Starter quiz
- Match the Spanish and English adjectives.
- bueno⇔good ✓
- tercero⇔third ✓
- grande⇔big, great ✓
- primero⇔first ✓
- segundo⇔second ✓
- malo⇔bad ✓
- Complete the sentence in Spanish. Es un ______ amigo (m).
- buena
- buen ✓
- tercero
- mal ✓
- tuyo
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- Complete the sentence in Spanish. Hoy es el ______ día (m) de la fiesta.
- suyo
- tercer ✓
- primer ✓
- malo
- sed
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- Choose the correct translation of the Spanish sentence. ¿Tomaste café?
- Do you drink coffee?
- Does he drink coffee?
- Did he drink coffee?
- Did you drink coffee? ✓
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- What is 'there are some hotels' in Spanish?
- 'Hay algunos hoteles.' ✓
- What is 'there are some bands' in Spanish?
- 'Hay algunas bandas.' ✓
Exit quiz
- Complete the question in Spanish: ¿Compraste ______ vuelos (m)?
- algún
- alguna
- algunos ✓
- algunas
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- Complete the question in Spanish: ¿Tienes ______ información (f)?
- algún
- alguna ✓
- algunos
- algunas
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- Choose the correct translation of 'Did she book the third hotel?'.
- ¿Reservaste el tercer hotel?
- ¿Reservó el tercer hotel? ✓
- ¿Reservó el primer hotel?
- ¿Reservaste el primer hotel?
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- What is the word for 'first' before a singular or uncountable masculine noun?
- 'primer' ✓
- What is the word for 'bad' before a singular or uncountable masculine noun?
- 'mal' ✓
- Write in Spanish: 'Did you try a good dish?'
- '¿Probaste un buen plato?' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- In questions, to say 'a', 'an' or ‘any’ before masc. sing. nouns use ‘algún’ and 'algunos' before masc. pl. nouns.
- In questions, to say 'a', 'an' or ‘any’ before fem. sing. nouns use ‘alguna’ and 'algunas' before fem. pl nouns.
- Some adjectives can go before the noun. These are called 'prenominal adjectives'.
- Prenominal adjectives 'primero', 'tercero', 'bueno', 'malo' and 'alguno' come before the noun and lose the -o ending.
- Verbs ending in '-car', 'gar' or '-zar' have a spelling change in 1st person singular in the PAST preterite.
Common misconception
Adjectives in Spanish only ever appear after the noun.
Most adjectives in Spanish appear after the noun. However, some are used before it. These are called prenominal adjectives.
Keywords
Preterite - a tense used for events completed in the past
Prenominal adjective - an adjective that appears before a noun
Algún - a word meaning 'a', 'an' or 'any' in questions
Alguna - a word meaning 'a', 'an' or 'any' in questions
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