Word agreements
Consider the following questions and choose one answer out of the three choices. If you have never had to think about this before, and you are not sure, just give it your best shot anyway!
Nouns agree...
with verbs
with verbs, adjectives and articles
just with verbs and adjectives
CONSIDER: Los hija de María viven en Cádiz
There is just one mistake LOS should be LAS
The sentence is correct
The verb is wrong, it should be VIVOS
CONSIDER: Mi madre tiene muchos años
MUCHOS should be MUCHAS because it is about the mother, which is a feminine word
The sentence is correct
It should say MUCHAS AÑAS to agree with the subject
CONSIDER: ¿Cuál es tu pintora favorita?
CUÁL should change into CUÁLES if FAVORITA CHANGES INTO FAVORITAS because FAVORITAS IS FEMININE
If CUÁL changes into CUÁLES there are 2 more words in that sentence that have to change
If CUÁL changes into CUÁLES there are 3 more words in that sentence that have to change
CONSIDER: Mis amigos son inteligentes e independientes
We chose INTELIGENTES e INDEPENDIENTES because we mean that AMIGOS implies both male & female
INTELIGENTES e INDEPENDIENTES are two adjectives that can only express number but not gender
Neither of the above
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