1. GAP: Gender of nouns articles plurals

2. Objetivo Al fin de esta lección, vas a poder….
Determine the gender of a noun
Make a noun plural
Explain what definite and indefinite articles are

3. NOUNS
Nouns - refer to _________, _________, _________ and _______ (and _________)
people
places
things
ideas
animals

4. Gender of NOUNS
Gender of Nouns- En español, every noun has a GENDER. That means that they are either ______________ or ______________ .
masculine
feminine

5. Gender of NOUNS -o -a anything else
If the noun ends in an _______, it is usually masculine. __________ __________ __________ If the noun ends in an _______, it is usually feminine. If the noun ends in ____________________, you will have to memorize if it is masculine or feminine.
There are a FEW irregular nouns that do no follow the pattern, but we will visit those later. -a
anything else

6. PLURALS
In Spanish, the last letter of the noun will determine how to make it plural
 If the noun ends in an vowel, add ____ to make it plural.
la pluma – las plumas
It the nouns ends in a consonant, add ____to make it plural.
El papel ---- los papeles
It the nouns ends in the letter ”Z”, change the “z” to a ____ and add ____ to make it plural.
El lápiz ---- los lápices -s
-es c
-es

7. ARTICLES
noun
An article will signal that a ___________ is going to follow (el televisor, una profesora). It will also point out ___________ of the word. There are two types of articles: ___________and ___________
gender
definite
indefinite

8. ARTICLES definite article 4 el, la, los, las indefinite articles 4
The English word “the” is a ___________ because it is used to refer to a specific person or thing. There are _____ ways to say “the” in Spanish, ____________________
The English words “a/an/ some/any/few” are ____________________ because they refer to any person or thing, not a specific one. There _____ indefinite articles, ____________________ 4
el, la, los, las
indefinite articles 4
un, una, unos, unas

9. Definite articles- “THE”
singular
plural
masculine
feminine el
los la
las

10. ARTICLES Indefinite articles “A/AN” “SOME/FEW” singular plural
singular
plural
masculine
feminine un
unos
una
unas

11. Fill in the chart the _______ a _______ the _______s some _______s
el libro
the book
una carpeta

12. AHORA ¿Puedes….? Determine the gender of a noun Make a noun plural
Explain what definite and indefinite articles are