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Mastering Adjective Agreement in French Activities

Learn how adjectives agree with nouns in French with examples and exercises. Understand gender and number distinctions in adjectives. This lesson covers regular and irregular adjective forms.

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Mastering Adjective Agreement in French Activities

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  1. The agreement of adjectives This icon indicates the slide contains activities created in Flash. These activities are not editable. This icon indicates that the slide contains sound. For more detailed instructions, see the User Guide presentation.

  2. The agreement of adjectives 1

  3. The agreement of adjectives 2 Un serpent vert Une tortue verte Adjectives are describing words. Adjectives can describe shape, colour, size, and many other things about a noun. In English they never change, but in French they change depending on the gender of the noun they are describing. Look at the following pictures and text. Which word is the adjective in each case? What do you think it means? Can you see how it changes depending on the gender?

  4. The agreement of adjectives 3 Most adjectives add an e when describing a feminine noun… Le chapeauest petit. Lajupe est petite. … & add an es when describing a plural feminine noun: … add an s when describing a plural masculine noun: Les chapeauxsont petits. Les jupes sont petites. This rule applies to adjectives that end in most consonants as well as those that end with é.

  5. The agreement of adjectives 4 When the adjective ends in e, there is no differencebetween the masculine and feminine forms… Le pantalonest rouge. Larobe est rouge. … but you need to add an sfor the plural forms. Lespantalonssont rouges. Lesrobe sont rouges.

  6. The agreement of adjectives 5 When the adjective ends in s orx, there is no differencebetween the masculine singular and masculine plural forms… Le garçonest gros. Lesgarçonssont gros.

  7. Irregular adjectival endings 1 Adjectives with these endings change as shown.

  8. Irregular adjectival endings 2 There are quite a few French adjectives which have irregular feminine and/or plural forms, and a special form when placed in front of a masculine noun that begins with a vowel or a mute h.

  9. Irregular adjectival endings 2 cool marron super chic cerise noisette orange There are some French adjectives which do not agree. Here are some examples:

  10. Describing things 1 A mon avis… … ce débardeur est cool. … cette écharpe est élégante. … ces chaussures sont jolies. … ce gilet est démodé. … cette chemise est nulle. … ce pull est moche.

  11. Describing things 2 Que pensez-vous de ces vêtements? ce… cet… cette… ces… est sont nul(le)(s) élégant(e)(s) moche(s) cool démodé(e)(s) joli(e)(s) beau(x)/belle(s) Je pense que À mon avis

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