Grammar: Adjectives

Question 0

2) Quantitative adjectives:

Answer 0

Come before the noun

Question 1

1) Qualitative adjectives:

Answer 1

Come after the noun

Question 2

3) Present participles:

Answer 2

Are not adjectives

Question 3

4) Nouns:

Answer 3

Cannot describe other nouns

Question 4

5) Prepositional phrases:

Answer 4

Are used instead of nouns in describing other nouns

Question 5

6) Some adjectives change meanings:

Answer 5

When they come before or after a noun

Question 6

7) Before a noun:

Answer 6

The adjective implies the noun is no different from all others like it

Question 7

8) After a noun:

Answer 7

The adjective describes something making the noun different from all others like it

Question 8

9) Some adjectives drop the final -o before a masculine singular noun:

Answer 8

Uno
Bueno
Malo
Primero
Tercero
Alguno (algún)
Ninguno

Question 9

10) Adjectives that drop final -o before masculine singular nouns:

Answer 9

Do not drop the -o when a preposition come between the noun and adjective

Question 10

11) ‘Grande’ becomes ‘gran’:

Answer 10

Before any singular noun

Question 11

12) ‘Ciento’ becomes ‘cien’:

Answer 11

Before nouns of either gender, singular or plural, and before ‘mil’ and ‘millones’

Question 12

13) Adjectives ending in -dor:

Answer 12

Can be feminized by adding an -a:

-dora

Question 13

14) Past participles:

Answer 13

Can also be adjectives

Question 14

15) For nouns beginning with a stressed a- that are masculine in their singular form:

Answer 14

Use feminine adjectives

Question 15

16) For singular compound nouns:

Answer 15

Don’t pluralize the adjective

Question 16

17) Use negative indefinite adjective:

Answer 16

If there is a negative before the verb

Question 17

18) Indefinite adjectives:

Answer 17

Always refer to a noun

Question 18

19) When an adjective has the neuter article ‘lo’:

Answer 18

It functions as a noun:

Lo + masculine singular adjective

Lo bueno, lo malo, y lo feo
The good, the bad, and the ugly