5 Written Questions

1. loose the accent
2. tend to be nouns ending in -s, e.g la/las dosis, la/las tesis, el/los atlas, el/los campus
3. normally fem
4. normally masc
5. add an s e.g. la hamburguesa las hamburguesas

4 Matching Questions

1. fruits
2. to form plural on nouns that end in consonant
3. diminutives ending in -r, -n or, -e
4. ending in aje, - or or stressed vowel

1. a add ending -cito, i.e raton, ratoncito, cafe, cafecito, coche, cochecito
2. b add an es e.g. el arbol, los arboles
3. c normally masc
4. d normally fem

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. sustantivos
   1. colours
   2. nouns
   3. fruits
   4. cars
2. words which stand for persons, things, places or abstract concepts
   1. el agua, Madrid, Laura
   2. no change in the plural
   3. ending in a
   4. islands and roads
3. add -ito or -illo i.e casita = litte house, vasito = little glass or perrito = cute little dog, chiquita= cute little girl
   1. ending in a
   2. diminutives
   3. fruit trees
   4. fruits
4. normally fem
   1. ending in o
   2. diminutives
   3. islands and roads
   4. colours
5. take masculine article when the first syllable is stressed e.g el aguila, las aguilas
   1. feminine nouns beginning with a
   2. ending in a
   3. nouns that end in -e
   4. to form plural on nouns ending with z

5 True/False Questions

1. el/la artista, el/la atleta, el/la ciclista → nouns that remain in a or ista can be used to refer to either males or females

   True        False

2. letters of the alphabet → normally masc

   True        False

3. when infinitive is used as a noun → tend to be nouns ending in -s, e.g la/las dosis, la/las tesis, el/los atlas, el/los campus

   True        False

4. nouns that end in -e → normally masc

   True        False

5. rivers, lakes, seas, mountains and mountain ranges → add ending -cito, i.e raton, ratoncito, cafe, cafecito, coche, cochecito

   True        False