7C French assignment#4

7C French adjectives

Bonjour Classe,

Last week, we focused on demonstrative adjectives and I'm pleased to say that the majority of you have understood how to use them properly. As we know, In French, gender (masculine and feminine) and number (singular or plural) are both very important to how we use adjectives. This week we are focusing on descriptive adjectives. Knowing how to use these is very important in speaking and writing French properly. You will also be given a task in the coming weeks that will require you to use descriptive adjectives so please make sure to read and complete the assignment carefully.

***Before you do the assignment, please watch the video linked below to help you understand one of the key differences between adjectives in English and French. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1RUF472SFY

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Merci,

Mme

Assignment#4

LES ADJECTIFS

An adjective is used to describe a noun. There are some important differences to note in how we use adjectives in English and French. Read below carefully!

• In French, adjectives must agree with the noun in gender (masculine/feminine) and number(singular/plural).
• In French, most adjectives are placed after the noun whereas in English, they are always in front of the noun. 

Ex. J’aime ce film intéressant.  

Ex. Elle a les yeux bruns.  (Colours always go after the noun in French)

• In French, only certain adjectives go before the noun.  Usually, these adjectives are associated with goodness, size,beauty and age.Please note  the adjectives that have a * in the chart below go beforethe noun and are also highlighted.

 Ex. C’est un bon film! 

Ex. Elle est une jeune actrice. 

***In English, all nouns go before the noun making this an important difference we must pay attention to when speaking and writing in French.

Part 1: Look at the different groups of French adjectives below and follow the instructions and examples to change them according to the gender and number of the noun given in each column..

A.              Add an « e » to make the adjective feminine. Add an « s » to make the adjective plural. 

L’anglais	Masculine	Féminin	Masculin/pluriel	Feminin/pluriel
Happy	Content	Contente	Contents	Contentes
Strong				fortes
interesting		Intéressante
*pretty	Joli
intelligent			intelligents
angry	fâché
tired				fatiguées
*bad		mauvaise
brown			bruns
*big/tall		grande
*small/short			petits

B.   Double the last consonant and add « e » to make the adjective feminine. Add « s » for the plural form. 

L’anglais	Masculine	Féminin	Masculin/pluriel	Feminin/pluriel
*Good	bon	bonne	bons	bonnes
Canadian		Canadienne
*nice				gentilles
punctual	ponctuel
purple	violet

C.    Change the « x » to « se » to make the adjective feminine. There is no change in between the masculine singular and plural. Add an « s » if plural. 

L’anglais	Masculine	Féminin	Masculin/pluriel	Feminin/pluriel
Happy	heureux	heureuse	heureux	heureuses
nervous	nerveux
serious		sérieuse
delicious	délicieux
curious				curieuses

D.   Change the « f » to « ve ». Add « s » to form the plural. 

L’anglais	Masculine	Féminin	Masculin/pluriel	Feminin/pluriel
Athletic	sportif	sportive	sportifs	sportives
aggressive	agressif
active			actifs
lively		vive

E. These adjectives end in « e ». There is no change between the masculine and the feminine. Add « s » for the plural

L’anglais	Masculine	Féminin	Masculin/pluriel	Feminin/pluriel
Shy	timide	timide	timides	timides
*young	jeune
yellow	jaune
honest	honnête
easy		facile
difficult				difficiles

F. These adjectives are irregular. There is no pattern to change them! Nothing to do here but read and become familiar with them.

L’anglais	Masculine	Féminin	Masculin/pluriel	Feminin/pluriel
*old	vieux	vieille	vieux	vieilles
*new	nouveau	nouvelle	nouveaux	nouvelles
*handsome/beautiful	beau	belle	beaux	belles
*long	long	longue	longs	longues
white	blanc	blanche	blancs	blanches

Part 2: Now, write 10 sentences in French using adjectives from this page. 5 must be with adjectives that go before the noun and 5 must be with adjectives that go after the noun. Please underline the noun in each of your sentences. Also, make sure your adjective agrees with the gender and number of the noun.  

Examples : 

Regarde cette belle photo! (Before the noun)

Elle est une fille sportive.    (After the noun)

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