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What is a noun?
If we were to describe a person, we
❏ A person may say “a smart boy.” Today, we
❏ A place are going to learn how to add
❏ A thing adjectives to nouns in French!
Adjectives in English
In English, we put adjectives before the noun they are
describing.
Let’s practice!
How do you think we would say… Un citrouille orange
“A white ghost”
sportive
intelligente/intelligent
sportif
Before we begin, let’s review!
NOUN
An adjective is a descriptive word we use to describe a ______.
* Remember, in
What is a noun?
French the adjective
A person
❏
used to describe the
noun is placed
❏ A place AFTER the noun.
❏ A thing
What is one unique word we may use to describe each photo?
Ex: une ville bruyante.
A _____ city.
A _____ crayon.
A _____ boy.
Ex: un garcon intelligent.
For example, we may say “Il est intelligent” (He is smart) or “Elle est intelligente”
(She is smart).
Notice how we added an ‘e’ when talking about a girl. Depending on the
adjective, we add certain letters to make the adjective feminine.
Petit →
Grand →
Let’s practice! Fatigué →
What would the feminine
adjective be for the French
Bleu →
adjectives listed here?
Joli →
Activité: Comment décris-tu? - Name Bingo
For the next 10 minutes, you will circulate the class and ask your peers how they
would describe themselves.
I have provided the English definition below each adjective to help you.
For example, we may say “Il a un grand chien” (He has a big dog) or “Il a des
grands chiens” (He has big dogs).
Notice how we added an ‘s’ to both the adjective and the noun when
talking about more than one dog? Depending on the adjective, we must
add certain letters to make the
adjective plural.
Please copy
down this chart:
This chart provides some
good examples of
adjectives we may use to
describe a masculine,
feminine, singular, or
plural noun.
Complete the exercise booklet I have
created for you.
· Beauty
· Age
· Number
· Goodness
· Size
Un vieil homme (an old man) - age here comes before the noun
* Don’t forget when to place the adjective before the noun ('BANGS'), and that
otherwise, we place it after the noun.