Gender, Case and Noun Classes · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Nouns wear uniforms

Languages · Grammar Across Languages · ages 11-13
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Which article pairs with a masculine Spanish noun?

    • La
    • El
    • Das

  2. German shows noun class with der, die or das. How many classes is that?

    • Two
    • Three
    • Ten

  3. English sorts every noun into classes like German does.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. A noun ends in o. What is your best first guess in Spanish?

    • Feminine, take la
    • Plural at once
    • Masculine, take el

  5. Which phrase matches correctly?

    • La libro rojo
    • El libro rojo
    • El libro roja

  6. Hablas lands in a sentence. Who is acting?

    • I
    • She
    • You

  7. Die Frau greets and der Mann replies, then one ending shifts. What should you ask?

    • What each shift signals about class and job
    • How loud they spoke
    • Which city they love

  8. A pupil writes la casa rojo and calls it matched. What is wrong?

    • Nothing is wrong
    • Casa is feminine, so roja must match la casa
    • Spanish bans adjectives
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Answer key

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  1. El · Masculine words take el, feminine words take la.
  2. Three · Every German noun belongs to one of three classes.
  3. False · English leaves nouns unsorted, which is why matching feels new.
  4. Masculine, take el · Endings hint the class: many masculine nouns end in o.
  5. El libro rojo · Libro is masculine, so el plus rojo both match it.
  6. You · The s ending marks you speak, against hablo for I.
  7. What each shift signals about class and job · Each shift tells class or job, never decoration.
  8. Casa is feminine, so roja must match la casa · Two matches hold but the third breaks: roja is owed.
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