Ch 2 Word Order Extra Practice

estudiante / soy / trabajador / un

el Sr. Ortega / inteligente / es / profesor / un

simpática / una / Alicia / es / chica

In Spanish, adjectives usually come ___________ the noun they describe.

• after

• before

Translate:

Margarita is an artistic girl.

• Margarita es una artística chica.

• Margarita es una chica artístico.

• Margarita es una chica artística.

• Margarita es una artístico chica.

Label the parts of speech of this sentence:

Margarita es una chica artística.

subject: who is the sentence is about

verb: action

noun: person, place, thing, idea

article: introduces/modified a noun

adjective: describes the noun

c

b

a

d

e

adjective

verb

subject

article

noun

Match the parts of speech to the sentence below:

Mario es un amigo gracioso.

• article (introduces/modified a noun)

• un

• subject

  (who is the sentence is about)

• gracisoso.

• noun

  (person, place, thing, idea)

• amigo

• adjective (describes a noun)

• es

• verb

  (action)

• Mario

Match the parts of speech to the sentence below:

Georgina es una estudiante estudiosa.

• adjective (describes a noun)

• estudiosa.

• noun

  (person, place, thing, idea)

• estudiante

• article (introduces/modified a noun)

• Georgina

• subject

  (who is the sentence is about)

• una

• verb

  (action)

• es

Arrange the following words to form a grammatically correct sentence in Spanish.

Jorge is not a serious boy.

a

b

c

d

e

f

no

Jorge

chico

es

un

serio

Arrange the following words to form a grammatically correct sentence in Spanish.

Ana is not a serious student.

a

b

c

d

e

f

estudiante

una

no

es

Ana

seria