Spanish Quiz

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singular, plural

Adjectives that don't end in -o

masculine, feminine, singular, plural

Adjectives that end in -o

Spanish

After a superlative, the Spanish preposition "de" has the same meaning as the preposition "in"

Albert is very thin. He has straight light brown hair.

Alberto es muy delgado. Tiene el pelo liso y castaño.

Ana has long black hair. She has small lips.

Ana tiene el pelo largo y negro. Tiene una boca pequeña.

Carlos is red hair and has brown eyes.

Carlos es pelirojo y tiene los ojos cafés.

Ernesto Velázquez is handsome and strong. He has black hair and green eyes.

Ernesto Velázquez es guapo y fuerte. Tiene el pelo negro y los ojos verdes.

George is tall and has curly hair. He has black eyes.

Jorges es alto y tiene el pelo rizado. Tiene los ojos negros.

However, más grande means larger or greater (not older), and más pequeño means smaller in size (not younger)

Más, menos, and tan cannot be used with these irregular comparisons, except with grande and pequeño.

Paola is short. She has blond hair and blue eyes.

Paola es baja. Tiene el pelo rubio y los ojos azules.

Comparative constructions

The adjective must agree in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it refers.

1. -er than as in "taller than" 2. more... than as in "more intelligent than"

The construction más... que has two English equivalents

Subject

The subject tells you if it is singular or plural

Superlatives

They are formed by placing the article in front of the comparative construction

good

bueno

good-better

bueno-mejor

the best

el mejor

big

grande

big-older

grande-mayor

the oldest

la mayor

the prettiest

la más bonita

bad

malo

bad-worse

malo-peor

prettier

mas bonita

older

mayor

better

mejor

younger

menor

less

menos

less... than

menos... que

many

mucho

many-more

mucho-más

more

más

larger

más grande

smaller

más pequeño

more... than

más... que

worse

peor

small

pequeño

small-younger

pequeño-menor

few

poco

few-less

poco-menos

as... as

tan... como


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