© Boardworks Ltd of 25 KS3 Spanish – Year 7 La familia y los amigos Part 3 Unidad 2

© Boardworks Ltd of 25 La familia y los amigos Contenido ¿De qué colores? Adverbs of quantity: muy, bastante Mi mascota Agreement of adjectives

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© Boardworks Ltd of 25 GRAMMAR In Spanish, all adjectives agree in gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural) with the noun or nouns that they are describing. Do you remember which of the animals are masculine (un) and which are feminine (una)? Masculine (un) Feminine (una) gato perro tortuga hámster conejo puerco espín conejillo de Indias pájaro serpiente pez caballo loro ratón gato perro tortuga hámster conejo puerco espín conejillo de Indias pájaro serpiente pez caballo loro ratón gato perro hámster conejo puerco espín conejillo de Indias pájaro pez caballo loro ratón tortuga serpiente Agreement of adjectives 1

© Boardworks Ltd of 25 GRAMMAR Now that you know which animals are masculine and which are feminine, you need to know how to describe them. Adjectives are describing words. In English they never change, but in Spanish they change depending on the gender of the noun they are describing. Look at the following pictures and text. Agreement of adjectives 2 un conejo blanco una gata negra Agreement of adjectives 2

© Boardworks Ltd of 25 GRAMMAR They also change depending on the quantity of the noun they are describing. Look at the following pictures and text. dos conejos blancos dos gatas negras Which word is the adjective? What do you think it means? Can you see how it changes depending on the gender and number? Agreement of adjectives 3

© Boardworks Ltd of 25 GRAMMAR I’m sure you guessed that the adjective was blanco / blanca and blancos / blancas. It means white and the feminine version ends in -a. The plural version ends in -s. But did you notice that in Spanish we put the adjective after the noun, whereas in English it goes before the noun? Two green tortoises / Dos tortugas verdes. In Spanish, the masculine word for yellow is amarillo. How would you say a yellow tortoise? And how would you say three red parrots? Una tortuga amarilla.Tres loros rojos. A white snake / Una serpiente blanca. Agreement of adjectives 4

© Boardworks Ltd of 25 GRAMMAR Not all adjectives change. Some of them are the same in masculine and in feminine. Look at the following table. Which ones just add -a? Which ones don’t change? MascFem English blanco gris negro azul rojo amarillo naranja verde marrón violeta rosado blanca gris negra azul roja amarilla naranja verde marrón violeta rosada white grey black blue red yellow orange green brown purple pink Copy the table into your exercise book. Agreement of adjectives 5

© Boardworks Ltd of 25 GRAMMAR Now, look at the following table for the plural. Can you work out the plural of the feminine adjectives? SingularPluralEnglish blanco gris negro azul rojo amarillo naranja verde marrón violeta rosado blancos grises negros azules rojos amarillos naranjas verdes marrones violetas rosados white grey black blue red yellow orange green brown purple pink Copy the table into your exercise book. Agreement of adjectives 6

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© Boardworks Ltd of 25 ¿De qué colores? 1

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© Boardworks Ltd of 25 Con tu compañero/a Describe al caballo Clive. Patas Cola Mi mascota 5

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© Boardworks Ltd of 25 Mi mascota 7 ¿Tienes animales en casa? Clive Sí, tengo un caballo. ¿De qué color es? Clive es blanco y marrón. ¿Cómo se llama? Se llama Clive. Bertie ¿Tienes animales en casa? Sí, tengo dos ratas. ¿De qué color son? Son marrones. ¿Cómo se llaman? Se llaman Algy y Bertie. A A B B Algy

© Boardworks Ltd of 25 Memoria de elefante ¿Cuántos animales hay? Mi mascota 8

© Boardworks Ltd of 25 GRAMMAR Muy and bastante are adverbs. Adverbs are words that qualify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Mi hermana es muy alta. Mi padre es bastante delgado. Can you guess the meaning of ‘muy’ and ‘bastante’? Adverbs of quantity: muy, bastante 1 Muy – verybastante – quite My sister is very tall. My father is quite slim.

© Boardworks Ltd of 25 GRAMMAR 1La historia es muy 2Las mates son bastante 3El español es muy Can you match up the Spanish with the English in the sentences below? A)Spanish is very B)History is very C)Maths is quite That was quite easy, but can you pick out the words for: very quite muy bastante These are intensifiers. They are really useful when you are giving your opinion of something, as they allow you to be more precise and they make your writing and speaking more natural. Adverbs of quantity: muy, bastante 2

© Boardworks Ltd of 25 Repaso 1 Los colores MascFem blanco gris negro azul rojo amarillo naranja verde marrón violeta rosado blanca gris negra azul roja amarilla naranja verde marrón violeta rosada English white grey black blue red yellow orange green brown purple pink SingularPlural blanco gris negro azul rojo amarillo naranja verde marrón violeta rosado blancos grises negros azules rojos amarillos naranjas verdes marrones violetas rosados

© Boardworks Ltd of 25 Repaso 2 All adjectives agree in gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural) with the noun/s they describe. In general, adjectives go after the noun. Agreement of adjectives Sometimes they are the same in the masculine and feminine singular form. In general, to form the plural we add an -s.