NSE – Level 2: Nouns and Articles
1. gender of nouns ending in -dad, -ción, -ma, -pa, -ista
-dad and –ción are feminine. –ma and –pa are masculine.
–ista can be masculine or feminine, but it stays the same
Look up and write down five examples of each.
2. gender of compound nouns – They’re masculine. Look up five examples.
3. plural of nouns ending with –s in an unstressed syllable – To make the plural in
this scenario, change the article but not the noun. Find three examples.
4. plural of compound nouns - compound words are masculine. They usually end in –s,
even when they are singular. To make the plural version, change the article but not the
noun. Look up five examples.
5. use of the definite article with languages and parts of the body – Do it, almost
always.
Find (or write) two example sentences for each situation: definite articles with
languages, and definite articles with body parts.
6. omission of the definite article with numerals of rulers (Definite article in English,
not in Spanish)
Alfonso X = Alfonso the 10th
Carlos V = Charles the 5th
Find another example.
7. use of ningún, algún, and their forms
algún
algunos
alguna
algunas
= Some
ningún
ningunos
ninguna
ningunas
= None
-These typically come before the nouns they modify, and the masculine singular form
is shortened when it comes before a noun.
Write example sentences using algún, ningún, and one other form of these words.
8. omission of the indefinite article before otro, cierto, and mil – Yep.
Use each of these words twice in sentences.
9. omission of the indefinite article after ¡qué! in an exclamation (Indefinite article in
English, not in Spanish)
What a bargain! = ¡Qué ganga!
What a problem! = ¡Qué problema!
Write two more examples.
10. omission of the indefinite article before an unmodified predicate nominative
The predicate nominative is the noun following a linking verb (usually a form of ‘to
be’) that restates or stands for the subject. (We use indefinite article in English,
but not in Spanish.)
Examples: Sara is a student = Sara es estudiante.
My father was a fireman. = Mi padre era bombero.
Write two more examples
12. comparison of nouns (tanto, -a, -os, -as . . . como) – These are comparisons of
equality with nouns. In English: as many (or as much) as.
Go to the Internet. Be sure that you are looking at comparisons of equality with
nouns.
Then illustrate 2-4 situations where there are as many (or
as much) of one thing as another.