Quick check
Tap a Spanish word, then its English partner
Three verbs, three jobs
English uses "is" and "has" loosely. The instructor's sheet splits description into three columns and the exam follows it.
ser for the whole person: es alta, es delgada, es rubia, es joven.
tener for parts: tiene el pelo rizado, tiene los ojos verdes, tiene la nariz pequena.
llevar for what is worn or carried: lleva una camiseta, lleva gafas, lleva coleta.
The trap: hair and eyes take el and los, not su. Tiene el pelo largo, never tiene su pelo largo.
Every adjective has to pick a gender
Describing a woman turns every -o into an -a: alto to alta, moreno to morena, hablador to habladora.
Adjectives already ending in -e or a consonant do not move: agradable, joven, fuerte.
The trap: the three speakers in Contactos are all women, so every adjective in that text is feminine. Copying a sentence about Isabel onto a man means changing every ending in it.
muy, bastante, un poco
The three sizes the class uses on a character adjective:
muy sociable · bastante activa · un poco timida.
Un poco softens something negative, which is why Maria says al principio soy un poco timida, shy at first.
The trap: it is un poco before an adjective, not poco on its own. Poco alone goes with nouns: poco ambiente.