Productos típicos: 'ser' present, nationality adjectives | Spanish

Starter quiz

Match the Spanish and English.

entrada

⇔

entrance, admission ticket ✓

bocadillo

⇔

sandwich ✓

perezoso

⇔

lazy ✓

barato

⇔

cheap ✓

caro

⇔

expensive ✓

lengua

⇔

language ✓
Match the Spanish and English.

soy

⇔

I am ✓

eres

⇔

you are ✓

es

⇔

she, he, it is ✓

somos

⇔

we are ✓

sois

⇔

you (pl) are ✓

son

⇔

they are ✓
What is the missing form of 'ser'? Mi hermano mayor ______ muy pesado. (My older brother is very boring).

soy

eres

es ✓

somos

son
What is the missing form of 'ser'? Mis familia y yo ______ cubanos (My family and I are Cuban).

'somos' ✓
Adjective ______ is when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number.

agreement ✓

conjugation

placement
What is the feminine plural form of 'healthy' in Spanish?

sano

sana

sanos

sanas ✓

Exit quiz

Match the Spanish and English.

queso

⇔

cheese ✓

té

⇔

tea ✓

argentino

⇔

Argentinian ✓

latino

⇔

Latin American ✓

chileno

⇔

Chilean ✓

británico

⇔

British ✓
What are the missing verbs? ¿__________ argentinos o chilenos? Yo __________ mexicana. (Are you (pl) Argentinian or Chilean? I'm Mexican).

soy, sois

somos, soy

sois, es

sois, soy ✓

soy, somos
What is the missing adjective? Hay unos estudiantes __________ en mi clase.

peruano

peruana

peruanos ✓

peruanas
What is the missing adjective? 'El Día de los Muertos' es una famosa costumbre ______. ('the Day of the Dead' is a famous Mexican tradition).

'mexicana' ✓
Which adjectives are masculine?

famoso ✓

francés ✓

sanas

vaga

español ✓
What is the missing adjective? Los chicos ______ en mi club de ciclismo son muy simpáticos.

inglés

ingleses ✓

inglesa

inglesas

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Key learning points

The present indicative forms of ‘ser’ are ‘soy’, ‘eres’, ‘es’, ‘somos’, ‘sois’ and ‘son’.
Adjectives of nationality must agree with the nouns they describe.
Masculine adjectives ending in -o change to -a, -os- or -as depending on the gender and number of the noun.
Masculine adjectives ending in -és change to -esa, -eses or -esas depending on the gender and number of the noun.

Common misconception

In Spanish, all masculine adjectives end in -o.

Many masculine adjectives end in -o, but this is not always the case. For example, many masculine adjectives of nationality end in -és e.g. 'inglés' and 'francés'.

Keywords

Ser - verb meaning 'to be, being' for general traits
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
Adjective agreement - when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number