Algún / ningún 2

Spanish grammar exercise on algún and ningún. A more challenging set of sentences. Intermediate level.

📚 Quick grammar review

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Alguno after a noun — emphatic negative — Placing alguno/a after a noun in a negative sentence creates a stronger, more emphatic negation than ninguno: No tengo duda alguna (I have absolutely no doubt). This is more formal and literary but worth recognising.

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Algunos/as — some, a few (plural) — Algunos and algunas in the plural mean "some" or "a few" and work like any plural adjective: Algunas personas llegaron tarde. Tengo algunos amigos en Madrid. There is no plural of ninguno in normal usage.

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Ninguno/a replacing a noun — As a pronoun (replacing a noun already mentioned), ninguno/a stands alone: ¿Cuál te gusta? — Ninguno. It still agrees in gender with the noun it replaces: ¿Tienes hermanas? — Ninguna.

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Complete each translation with the correct (in agreement) version of either ALGÚN or NINGÚN.
Example: Some kids were playing in the street. → Algunos niños jugaban en la calle.

1. Some people always lie. → personas siempre mienten.✓

2. I'm not going anywhere. → No voy a sitio.✓

3. I listened to the album, but no song impressed me. → Escuché el disco, pero canción me impresionó.✓

4. Some magazines are interesting. → revistas son interestantes.✓

5. There is no other way. → No hay otra manera.✓

6. Some little girl got lost in the supermarket. → < niña se perdió en el supermercado.✓

7. He doesn't like any kind of music. → A él no le gusta típo de música.✓

8. They went to some restaurant. → Fueron a restaurante.✓

9. She told me something. → Me dijó cosa.✓

10. Some men were asking about you. → hombres preguntaban por ti.✓

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