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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
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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
__ __ __
A S A M C X C B Q L W P
F T D C J F K Z Q T P D
__ __
LA FOTO LA MANO LA MOTO
__ __ __ __
__ __
__ __
__ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ .
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Nouns that end in –ión ,–ción, and sión are feminine. -ión la reunión
-ción la admiración
-sión la división
(meeting)
(admiration)
(división)
la unión
la canción
la procesión
(union, relationship)
(song)
(procession)
la comisión
la tensión
(comission)
(tensión)
la dirección
la pasión
(address)
(passion)
la estación
la misión
(season)
(mission)
la inyección
allusión
(injection)
(allusion)
la sensación
comprensión
(sensation)
(comprehension)
la lección
extensión
(lesson)
(extension)
la exposición
visión
(exposition)
(vision)
la nación
televisión
(la nación)
(television)
la revolución
profesión
(revolution)
(profession)
la reunión de egresados
Exercise 3: Read these 3 sentences in Spanish and English. Then, answer the questions below. Example: La dirección significa el número, la calle, la ciudad, el estado, o la provincia donde vive una persona. (Address means the number, street, city, state or province where a person lives.) Which feminine noun means “el número, la calle, la ciudad, el estado, y la provincia donde vive una persona”? _la_________ _la dirección___
The Sentences 1. La estación significa cada uno de los cuatro periodos de tiempo en que se divide el año. (Season means each one of the four periods of time in which the year is divided.) 2. La reunión significa un conjunto de personas reunidas para hacer algo. (Reunion means a group of people reunited in order to do something.) 3. La procesión significa un conjunto de personas que van andando por las calles llevando imágenes y estatuas religiosas. (Procession means a group of people walking the streets carrying religious pictures and statues.)
The Questions 1. Which feminine noun means “cada uno de los cuatro periodos de tiempo en que se divide el año”? la ___________________ 2. Which feminine noun means “un conjunto de personas que van andando por las calles llevando imágenes y estatuas religiosas”? la ___________________ 3. Which feminine noun means “un conjunto de personas reunidas para hacer algo”? la ___________________ Free Handout – http://sites.google.com/site/englishspanishhelpfulhandouts Photos: www.flickr.com (Creative Commons License) srs0001, Seaners4real, kunal.bhatia, marhoons, SachaW, just.Luc, disownedlight, Aniroudh Koul, katerha, doug88888
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Nouns that end in –dad and –tad are feminine. Nouns that end in –dad la actividad la bondad la capacidad la caridad la ciudad la dignidad la felicidad la habilidad la igualdad la realidad la santidad la soledad la vanidad la verdad
activity goodness capacity charity city dignity happiness skill equality reality holiness solitude vanity truth
la soledad
Nouns that end in –tad la amistad la dificultad la facultad la mitad la libertad la voluntad
friendship difficulty faculty half liberty will
Exercise 4 Write the Spanish feminine noun next to the English definition. Then, write the nouns in alphabetical order on the lines below. dignity __________
solitude __________
half __________
equality __________
reality __________
friendship __________
will __________
liberty ___________
1. ____________________ 2. ____________________ 3. ____________________ 4. ____________________ 5. ____________________ 6. ____________________ 7. ____________________ 8. ____________________
la amistad
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Nouns that end in-ed and –ie are feminine. -ed la pared (wall) la red (net) la sed (thirst)
-ie la especie (species) la planicie (plain) la serie (series) la superficie (area) la sed
Exercise 5 Fill in the missing letters. The answers are on page 12. l __ p l __ n __ c __ __ __ a
__ s p __ c __ __
__ a s __ __
l __ __ __ p __ r f __ c __ __
l __ __ e __ I __
__ a r __ __
__ a __ a r __ __
Nouns that end in-ez and –eza are feminine. -ez la madurez (maturity) la sencillez (simplicity)
-eza la pereza (laziness) la riqueza (wealth) la tristeza (sadness)
la madurez
Exercise 6 Unscramble the words. The answers are on page 12. al zaestrit __________ al cesizelln ________ al peraze ________ al dzrueam ________ al qraiezu________ Exercise 7 Read these five sentences. Then fill in the missing words in the sentences below. 1. Esta es una historia tan tristeza. 4. Me gusta la sencillez de su vestido. (This is such a sad story.) (I like the simplicity of her dress.) 2. La causa principal de su fracaso es la pereza. 5. Mi sobrina es atractiva y madurez para su edad. (The main cause of your failure is laziness.) (My niece is attractive and mature for her age.) 3. Ellos dicen que la distribución de la riqueza ha de ser equitativa. (They say that the distribution of wealth has to be equitable.) 1. Esta es ______ _______________ tan _______________. 2. _____ causa _______________ _____ su _______________ es ____ _______________. 3. __________ dicen que _____ _______________ de _____ _______________ ha de ser ______________. 4. Me _______________ la _______________ de su _______________. 5. Mi _______________ es _______________ y _______________ para su _______________. Free Handout – http://sites.google.com/site/englishspanishhelpfulhandouts Photos: www.flickr.com (Creative Commons License) srs0001, Seaners4real, kunal.bhatia, marhoons, SachaW, just.Luc, disownedlight, Aniroudh Koul, katerha, doug88888
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Nouns ending in -itis are feminine. la amigdalitis la dermatitis la faringitis la sinusitis
tonsillitis dermatitis pharyngitis sinusitis
Exercise 8 Nouns that end in –itis are hidden in the groups of letters below. See if you can find them. Write each noun on the line provided. The answers are on page 12. Example: qwerlaghjksinusitiszxbn qwerlaghjksinusitiszxbn la sinusitis__
La hiedra venenosa produce una dermatitis de contacto de corta duración.
mnzxvbglafgtrsdpodermatitisertyu _______________
dspjklamnuyteramigdalitisxdrtyhjio ________________
hgtylaqwtyfvdwihfsfaringitisyehgst _______________
ewqlaopnbchduiuwsinusitisqbcxopu _______________
Nouns ending in –sis are feminine. la crisis la dosis la hipótesis la parálisis la síntesis la tesis
crisis dose hypothesis paralysis synthesis thesis la hipótesis
Exercise 9 Complete the crossword puzzle with the Spanish translation of the English nouns.
Across 5. hypothesis
Down 1. paralysis 2. synthesis 3. crisis 4. dose 5. thesis
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Nouns that end in -ud and –tud are feminine la aptitud aptitude la exactitud exactness la juventud youth la lentitud slowness la quietud calmness la salud health la virtud virtue la salud Exercise 10 Stepping Stones. Translate each noun to Spanish. Then, write one letter of this noun in each circle. Follow the arrows to know where to place each letter. Example: exactness l
i
t
a
t
u
e
c
d
x
a
health
virtue
aptitude
calmness
slowness
youth
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Nouns that end in –umbre are feminine. la certidumbre la costumbre la cumbre la incertidumbre la legumbre la mansedumbre la muchedumbre la pesadumbre la servidumbre
certainty habit summit uncertainty legume meekness crowd sorrow servitude
Exercise 11 Unscramble the words. Copy the letters in the numbered block to the blocks below with the same number. A sentence will appear. The answers are on page 12.
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Although nouns that describe fruit are usually masculine, the nouns that describe the fruit of the tree are feminine. la almendra la cereza la manzana la naranja la oliva la pera
almond cherry apple orange olive pear La fruta del almendro es la almendra.
Exercise 12 Fill in the blank with the fruit of the tree. Example: La fruta del peral es__la pera__. La fruta del cerezo es ____________________. La fruta del manzano es ____________________. La fruta del olivo es _______________________. La fruta del peral es _______________________. La fruta del almendro es ___________________. La fruta del naranjo es ____________________.
Exercise 13 Unscramble the tiles to reveal one of the sentences above. Then, write the sentence on the line below. The answer is on page 13.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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These nouns are feminine but they do not fit into any of the above categories. la carne la cárcel la clase la cruz la flor la fuente la gente la llave la luz la mente la miel la piel la torre la vejez la vez la voz
meat jail class cross flower fountain people key light mind honey skin tower old age time voice
la torre
Exercise 14 Eight words above have been chopped into pieces and scrambled. Find the pieces that go together and write the words on the lines below. The answers are on page 13. la la el fl la pi la vej
ez la lla ve te or cel la
to cár fue men nte la la rre
_________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________
la flor
_________________________ _________________________ _________________________
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Don’t forget that some nouns have both a masculine and feminine form. The feminine form has a different meaning from the masculine form. Feminine la capital la canal la cólera la coma la cometa la corte la cura la editorial la frente la guía la mañana la modela la orden la papa la pez la policía
capital (city) gutter anger comma kite court cure publishing house forehead guidebook morning fashion model order (command) potato tar police department
Masculine el capital el canal el cólera el coma el cometa el corte el cura el editorial el frente el guía el mañana el modelo el orden el papa el pez el policía
capital (money) TV channel cholera coma comet cut priest newspaper editorial front guide (person) tomorrow model (example) order (arrangement) pope fish police officer
Exercise 15 Find your way through the maze. Enter the maze at la cometa and exit the maze at kite.
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Exercise 16 Find your way through the maze. Enter the maze at la editorial and exit the maze at publishing house.
la editorial
publishing house
Exercise 17 Find your way through the maze. Enter the maze at la frente and exit the maze at forehead.
forehead
la frente
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The Answers Exercise 2 Q O A
U T D
I O E
E D N
R E A A
O L L
M A N O
V A O T O M A L
E F V
R I I
L E D
A S A
F T D
L A F O T O
Hidden Sentence: Quiero ver la foto de la fiesta de Navidad. Exercise 5 la planicie
la sed
la superficie
la red
la especie
la serie
la pared
Exercise 6 la tristeza
la sencillez
la pereza
la madurez
la riqueza
Exercise 8 mnzxvbglafgtrsdpodermatitisertyu __la dermatitis__ hgtylaqwtyfvdwihfsfaringitisyehgst __la faringitis__
dspjklamnuyteramigdalitisxdrtyhjio __la amigdalitis__ ewqlaopnbchduiuwsinusitisqbcxopu la sinisitus
Exercise 11 la pesadumbre la costumbre la servidumbre la cumbre la legumbre la certidumbre la muchedumbre la incertidumbre la mansedumbre En los conciertos siempre hay muchedumbres.
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Exercise 13 LA AC
FRU ERE
TA ZA.
DEL
CE
REA
OE
SL
__La fruta del cerezo es la cereza.___ Exercise 14 These words can be written in any order. la torre la flor la piel la vejez la llave la cárcel la mente la fuente
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