosa

2

⇔

pequeña

3

⇔

rara

4

⇔

antigua
How do you say 'we have some expensive boats'.

'tenemos unos barcos caros' ✓

Match the Spanish with the English.

tenemos

⇔

we have ✓

tengo

⇔

I have ✓

tienen

⇔

they have ✓

tienes

⇔

you have ✓
Which words are missing from '______ ______ perro. ______ activo.'? (We)

tenemos, un, es ✓

tenemos, unos, son

tienen, un, es

tienen, unos, son
How do you say 'quite'?

'bastante' ✓
Which is the right way to turn the words in this sentence into singular, and also into feminine when possible (nouns, adjectives, verbs): 'Tienen unos trabajos. Son interesantes y antiguos.'

Tiene un trabajo. Es interesante y antiguo. ✓

Tienes una trabajo. Son interesante y antigua.

Tenemos un trabajo. Es interesante y antigua.

Tenemos un trabajo. Son interesante y antiguo.

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To speak about what 'they have', 'tienen' is used.
Adjectives in Spanish always have to agree with the noun in grammatical gender and number.

The adjective needs to agree with the verb.

This is only the case with attribute verbs like 'ser' or 'estar' because the adjective is still referring to an implicit noun (person, thing).

Adjective agreement - when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number
Tienen - part of verb ‘tener’ and means ‘they have’
Es - part of verb ‘ser’ and means she/he/it is (trait)
Son - part of verb ‘ser’ and means they are (trait)