Grammar Revision

NAME:
_______________________________
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Articles:
1. In Spanish we have 4 ways of saying The they are el, la, los, las.
We also have 4 ways of saying a, an or some: un, una, unos,
unas. Plot the Spanish in the boxes.

THE

Masculine

Feminine

A, AN, SOME

Masculine

Feminine

Singular
Plural

Singular
Plural
2. Look at this sentences, they all have the Spanish for the. Change
them so that it says a, an or some instead.
a. El elefante

_____________un
elefante_____________
b. La jirafa
____________________________________
c. La araa
____________________________________
d. Los cocodrilos ____________________________________
e. Los peces
____________________________________
f. El hipoptamo ____________________________________
g. Los gorilas
____________________________________
h. La piraa
____________________________________

Making the plural

3. Read
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

the reminder box and then make the plural of these phrases.
Un hermano ___unos hermanos___
Un gato
___________________
El papel
___________________
Making the plural
El len
___________________
Una casa
___________________
Add s to words that end in a
Un ratn
___________________
vowel.
La clase
___________________
Add es to words that end in
Un televisor
___________________
a consonant.
Remember to change the
article too: el los, ununos,

Adjectives

4. What do these mean in English? Find them in your exercise book if

you cant remember

a. Grande
____big______
d. Inteligente
_
_______________
b. Alto
_____________
e. Amarillo ________________
c. Hablador _____________
f. Alemn
________________
5. Read the reminder box and then make the feminine of the adjectives
given.
Getting the gender of adjectives
right
In Spanish all adjectives have a
masculine form and a feminine form. We
use the masculine to describe masculine
nouns and the feminine to describe
feminine nouns.
If the masc. ends
The feminine form:
in:
-O
Changes to -A
-L,- S, -E,- N
There is no change
(except nationalities)

-R

Add an A

Masculine form

Feminine
form

1. hablador
2. azul
3. rojo
4. negro
5. grande
6. viejo
7. inteligente
8. estricto
9. pequeo
10.marrn
11.dificil
12.bueno

6. Can you work out the English meaning of the adjectives in exercise
5? Use your book and your common sense!
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.
12.

7. Using the table in exercise 5 how would you say these in Spanish?
Use the vocabulary in your exercise book and in exercises 2 and 3 in
this sheet
a) a small cat _________un gato pequeo________
b) a strict sister
______________________________
c) a big gorilla
______________________________
d) a green crocodile
_____________________________
REMEMBER!
e) an old giraffe
_____________________________
In
Spanish
adjectives
f) a difficult class _____________________________
go AFTER the noun
g) a small mouse ______________________________
h) an intelligent spider ______________________________
they describe, not
i) a tall giraffe
______________________________
before!!
j) a chatty brother
______________________________
k) a yellow paper ______________________________
l) a brown lion
______________________________
8. Now rewrite the Spanish phrases of exercise 7, this time saying TWO
instead of one.
BEWARE!
Both the
noun and
the
adjective
will need to
be plural!

a. Dos gatos pequeos

g.

b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

h.
i.
j.
k.
l.

Personal Pronouns
9. These talk about who does the action in a sentence.
What do these mean? Look back at your grammar notes earlier in the
year and write the English pronouns from the box alongside the
correct Spanish one.
Yo
T
l /ella
Nosotros/nosotras
Vosotros/vosotras
Ellos/ellas
10.

___________________________________
I
___________________________________
___________________________________
We
___________________________________
You
___________________________________ (singular)
___________________________________
You (plural)
He/she/it
They
Look at the verb tables, how would you say in English?

Yo
T
l/ella
Nosotros
(as)
Vosotros
(as)
Ellos(as)

11.

Tener (to
have)
Tengo
Tienes
Tiene
Tenemos

Ser (to be)

Soy
Eres
Es
Somos

Hablar (to
speak)
Hablo
Hablas
Habla
Hablamos

Llamarse (to
be called)
Me llamo
Te llamas
Se llama
Nos llamamos

Tenis

Sois

Hablis

Os llamis

tienen

son

hablan

Se llaman

a. Te llamas

___________You are called____________

b. Tenemos
___________We have________________
c. Tengo
__________________________________
d. Hablan
__________________________________
e. Se llaman
__________________________________
f. Es
__________________________________
g. Son
__________________________________
Now use the table to find the Spanish for:
a. She is called
__________________________________
b. You (plural) have
__________________________________
c. We are
__________________________________
d. I speak
__________________________________
e. You (singular) are
__________________________________
f. They speak
__________________________________
g. We speak
__________________________________
h. I have
__________________________________ Me llamo Scotty. Soy

pequeo
y simptico
12.
Look at what the dog says, rewrite it as if you were
his owner
. y
You will have to change all the underlined verbs accordingly!!
soy de color marrn.
Tengo los ojos
grandes y negros y soy
muy inteligente.

Mi perro se llama Scotty. Es___________________________________________________

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