English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 1 of 13 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 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 photo la mano hand la moto motorcycle Exercise 1 Fill in the blank with the correct article and noun. 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 U I E R O V E R L A F O T O D E L A F I E S T A D E N A L O V I D A D S V Z Y A V T O V L M C X N U M Z B O U S D C J D Q A J N H M L S S X F B N T Y Q E A A I N C K O E U E S V L F J E B Z P W Z R L P D O I E Q Q K O S Y W G Y T T I L T M C T H K U L O C X W P S A V Z Y E A X E C P D __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ . LA FOTO LA MANO LA MOTO Quiero ver la foto de la fiesta de Navidad. English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 2 of 13 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 Nouns that end in –ión ,–ción, and sión are feminine. 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 ___________________ -ión -ción -sión la reunión (meeting) la admiración (admiration) la división (división) la unión (union, relationship) la canción (song) la procesión (procession) la comisión (comission) la tensión (tensión) la dirección (address) la pasión (passion) la estación (season) la misión (mission) la inyección (injection) allusión (allusion) la sensación (sensation) comprensión (comprehension) la lección (lesson) extensión (extension) la exposición (exposition) visión (vision) la nación (la nación) televisión (television) la revolución (revolution) profesión (profession) la reunión de egresados English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 3 of 13 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 Nouns that end in –dad and –tad are feminine. Nouns that end in –dad Nouns that end in –tad la amistad friendship la dificultad difficulty la facultad faculty la mitad half la libertad liberty la voluntad 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 actividad activity la bondad goodness la capacidad capacity la caridad charity la ciudad city la dignidad dignity la felicidad happiness la habilidad skill la igualdad equality la realidad reality la santidad holiness la soledad solitude la vanidad vanity la verdad truth la soledad la amistad English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 4 of 13 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 Nouns that end in-ed and –ie are feminine. Exercise 5 Fill in the missing letters. The answers are on page 12. l __ p l __ n __ c __ __ __ a s __ __ l __ __ __ p __ r f __ c __ __ __ a r __ __ __ a __ s p __ c __ __ l __ __ e __ I __ __ a __ a r __ __ Nouns that end in-ez and –eza are feminine. 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 _______________. -ed -ie la pared (wall) la especie (species) la red (net) la planicie (plain) la sed (thirst) la serie (series) la superficie (area) -ez -eza la madurez (maturity) la pereza (laziness) la sencillez (simplicity) la riqueza (wealth) la tristeza (sadness) la sed la madurez English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 5 of 13 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 Nouns ending in -itis are feminine. la amigdalitis tonsillitis la dermatitis dermatitis la faringitis pharyngitis la sinusitis 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__ mnzxvbglafgtrsdpodermatitisertyu _______________ dspjklamnuyteramigdalitisxdrtyhjio ________________ hgtylaqwtyfvdwihfsfaringitisyehgst _______________ ewqlaopnbchduiuwsinusitisqbcxopu _______________ Nouns ending in –sis are feminine. Exercise 9 Complete the crossword puzzle with the Spanish translation of the English nouns. la crisis crisis la dosis dose la hipótesis hypothesis la parálisis paralysis la síntesis synthesis la tesis thesis La hiedra venenosa produce una dermatitis de contacto de corta duración. la hipótesis Across Down 5. hypothesis 1. paralysis 2. synthesis 3. crisis 4. dose 5. thesis English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 6 of 13 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 Nouns that end in -ud and –tud are feminine 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 health aptitude slowness virtue calmness youth la aptitud aptitude la exactitud exactness la juventud youth la lentitud slowness la quietud calmness la salud health la virtud virtue l a e x a c t i t u d la salud English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 7 of 13 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 Nouns that end in –umbre are feminine. 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. la certidumbre certainty la costumbre habit la cumbre summit la incertidumbre uncertainty la legumbre legume la mansedumbre meekness la muchedumbre crowd la pesadumbre sorrow la servidumbre servitude la muchedumbre English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 8 of 13 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 Although nouns that describe fruit are usually masculine, the nouns that describe the fruit of the tree are feminine. 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________ la almendra almond la cereza cherry la manzana apple la naranja orange la oliva olive la pera pear La fruta del almendro es la almendra. English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 9 of 13 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 These nouns are feminine but they do not fit into any of the above categories. 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 ez to la la cár el lla fue fl ve men la te nte pi or la la cel la vej la rre _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ la carne meat la cárcel jail la clase class la cruz cross la flor flower la fuente fountain la gente people la llave key la luz light la mente mind la miel honey la piel skin la torre tower la vejez old age la vez time la voz voice la flor la torre English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 10 of 13 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 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 Masculine la capital capital (city) el capital capital (money) la canal gutter el canal TV channel la cólera anger el cólera cholera la coma comma el coma coma la cometa kite el cometa comet la corte court el corte cut la cura cure el cura priest la editorial publishing house el editorial newspaper editorial la frente forehead el frente front la guía guidebook el guía guide (person) la mañana morning el mañana tomorrow la modela fashion model el modelo model (example) la orden order (command) el orden order (arrangement) la papa potato el papa pope la pez tar el pez fish la policía police department el policía police officer Exercise 15 Find your way through the maze. Enter the maze at la cometa and exit the maze at kite. la cometakiteEnglish-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 11 of 13 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 Exercise 16 Find your way through the maze. Enter the maze at la editorial and exit the maze at publishing house. Exercise 17 Find your way through the maze. Enter the maze at la frente and exit the maze at forehead. la editorial publishing house la frente forehead English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 12 of 13 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 The Answers Exercise 2 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__ dspjklamnuyteramigdalitisxdrtyhjio __la amigdalitis__ hgtylaqwtyfvdwihfsfaringitisyehgst __la faringitis__ 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. Q U I E R O V E R L A F O T O D E L A F I E S T A D E N A L O V I D A D A T M O A M L N A A O L F O T O English-Spanish Helpful Handouts – For English Speakers Who Want To Learn Spanish Page 13 of 13 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 Exercise 13 LA FRU TA DEL CE REA OE SL AC ERE ZA. __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