Capítulo 3-Grammar
Interactive
Textbook Activities
Telling Time
-When telling time the verb ser is used(Forms es & son)
-The definite articles la and las
are used
-What time is
it?=¿Qué hora es?
-At what time is
it?=¿A qué hora es?
-Noon=Es mediodía
-Midnight=Es medianoche
-Right Side
Formula(Minutes 0-30)
Es/Son + la/las+ Hour+y+minutes after
7:10-Son las siete y diez
7:20-Son las siete y veinte
1:05-Es la una y cinco
**When telling time you do
not say**
15-quince-instead you say cuarto
30-treinta-instead you say media
45-cuarenta y cinco-instead
you say cuarto
-Left Side Formula(Minutes
31-59)
Es/Son+la/las+Hour Plus 1+Menos+minutes till
5:40-Son las seis menos veinte
11:50-Son las doce menos diez
** 5:15-Son las cinco y cuarto **
11:30-Son las once y media
8:45-Son las nueve menos cuarto
** To say “At a
time-You say A la/las instead of Es
la/las **
Possession
-There are 2 different ways
to show possession in Spanish
Using the Possessive
Adjectives
Using the word De(of, from)
Exs. los
carteles de Julia
Julia’s
posters
las
carpetas de Pedro
Pedro’s folders
Adjectives
-are listed in the masculine
singular form in a dictionary or
glossary
-must agree in number & gender with the noun that they modify
-most adjectives come after the noun but some come before the noun
-adjectives that end in an e can either end in e(m.&fem. sing.) or es(m.pl. &
fem. pl.)
-adjectives that end in an o can end in an o(m.sing.), a(fem. sing.),
os(m.pl.),
or as(fem. pl.)
-adjectives that end in a consonant can either end in a consonant(m.sing. & fem.
sing.) or a consonant + es(m.pl. & fem. pl.)
Exs. las
chicas bonitas(all are feminine plural)
los chicos guapos(all are
masculine plural)
el libro grande(all masculine
singular)
la carpeta roja(all are feminine
singular)
Asking Questions
-one way of asking a question
is by adding ¿no? or
¿verdad? To the end of a
sentence
Exs. El examen es difícil, ¿no?
Isn’t it? Right?
Te gustan los tacos, ¿verdad?
Don’t you? Right?