Starter quiz
- Match the Spanish and English.
- cuarto⇔fourth ✓
- quinto⇔fifth ✓
- publicación⇔publication ✓
- página⇔page ✓
- hoja⇔sheet ✓
- relajarse⇔to relax, relaxing ✓
- Which Spanish words have a hard 'g' sound?
- página
- hago ✓
- coger
- gastar ✓
- gente
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- What is the demonstrative adjective in this sentence? 'Este puente es muy largo y mide cien metros'.
- este ✓
- puente
- es
- muy
- largo
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- What is the missing demonstrative adjective? '______ árboles alrededor del parque son muy altos.'
- este
- esta
- estos ✓
- estas
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- Match the demonstrative adjectives.
- ese⇔that (m) ✓
- esa⇔that (f) ✓
- esos⇔those (mpl) ✓
- esas⇔those (fpl) ✓
- What is the correct translation of this sentence? 'Esa lista es larga.'
- The list is long.
- This list is long.
- That list is long. ✓
- These lists are long.
- Those lists are long.
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Exit quiz
- Which words have a soft 'g' sound?
- recogemos ✓
- cargar
- alguno
- región ✓
- fuego
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- Match the Spanish and English.
- enseñanza⇔education ✓
- alrededor⇔around ✓
- el mayor⇔the oldest (m) ✓
- el menor⇔the youngest (m) ✓
- el mejor⇔the best (m) ✓
- el peor⇔the worst (m) ✓
- Write the correct demonstrative adjective to say 'this': '______ examen es difícil.'
- 'este' ✓
- The plural form of 'capaz' is '______.'
- 'capaces' ✓
- Match the forms of 'el mejor'.
- el mejor⇔the best (m) ✓
- la mejor⇔the best (f) ✓
- los mejores⇔the best (mpl) ✓
- las mejores⇔the best (fpl) ✓
- 'Tomo ______ decisiones cuando estoy estresado.' What is the missing superlative?
- el peor
- la peor
- los peores
- las peores ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- [ge] is pronounced as in 'gente', [gi] is pronounced as in 'imaginar' and [j] is pronounced as in 'ojo'.
- Demonstrative adjectives indicate a particular noun and they must agree with this noun in gender and number.
- Adjectives ending in -z, -e, and -ista have have the plural endings -ces, -es and -istas.
- 'el mejor', 'el peor', 'el mayor' and 'el menor' are common irregular superlatives.
- Superlatives must agree with the nouns they describe in gender and number.
Common misconception
The only translation of 'the best' in Spanish is 'el mejor'.
The superlative 'el mejor' must agree with the noun it describes in number and gender. Its other forms are 'la mejor', 'los mejores' and 'las mejores'.
Keywords
[ge] - pronounced as in 'gente'
[gi] - pronounced as in 'imaginar'
[j] - pronounced as in 'ojo'
Demonstrative adjective - specifies a particular noun, indicating 'this', 'that', 'these' or 'those'
Superlative - form of an adjective or adverb used to express the highest or lowest degree of a quality, e.g. 'the tallest', 'the least interesting'
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