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Short exercise about adjective-noun-article concurrence (this is not a gender-free exercise cause Italian grammar is still very related to genders and there are occasions in which is hard to find a gender-free way of writing). Make your choice and check it under the keep reading link (+ some rules). I divided it into singular and plural versions.

(Don't scroll too much further if you have the "expand" thing on. The questions are 7)

1. the younger sister/s A. la sorella minora B. la sorella minore C. la sorella minori

D. le sorella minore E. le sorelle minori F. le sorelle minore

2. the big dog/s A. il cane grande B. lo cane grando C. lo cane grande D. i cani grandi E. li cani grandi F. i cani grande

3. the big rock/s A. il sasso grossi B. lo sasso grosso C. il sasso grosso

D. i sassi grossi E. li sassi grosso F. i sasso grossi

4. the small egg/s A. la uova piccola B. l'uovo piccolo C. lo uova piccolo D. lo uovo piccolo

E. le uova piccole F. le uove piccole G. li uovi piccoli H. i uovi piccoli

5. the broken arm/s (human body) A. il braccio rotto B. la braccia rotta C. lo braccio rotto

D. le braccie rotte E. i bracci rotti F. le braccia rotte

6. the green field/s A. lo campo verde B. il campo verde C. il campo verdo

D. li campi verdi E. i campi verdi F. il campo verdi

7. the black piano/s A. le pianoforte nere B. il pianoforte nere C. il pianoforte nero

D. i pianiforte nero E. li pianoforte neri F. i pianoforti neri

Thanks tumblr for adding the "expand" thing: so very useless if it removes the keep reading link as well. So I basically have to make this longer? Okay.

Pianoforte is one of the few composed nouns that acts as a normal noun (changes the final vowel when it turns plural)

Egg: the weirdo noun. It's masculine when singular (L'uovo) but it turns feminine when it's plural (LE uova). One more problem: the article. Remember that the plural is so even if you have the noun ending in -a. I wrote a post already about it if you want to get more into details. Similar things happens with il braccio and le braccia. I added "human body" cause, "braccio" can also be a mechanic one (of a crane, e.g.). In this case, the plural stays at the masculine: i bracci. Again, I go more in detail in an older post.

Some articles, as "grande", "maggiore and "minore", have only singular and plural. They have no change in genre, no matter the subject: e.g. mia sorella minore, mio fratello minore; le mie sorelle minori, i miei fratelli minori.

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