Vocabulary La comida / the food

St. Hilary School 8th grade - Assignment II Due date: 5/15/2020 by email. Print only the pages you need to work on, solve it, take a picture and send it by email.

Vocabulary La comida / the food

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St. Hilary School 8th grade - Assignment II Due date: 5/15/2020 by email. Print only the pages you need to work on, solve it, take a picture and send it by email.

I. La Comida

Write the name of the food. ?Qu? comida es?

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II. Los sustantivos plurales / Plural Nouns

To form the plural nouns in Spanish follow this simple rules:

1. If the noun ends with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u), add letter S to the singular form. Example: Gorro - Gorros (hats)

2. If the noun ends in consonant, add ES to the singular form of the noun. Example: Pantal?n - pantalones (pants)

3. If the noun ends in z, change z for C and add ES to the singular form of the noun.

Example: Pez - Peces

(fish)

4. If the noun ends with "s" or "x" , it does not change in the plural. Example: lunes - lunes tijeras-tijeras (scissors) t?rax - t?rax (thorax/chest)

Note: Singular nouns which end in an accented vowel (`) drop the accent in the plural. Example: Canci?n - Canciones (songs)

Escriba los sustantivos en plural. Write the nouns in the plural form.

Sopa _______________________ frijoles ______________________ camar?n __________________ helado ____________________ ensalada ______________________ fruta _____________________ pollo _____________________

queso ______________________ Pan ____________________ arroz _____________________ pastel ____________________ huevo ___________________ ?ntrax ______________________ pescado _________________

Camar?n : shrimp

Extended Vocabulary:

?ntrax: anthrax (a serious bacterial disease)

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Art?culos Definidos/ Definite Articles

"The"........ "el", "la" , "los", "las"

In Spanish, as in English, there are definite articles. Definite articles are used when you are talking about a specific noun or groups

of nouns. In Spanish, the article you use depend on the gender of the noun that follows it.

"The" in English is called definite article.

In Spanish, the definite article for nouns in singular form is either: el or la

el ...............masculine- singular la ................feminine- singular Examples: escritorio (desk) gender : masculine then use masculine singular definite article: el el escritorio / the desk.

ventana (window) gender: feminine then use the feminine singular definite article: la la ventana / the window.

In Spanish, the definite article for nouns in plural form is either:

los or las los ..................masculine-plural las......................feminine-plural

Examples: marcadores (markers) singular : marcador

therefore gender: masculine then use the masculine-plural definite article: los Los marcadores / the markers.

banderas (flags) singular: bandera Gender: feminine Use the feminine-plural definite article: las Las banderas / the flags.

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III. Write the appropriate definite article for each

food noun.

1. Find the gender of the noun when in singular form. If the noun is in plural, make it singular and find the gender.

(or use your answers from assignment I)

2. Write the appropriate definite article and the noun on the last

column.

The :

El (masculine, singular) La (feminine, singular)

Los (masculine, plural)

Las (feminine, plural)

Noun frijoles

pan queso pollo ensaladas huevos sopa jalape?o frutas pescado arroz

gender/form

Definite article + noun

masculine / plural

Los frijoles

/ singular

/ singular

/ singular

/ plural

/ plural

/ singular

/ singular

/ plural

/ singular

/ singular

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