KS3 · Spanish · Year 7
Places in the Spanish-speaking world: plural adjective placement and agreement
What we have: 'tener' plural persons, plural adjectives
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Your learning goal
I can use plural adjectives to describe places in the Spanish-speaking world.
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I can use plural adjectives to describe places in the Spanish-speaking world.
Key learning points
- Spanish adjective agreement is for gender and number.
- Spanish adjectives mostly follow the noun, but the adjective ‘mucho’ goes before the noun.
- Plural adjectives ending in -os describe masculine nouns. Adjectives ending in -as describe feminine nouns.
- Plural adjectives ending in -es do not change for gender.
Words to know
- adjective
- word that gives information about a noun; in Spanish, adjectives change form to agree with the gender and number of the noun they describe
- adverb
- word that describes a verb or adjective; adverbs just have one form
- vocabulary
- a body of words; ‘my vocabulary’ is the body of words known to me
Common mistakes
Spanish adjectives always follow the noun.
This is the general case, but it is not a rule. There are many cases where the adjective precedes the noun, like for certain collocations ('una gran amistad') or when more flair is sought.