Classroom Objects in Spanish: List and Sentences (with Audio)

The vocabulary for classroom objects in Spanish (los objetos de la clase) may be very useful at school and also in many other settings. In this lesson, you will read and listen to several examples using a list of classroom items. Besides, we will make use of the vocabulary and grammar structures we have covered in previous lessons such as colors, demonstrative adjectives, definite articles and the verbs SER and ESTAR. Let’s begin…

Vocabulary Introduction: A list of common classroom items in Spanish

First, we may refer to the things in classroom in Spanish as both “Los artículos del aula de clases” and “Los objetos de la clase“. Please take a look at this picture showing several of these items. We will see them in sentences later to hear their pronunciation and how they could be used in real contexts.

Hopefully you were able to recognize most of the items in the previous picture. We created the following video to help you learn more vocabulary on this topic. There are 26 different words for classroom objects in Spanish in the video, plus several examples of sentences. Take a look and learn a few extra words and phrases from it.

Making sentences with classroom objects in Spanish

Classroom items plus prepositions of place in Spanish

The first group of sentences will make use of prepositions of place(preposiciones de lugar) such as SOBRE (on), DEBAJO DE (under), ENCIMA DE (over), DENTRO DE (in or inside), FUERA DE (out or outside) y DETRÁS DE (behind). These prepositions were covered in a previous lesson, but as a reminder they are used along with the verb ESTAR in its forms ESTÁ (one object) and ESTÁN (several objects), just like in these three examples:

• “El libro está debajo de la silla“. (The book is under the chair.)
• “Los estudiantes están dentro del aula.” (The students are inside the classroom.)
• “Mi escritorio está frente a la pizarra.” (My desk is opposite to the whiteboard.)

We will also see demonstrative adjectives like ESE, ESA and so on in use as well as definite articles(EL, LA…) before many of these items. Read and listen to the following examples of sentences using a list of classroom objects in Spanish:

Classroom objects in Spanish plus the verb SER and colors

The second group of sentences with classroom items in Spanish will use colors and the verb SER.  “Los colores” a special type of adjectives and they are always placed after the object (noun) we are describing. We do not say Un rosado borrador meaning a pink eraser, but Un borrador rosado. Now, the tricky part with colors is that they change their gender (feminine, masculine) and number (singular, plural) depending on the item or items they are describing, for example, REGLA is a feminine, singular noun so we would need a color that matches that gender and number like ROJA or VERDE so we can something like “Una regla roja”. This image below shows some sentences with colors and other useful verbs in the classroom:

If you want to talk about several classroom objects as in “three rulers”, then you should say “Tres reglas rojas” with the color and object in plural form. Colors are often placed directly after the noun they describe or after a form of the verb SER, commonly ES and SON. These two forms can also be used with adjectives to tell more about objects, for example: “viejo”(old), “nuevo”(new) and so on. Here are some more sentences using another list of classroom items in Spanish:

Listening Activity: ¡Alistándose para ir a la escuela!

Key expressions in the conversation:

• “Tengo que llevarte a…” means “I have to take you to…”
• “¡Gracias por ayudarme!” means “Thanks for helping me!”

Related Spanish Worksheets:

• Classroom Objects in Spanish – PDF Worksheet
• The Classroom in Spanish – PDF Worksheet