Definite And Indefinite Articles

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Definite and Indefinite Articles

Apertura/ Opening Instrucciones: Write your answer to the question on the screen. Then, turn to one partner sitting next to you and tell him/her your answer. Write your partner’s answer in the space below. My answer My partner’s answer

Apuntes/ Notes A ____________________________ in English is the word “_____________”. In Spanish there are 2 words for _______________ ______________ (feminine) ______________ (masculine) We use __________________ articles when we want to talk about something SPECIFIC--when you have one thing in mind. Example: “Michael, will you loan me the pencil?” I CLEARLY want the one he is writing with right now. An ______________________ article in English are the words “___________” or “______________”. In Spanish the ____________________ articles are: ______________ (feminine) ______________ (masculine) We use ____________________ articles when are not talking about something specific. Example: Asia says, “I need a dress for prom.” She does not have a specific dress in mind. Yet. Almost always, nouns that end in “_____” will use _______ or ________ in front of them. Almost always, nouns that end in “_______” will use _______ or ______ in front of them. Página diez 10

Nombre: Periodo: Fecha: Estaciones/ Stations Instrucciones: Walk to the 5 stations and write down the article that describes the noun that you see innn Spanish. Any of articles we just learned could be an answer. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Práctica independiente/ Independent Practice Instrucciones: Look at the following pictures/words in Spanish. 1. Decide if it is asking you to use a definite (the) or indefinite (a/an) article. 2. Decide if the noun (the word or the thing represented by the picture) is masculine or feminine. 3. Select the correct article and write it on the line. EXAMPLE __el___ the chico 1. It wanted me to write “the” which is a definite article 2. “chico” is masculine and so I have to pick the masculine definite article 3. “el” is the masculine definite article 1. ____________ the /

2. ____________ a / zapato

chica

(shoe)

3. ____________ the / libro (book)

4. ____________ an / hoja de papel 5. ____________ the / amiga

(friend)

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