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Adjectival Agreement.

In this page we deal with the gender and number agreement that an adjective must show with the noun it modifies.

Contrary to English, where the adjective is invariant, in Spanish the adjective agrees in number and gender with the noun taking on in principle four forms. Some adjectives do not change for gender and thus are two form adjectives. Since the rules for number agreement are the same as for nouns, we concentrate mostly on gender agreement.

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Question #1 -

El primer plato no fue nada pero la paella estaba muy .

    apetitoso
    apetitosa

    1 valid answer
    rico
    rica

    1 valid answer

Question #2 -

El reporte, inicialmente nada , terminó con todo con una nota .

    positivo
    positiva

    1 valid answer
    optimisto
    optimista

    1 valid answer

Question #3 -

Las calles y los parques son muy .

    estrechos
    estrechas

    1 valid answer
    pequeños
    pequeñas

    1 valid answer
    pintorescos
    pintorescas

    1 valid answer

Question #4 -

Esas dos muchachas son las de la clase.

    encantador
    encantadora
    encantadores
    encantadoras

    1 valid answer
    mejor
    mejora
    mejores
    mejoras

    1 valid answer

Question #5 -

Vinieron dos muchachos y una muchacha .

    encantador
    encantadora
    encantadores
    encantadoras

    1 valid answer

Question #6 -

Esa cocinera era muy .

    andaluz
    andaluza

    1 valid answer
    cortés
    cortesa

    1 valid answer

Question #7 -

Las reglas se encuentran en la parte de la página.

    general
    generales
    generalas

    1 valid answer
    superior
    superiora

    1 valid answer

Question #8 -

Los dos hijos y la hija mayor de Rosa están .

    sana
    sano
    sanos
    sanas

    1 valid answer

Question #9 -

Esta mañana vinieron un hombre y una mujer muy .

    cubano
    cubana
    cubanos
    cubanas

    1 valid answer
    educado
    educada
    educados
    educadas

    1 valid answer

Question #10 -

Es una gata pero muy .

    chiquitín
    chiquitina

    1 valid answer
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Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Masculine adjectives ending in o change it to an a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 1

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Masculine adjectives ending in o change it to an a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 1

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Hints?

Back to question 1

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Hints?

Back to question 1

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Masculine adjectives ending in o change it to an a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 1

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Hints?

Back to question 2

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Masculine adjectives ending in o change it to an a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 2

Not a valid choice.

Improper account of adjectives that remain unchanged for gender agreement (two form adjectives)

Hints?

Back to question 2

Correct!

Proper account of adjectives that remain unchanged for gender agreement (two form adjectives)

Adjectives not falling under one of the listed rules remain unchanged for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 2

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Hints?

Back to question 3

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Masculine adjectives ending in o change it to an a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 3

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Masculine adjectives ending in o change it to an a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 3

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Hints?

Back to question 3

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Masculine adjectives ending in o change it to an a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 3

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Hints?

Back to question 3

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón.

Hints?

Back to question 4

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón.

Hints?

Back to question 4

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón.

Hints?

Back to question 4

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón.

Masculine adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón drop the accent and add an a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 4

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for two or four forms adjectives ending in or.

Hints?

Back to question 4

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for two or four forms adjectives ending in or.

Hints?

Back to question 4

Correct!

Proper use of rules for two or four forms adjectives ending in or.

Masculine adjectives ending in or add an a for the feminine, except for mayor, menor, mejor, peor, superior, inferior, exterior, interior, anterior, posterior.

Hints?

Back to question 4

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for two or four forms adjectives ending in or.

Hints?

Back to question 4

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 5

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 5

Correct!

Proper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Adjectives modifying several nouns will show a plural agreement. If the nouns are all of one gender, the adjective agrees with that gender as required. If the nouns are of different genders, the adjective is in the masculine.

Hints?

Back to question 5

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 5

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives of nationality.

Hints?

Back to question 6

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Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives of nationality.

Adjectives of nationality add or substitute for a final a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 6

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives of nationality.

Adjectives of nationality add or substitute for a final a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 6

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives of nationality.

Hints?

Back to question 6

Not a valid choice.

Improper account of adjectives that remain unchanged for gender agreement (two form adjectives)

Hints?

Back to question 7

Correct!

Proper account of adjectives that remain unchanged for gender agreement (two form adjectives)

Adjectives not falling under one of the listed rules remain unchanged for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 7

Not a valid choice.

Improper account of adjectives that remain unchanged for gender agreement (two form adjectives)

Hints?

Back to question 7

Correct!

Proper use of rules for two or four forms adjectives ending in or.

Masculine adjectives ending in or add an a for the feminine, except for mayor, menor, mejor, peor, superior, inferior, exterior, interior, anterior, posterior.

Hints?

Back to question 7

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for two or four forms adjectives ending in or.

Hints?

Back to question 7

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 8

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 8

Correct!

Proper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Adjectives modifying several nouns will show a plural agreement. If the nouns are all of one gender, the adjective agrees with that gender as required. If the nouns are of different genders, the adjective is in the masculine.

Hints?

Back to question 8

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 8

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives of nationality.

Hints?

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 9

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives of nationality.

Hints?

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 9

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives of nationality.

Adjectives of nationality add or substitute for a final a for the feminine.

Hints?

Proper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Adjectives modifying several nouns will show a plural agreement. If the nouns are all of one gender, the adjective agrees with that gender as required. If the nouns are of different genders, the adjective is in the masculine.

Hints?

Back to question 9

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives of nationality.

Hints?

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 9

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Hints?

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 9

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Hints?

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 9

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Masculine adjectives ending in o change it to an a for the feminine.

Hints?

Proper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Adjectives modifying several nouns will show a plural agreement. If the nouns are all of one gender, the adjective agrees with that gender as required. If the nouns are of different genders, the adjective is in the masculine.

Hints?

Back to question 9

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Hints?

Improper use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Hints?

Back to question 9

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón.

Hints?

Back to question 10

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón.

Masculine adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón drop the accent and add an a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 10

Not a valid choice.

Improper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón.

Hints?

Back to question 10

Correct!

Proper use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón.

Masculine adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón drop the accent and add an a for the feminine.

Hints?

Back to question 10

Grammatical notes for the drills in this page.

In this page we deal with the gender and number agreement that an adjective must show with the noun it modifies.

Contrary to English, where the adjective is invariant, in Spanish the adjective agrees in number and gender with the noun taking on in principle four forms. Some adjectives do not change for gender and thus are two form adjectives. Since the rules for number agreement are the same as for nouns, we concentrate mostly on gender agreement.

The items covered are:

1) The use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in o.

Masculine adjectives ending in o change it to an a for the feminine.

Examples: Quest. 1 Quest. 2 Quest. 3 Quest. 9

2) The use of rules for four forms adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón.

Masculine adjectives ending in án, ín, or ón drop the accent and add an a for the feminine.

Examples: Quest. 4 Quest. 10

3) The use of rules for two or four forms adjectives ending in or.

Masculine adjectives ending in or add an a for the feminine, except for mayor, menor, mejor, peor, superior, inferior, exterior, interior, anterior, posterior.

Examples: Quest. 4 Quest. 7

4) The use of rules for four forms adjectives ending with affective suffixes ete, ota.

Masculine adjectives ending in affective suffixes ete, ote, change the last e for an a for the feminine.

Examples:

5) The use of rules for four forms adjectives of nationality.

Adjectives of nationality add or substitute for a final a for the feminine.

Examples: Quest. 6 Quest. 9

6) The account of adjectives that remain unchanged for gender agreement (two form adjectives)

Adjectives not falling under one of the listed rules remain unchanged for the feminine.

Examples: Quest. 2 Quest. 7

7) The use of rules for adjectives modifying several masculine and feminine nouns.

Adjectives modifying several nouns will show a plural agreement. If the nouns are all of one gender, the adjective agrees with that gender as required. If the nouns are of different genders, the adjective is in the masculine.

Examples: Quest. 5 Quest. 8 Quest. 9

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