Spanish Cities-Plural Nouns With Be

ESL Helpful Handouts Page 1 of 2 This free handout is available at http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. Photos: B. Watson Spanish Cities Plural Nouns With Be Madrid Granada Seville Some nouns that end in y drop the y and add ies to become plural. Madrid and Granada are cities. city = singular noun; cities = plural noun Plural means more than one. Cities are large towns. cities = plural noun; towns = plural noun Cities is the subject of this sentence. It is followed by the plural form of the verb. are = plural form of be; is = singular form of be Two or more nouns make the subject of a sentence plural. These nouns are followed by a plural verb. Granada and Seville are cities in Spain. Granada and Seville = plural subject are = plural form of be ; is = singular form of be Cities are large towns. Madrid and Granada are cities. Granada and Seville are cities in Spain. ESL Helpful Handouts Page 2 of 2 This free handout is available at http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. Photos: B. Watson Spanish Cities Plural Nouns With Be Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks. 1. Barcelona and Valencia are large _______________ in Spain. 2. _______________ are large. 3. _______________ are smaller than cities. 4. Seville and Bilbao _______________ cities. 5. Santander _______________ San Sebastian are towns in northern Spain. 6. Pamplona and Bermeo are small _______________ . 7. Madrid is the capital _______________ of Spain. 8. Toledo _______________ a town south of Madrid. 9. Marbella _______________ Alicante _______________ near the ocean. 10. Madrid _______________ Barcelona _______________ large _______________. 11. Spain _______________ a country. 12. Spain and Portugal are _______________. Valencia and are cities city countries country is towns