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You and your friend Maila are looking at photos of yourtiends and
person
each
.o*-.nt, about them. Make a statement in Spanish to describe
MODELO
il
3. Gabriel
2.Y.er6nica
1. John
4.
Adriana
1.
2.
3.
4.
2 After each statement, write another one with an adjective that means the opposite
to describe what the person is like.
MODELO Roberto no es alto. Es bajo.
1. Elena no
es to.nta.
2. Mauricio no es'serio':
3. Patricia no
es morena.
4. Adolfo no
es perezoso:
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Choose the logical ending for each qf the following unfinished statements.
l. Sim6ri es intelectualy
ar
tonto
.
2. Carmen es morenay
a. bonita
b. pelir roja
3. ]ulio es gracioso y _.
a. aburrido
b. c6mico
4. Yo soy timiday
a. romdntica
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b, guapo
_.
b. extrovertida
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Clarissa is writing a profile of Noemi for the newsletter that their Spanish class
produces. Write Clarissa's question for each answer that Noemi gives.
Clarissa
(
1)
i--
Noemi Me llamo Noemi.
Clarissa
(z)e
Noemi Tengo diecis6is aflos.
Clarissa
(3):
Noemi :Mi cumpleaflos? Es el doce de,abril.
Clarissa (+)a
Irloemi
Clarissa
Soy activa
y atlltica.
(s):-
Noemi Si, soy bastante trab ajad,ora.
5 Write a description for each of these famous men and women.
MODELO Nicole Kidrnan es alta y bonita.
l.
Salma Hayek
2. Tom Cruise
es
es
3. Antonio Banderas
4. Will Smith
es
es
5. Shakira es
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track of them,
ryler has 100 tickets to hand out for the class play. To keep better
tens?
Write out
by
them
he
count
he put the tickets in piles of ten. How would
the Spanish word for each number.
1.
6. 60
10
3.
30
7. 70
g. 80
4.
40
9. 90
5.
50
10. 100
2. 20
in school who is asking'about him and his friend
Martin. Match the questions in the left column to Lucas's answers in the
right column.
Lucas is responding to a girl
1. ;C6r-no
a. El tiene catorce aflos.
b. Soy bastante timido.
c. Tengo diecisdis afros.
d. Es el tres de diciembre.
eres?
2. ;Cu6ntos aflos tienes?
3. ;C6mo es Martin?
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Answer these questions about yourself in cornplete sentences.
l.
;Cu6ntos ziflos tienes?
2. ;Cu6ndo
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e. El es alto y rubio.
4. ;Cu6ntos afros tiene Martin?
5. ;Cu6ndo es el cumpleaflos de Martin?
es
tu cumpleaflos?
3. ;C6mo
eres?
4.;C6mo
es
tu mejo, amigo
I amrga?
Complete the following sentences about Alberto using cuiintos, tambi6n,
cuilndo, un poco' and bastante.
1. Alberto
serio.
es
es
2. ,i
el cumpleaflos de Alberto?
aflos tiene
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3. Alberto
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with adjectives
followed by * adjective.
An adj e ctive-is-a,wo rdlih at des cribe s whrit so meo ne. o r ssmethl4 g,$ like,
Nosotros somos inteligentes
Enrique es gracioso.
We are intelligentEnrique is funny.
o You can describe a person using the verb ser
.
The subject pronoun can be eliminated if it's clear who the subject is.
B, muYbonita
;C6mo es Alma?
She's verY PrettYWhat's Alma like?
.
To say what someone is not\ike, put the word no in front of the verb ser.
tonto.
I am not foolish.
, Mi
Yo no soy
10 Orr..of your classmates
IuIy
activos.
intelectqal. Paco y Rolf
Ttt (2)
ic6mo
ser.
es Sandro? (4)
petezoso.
timidos.
extrovertidas y ustedes (6)
No sotras (5)
Mi mejor amigo
lazy.
in the blanks with the correct form of
atldtic a.
(3)
friend is not
is talking about some people from school. Complete the
sentences belqw by fitting
Yo (1)
amiga no es perezosa.
se
llama Chuy. (7)
muy serio.
Tf
y
eL
muy inteligentes.
(8)
11 you told your friend Armando what you think about Some students in your class.
Now, youve changed your mind. To disagree with your first opinion, write complete
sentences usrng no and the correct forms of ser.
MODELO Olga lbonita Olga no
l.
es
bonita.
Ian y Gerardo / atl6ticos
2. Nosotros I tontos
3. Robin
.
.:,
/ rom hntica
4. Tf / extrovertido
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Gender and adiective agreement
r Nouns and pronouns that refer to men and boys
amigo 6l Al.jandro
;Nouns-and pionouns th-afrefer
amiga ella Adriana
. Adiectives
a
are
masculine.
tO WOmen and girls are
ferninine;
..
the gender
describe nouns. They have different forms that match
of
noun or pronoun.
Masculine:Alejandroesalto.Feminine:Adrianaesalta.
. Adjectives that end in -e and most adjectives that end in a consonant
have the
same masculine and feminine forms'
Ellaesintelectual/inteligente'
that end in
Exceptions: Adjectives tha! end in -or and adjectives of nationality
consonant forrn the feminine by adding an -a'
Ella es trabajadora.
El es trabajador.
;i"rirrt.t..trral/inteligente.
.
a
Number and adiective agreement
e
. SingUtar adjectives describe one Person. Plural adjectives describe more than one. If the singular form ends in a vowel, add -s to make it piural: altos'
. If the singular form ends in a consonant, add -es to make it pluraL intelectuales'
. Describe mixed groups with masculine plural forrhs: Pablo y sarita son c6micos.
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each
Your two friends Rocco and Ana are alike in almost everyway' After
Ana.
Sentence about Roccb, complete the sentence to describe
MODELO Rocco es alto. Ana
es
1. Rocco es intelectual. Ana
es
alta'
2. Rocco es serio. Ana el
3. Rocco es trabaiadot Ana e
put together a list of students to participate in a school play. Use the
correct form of the adjectives to say why she recolnmends them.
MODELO Mario y Omar (serio) Mario y Omar son serios'
13 Mariana
1. Eva y Clara (activo)
2. Luis y Richard (extrovertide)
3. Perla y Sandra (inteligente)
4. Steve y Rosita (tr
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Choose all the adjectives from the box that could complete each sentence.
graciosas
{urrida
extrovertido tontos
--
guapo
inteligentes
MOD E EO-Nosotras somos graciosas / fimidas-i inteligentes-
timidas
pelirroja
-..-
Ellos son
1.
2. Graciela es
3. Vosotros sois
4. Ellas son
5. Sancho'es
Question formation
.
To ask questions that may have yes or no answers, raise the pitch of yourvoice
at the end of the sentence. The subject can go before or after the verb.
;Tu amigo es gracioso?t
Is your friend funny?
;^t
'
t
Si,
mi amigo
es
Yes, my.friend is
gracioso.
funny.
What?'
;Qui6n/Qui6nes?
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Is your friend funry1?
it means no and not.
No, no es gracioso.
No, he is not funny.
.
To ask for more information, use the following question words. Note that all
question words are written with an accent.
' ;Qu6?
I
I
amigo?t
You can answer si or no. The word no is used twice because
.
.
;Es gracioso tu
.
l,Mho?
;C6m o? How?
;Curil? Which\VVhat?
;Cudndo? When? ;De d6nde? From where?
gster, a new student, wants to get to know everyone, so she asks you about your
friends and teachers. Complete each of her questions with the correct question
i
word. Use the answers as a guide.
l.
z
2.a
es
3.2
es el cumpleaflos rCe Horacio?
5.2
es
eflor Rangel?
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