Adjective agreement
Masculine & feminine singular
Date updated: 07/02/2020
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Rachel Hawkes
Adjective agreement
Victoria Hobson
In Spanish, adjectives that end in ‘o’ change to an ‘a’ when the person being described is female.
Masculine
Está nervioso.
She is nervous.
Feminine
Está nerviosa.
He is nervous.
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Masculine
Feminine
blanco
blanca
nervioso
nerviosa
raro
rara
serio
seria
tonto
tonta
tranquilo
tranquila
Meaning
pale, white
nervous
strange
serious
silly, stupid
quiet, calm
enfermo
enferma
ill
loco
loca
crazy
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leer
@ ????????
Read the Twitter posts.
It’s an important exam!
Who is talking? A boy or a girl?
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Hugo
estoy muy blanca y nerviosa
@fortnightmegafan
Isabel
Victor
estoy serio y tranquilo @coolkat
Diego
Clara
estoy tranquila y rara
@sportster91
Arturo
Alana
estoy loca y muy tonta
@flamencoazul
Rebeca
Martín
estoy serio y nervioso
@ganasdeirdecomparas
Jacinta
Edu
estoy blanco y enfermo
@crazeeTee
Talia
Teo
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
estoy loco y raro
@booboo456
estoy muy tonta y rara
@moviestar
7)
8)
María
Paulo
Sara
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¿Cómo está?
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escuchar
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The exam is tomorrow! María’s mum and Paulo’s mum are talking.
Who is being talked about each time? (-o for masculine and –a for feminine). Who seems most worried?
está serio
está tranquila
está loca
está muy nervioso
está blanco
está muy tonta
está rara
está enfermo
loco = crazy
enfermo = ill
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hablar
Partner A
Estoy (+ adjective)
Partner B
(Name!)
İSí! / İNo!
Victoria Hobson
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Luca
Chloe
Ana
Diego
Marco
Helena
Lucía
Paulo
Clara
Felipe
María
Oscar
Emilio
Felix
Ela
Ema
Chloe
(nervous)
(nervous)
(serious)
(serious)
(calm)
(calm)
(crazy)
(crazy)
(pale)
(pale)
(strange)
(strange)
(silly)
(silly)
(ill)
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(ill)
loco = crazy
enfermo = ill
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hablar
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Luca
Diego
Marco
Lucía
Clara
Felix
Ela
Ema
Victoria Hobson
(nervous)
(pale)
(serious)
(strange)
(calm)
(crazy)
(silly)
(ill)
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hablar
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Chloe
Ana
Helena
Paulo
Felipe
María
Oscar
Emilio
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(nervous)
(pale)
(serious)
(strange)
(calm)
(crazy)
(silly)
(ill)
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¿Cómo estás?
The students have two more exams!
Write how they feel now.
1 | Jacinta |
2 | Sara |
3 | Diego |
4 | Hugo |
5 | Rebeca |
6 | Paulo |
e.g. 1) Está muy nerviosa y blanca.
Victoria Hobson
escribir
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