Definite articles Family - Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish, Second Edition (2015)

Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish, Second Edition (2015)

Part I

1. Definite articles Family

Definite articles

NOTA BUENA The definite article is used much more frequently in Spanish than in English, for example, Jorge lava los platos George washes dishes.

Traducción simple (Simple translation)

La familia (The family) Match the famous persons named on the left with the correct family relationship on the right. Some of those named are actual persons; others are fictional characters.

Traducción (Translation)

  1. My uncle is the brother of my mother. _______________________________________________
  2. Your mother is my cousin. _______________________________________________
  3. My grandfather is your uncle. _______________________________________________
  4. Your grandmother is from China. _______________________________________________
  5. My family is from Boston. _______________________________________________
  6. Your sister is my aunt. _______________________________________________
  7. My father is the cousin of your uncle. _______________________________________________
  8. Your mom is the aunt of my daughter. _______________________________________________

Hechos divertidos (Fun facts)

Las celebridades (Celebrities)

♦ La actriz Julia Roberts es la tía de la actriz Emma Roberts.

♦ Nicolas Cage (el actor) es el sobrino de Francis Ford Coppola (el director).

♦ Colin Hanks es el hijo de Tom Hanks.

♦ Rumer Willis es la hija de Demi Moore y Bruce Willis.

♦ La actriz Melissa McCarthy es la prima de la actriz Jenny McCarthy.

♦ Mark Wahlberg (el actor, productor, modelo y ex-rapper) es el hermano de Donnie Wahlberg (el actor, cantante y productor).

♦ El actor Ben Stiller es el hijo de los cómicos Jerry Stiller y Anne Meara.