Objetivos

  • Identify the gender of nouns
  • Change nouns from singular to plural
  • Form numbers up to 30

(Note: The activities on this page are designed to promote active communication in Spanish. In an online course, your instructor may ask you to complete the activities using a separate tool, such as video/voice recording or web-conferencing software. Even if the activities are not assigned as coursework, they can be used for individual practice and review.)

A. individual Singular a plural.

Change the nouns from singular to plural. Notice if the noun is masculine or feminine.

Modelo: el cuaderno = los cuadernos; la luz = las luces

    1. La universidad …… plural: ___________________
    2. El papel …………….. plural: ___________________
    3. La bandera ………… plural: ___________________
    4. El mapa …………….. plural: ___________________
    5. La chica …………….. plural: ___________________
    6. El pupitre …………… plural: ___________________
    7. La mochila …………. plural: ___________________
    8. La pared……………… plural: ___________________
    9. La mano …………….. plural: ___________________
    10. El chico …………….. plural: ___________________

B. individual or partners Personas en las fotos.

Say how many of the following kinds of people you see in the photographs.

Two female teachers and a boy.
One female teacher and 6 girls
One male professor, four male students, two female students

Tu propia clase (Your own class)

  • profesores o profesoras
  • Maestros o maestras
  • hombres o mujeres
  • Estudiantes (¿los o las?)
  • Niños o niñas
  • ¿Y en tu propia (your own) clase?

C.  individual or partners Inventario y lista de compras.

Paso 1 (step 1): It’s a month before the start of school and you and your partner must see what you have and decide what you need to buy, given that there will be 25 students in the class. ¿Hay suficientes (Are there enough)? ¿O necesitamos (we need) # más? Here is the classroom inventory:
Person in an office supply store thinking about what to buy

  1. Pupitres – 26
  2. Libros – 21
  3. Cuadernos – 9
  4. Lápices – 13
  5. Bolígrafos – 2
  6. Mapa del mundo – 1
  7. Mapa de México – 0
  8. Computadora – 0
  9. Calculadora – 0
  10. Pizarra – 2
  11. Tiza – 0
  12. Basura – 0
  13. Diccionario inglés/inglés – 1
  14. Diccionario inglés/español – 0

Paso 2: Inventario de la clase. Now do your own inventory (in Spanish! Spelling out the numbers!) of your own classroom; compare yours with a classmate’s: whose list is more complete? Did you count up the same number of each item?