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Gender and agreement in Spanish

MFL, Spanish grammar. Usually met in years 7 to 11.

Choose the right article for Spanish nouns and make words agree with them.

What you practise

Starts with the gender of everyday nouns and moves to agreement in full phrases. Practice moves up a level when a round goes well and down when it does not.

Sample questions

Each sample comes with the method and the reason every wrong option is wrong. Real practice rounds are ten questions at your level.

Sample question, level 2 of 5

Which word for ‘the’ goes with ‘panadería’ (bakery)?

  1. las
  2. los
  3. un
  4. la
  5. el
Show the answer and method

Answer: D, la

The method: ‘panadería’ is feminine, so it is la panadería. Learn each noun with its article.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • A, las: Las is feminine plural.
  • B, los: Los is masculine plural.
  • C, un: Un means ‘a’, not ‘the’.
  • E, el: ‘el’ is for masculine nouns, and ‘panadería’ is feminine.

Sample question, level 4 of 5

Choose the right form: mi hermana es ___ (trabajador)

  1. trabajadoras
  2. perezosa
  3. trabajadores
  4. trabajadora
  5. trabajador
Show the answer and method

Answer: D, trabajadora

The method: Adjectives ending in -or add -a in the feminine: trabajadora.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • A, trabajadoras: Trabajadoras is plural, but there is one sister.
  • B, perezosa: Perezosa means lazy.
  • C, trabajadores: Trabajadores is plural.
  • E, trabajador: Trabajador is masculine, but the sister is female.

See where this fits: every language topic and Key Stage 3.

Related topics: Present tense, Past tense (preterite), Future tense, Ser, estar and negatives.