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Spanish Nouns And Gender # 3 Feminine Nouns - Places, Things, Ideas A Review for Intermediate and Advanced Students As a general rule, nouns that end in –o are masculine and nouns that end in –a are feminine. For example, el año is a masculine noun and la vida is a feminine noun. But, there are many exceptions to the rule. Some nouns that end in –o are feminine. la foto la mano la moto
photo hand motorcycle
Exercise 1 Fill in the blank with the correct article and noun.
Quiero ver la foto de la fiesta de Navidad.
Quiero ver ____________ de la fiesta de Navidad. (I want to see the photo of the Christmas party.) El padre llevó al niño de ____________ y le ayudó a cruzar la calle. (The father took the boy by the hand and helped him across the street.) Condujé ____________ en el desierto. (I rode the motorcycle in the desert.) Exercise 2 This word search puzzle contains the three feminine nouns and a hidden sentence from above. Find the words. The sentence will appear in the top three lines of the puzzle. Write the sentence below. The answers are on page 12.
Q O A S X D B O P K M S
U T D V N Q N E W O C A
I O E Z U A T U Z S T V
E D N Y M J Y E R Y H Z
R E A A Z N Q S L W K Y
O L L V B H E V P G U E
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V A O T O M A L D Y L A
E F V O U L A F O T O X
R I I V S S I J I T C E
L E D L D S N E E I X C
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A S A M C X C B Q L W P
F T D C J F K Z Q T P D
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LA FOTO LA MANO LA MOTO
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