Short exercises to practice adjective agreement
Your Essential Guide to Spanish Grammar: Starting from Scratch: Short exercises to practice adjective agreement
Here are some short exercises to practice adjective agreement in various languages:
- English:
- Choose between much or many (e.g., “We saw _____ animals at the zoo”).
- Decide between a little or a few (e.g., “Can you please buy _______ apples”).
- Form adjectives from nouns and verbs (e.g., water → watery, walk → walking).
- Identify superlative, comparative, and absolute adjectives in sentences.
- Practice correct order of adjectives before a noun. These exercises focus on adjective quantity, form, and placement. 2, 9
- German:
- Fill in the correct adjective endings matching gender and case (e.g., “Die schöne Frau spricht mit …”).
- Practice with compound adjectives formed by combining words with hyphens (e.g., a ten-minute walk).
- Exercises include matching, completing sentences, describing nouns, and forming compound adjectives. These target adjective endings that agree with gender, number, and case. 1, 3, 5
- French:
- Fill in adjectives with the correct gender and number endings.
- Practice exceptions like “beau” → “belle” or “vieux” → “vieille”.
- Quizzes on adjective agreement in gender and number in various sentences.
- Exercises include common spelling shifts (e.g., -if → -ive, -eur → -euse). These exercises reinforce adjective gender, number agreement, and common irregularities. 8
- Spanish:
- Fill-in-the-blank exercises focusing on noun-adjective agreement in gender and number.
- Multiple-choice practice to reinforce adjective agreement and verb conjugations when describing people. These focus on ensuring adjectives match the noun they describe in gender and number. 10, 13
If you want, specific example exercises for any one language can be provided. These cover short, quick practice formats for adjective agreement rules based on the language.
Would you prefer exercises for one particular language or a mix?