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What you are like: singular regular adjective agreement

Learning outcomes

I can use 'être' with adjectives to make simple statements about myself and questions about others.

I can distinguish between [an/en] and other sounds [a] [e] and [ain].

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What you are like: singular regular adjective agreement

Learning outcomes

I can use 'être' with adjectives to make simple statements about myself and questions about others.

I can distinguish between [an/en] and other sounds [a] [e] and [ain].

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Key learning points

  1. The sound-symbol correspondence [an/en] can be contrasted for practice with [a], [e] and [ain].
  2. Adjectives often add -e to describe a female person; adjectives already ending in -e do not change.
  3. 'Je suis', 'tu es' and 'elle, il est' are all parts of the verb 'être' to be, being.

Keywords

  • [an/en] - pronounced as in 'enfant'

  • Être - verb meaning 'to be', being

  • Tu es - meaning 'you are' for one person

  • Adjective agreement - a change in adjective ending, for example, adding an -e to describe a woman or a girl

Common misconception

French adjectives never change form.

French adjectives do change; this is called adjective agreement. One change is to match the gender of the person described.


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6 Questions

Q1.
What SSCs are there in the word 'enfant'?
[a]
Correct answer: [an]
[e]
Correct answer: [en]
[i]
Q2.
Which word matches this picture?
An image in a quiz
grand
Correct answer: petit
content
triste
anglais
Q3.
Match the French and the English.
Correct Answer:grand,tall
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tall

Correct Answer:content,pleased
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pleased

Correct Answer:anglais,English
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English

Correct Answer:français,French
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French

Correct Answer:triste,sad
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sad

Q4.
How do you say: You are tall.
Correct Answer: Tu es grand., Tu es grand
Q5.
Which of the following means 'I am'?
Correct answer: Je suis
Tu es
Il est
Elle est
Q6.
Which of the following sentences is written about a girl?
Il est présent.
Correct answer: Elle est présente.
Correct answer: Elle est absente.
Il est absent.
Correct answer: Je suis présente.

6 Questions

Q1.
Which names have the [an/en] sound?
Correct answer: André
Gabin
Alain
Correct answer: Henri
Correct answer: Nathan
Q2.
Pierre is talking about himself, true or false? Tu es français.
Correct Answer: False, wrong, no
Q3.
Where is Haiti?
An image in a quiz
Europe
Correct answer: Caribbean
Asia
Africa
Q4.
Who is Pierre talking to? 'Tu es contente.'
Correct answer: Clémentine
Jean-Michel
Yves
Q5.
Which of the following adjectives does not change in the feminine form?
content
Correct answer: calme
grand
Correct answer: triste
petit
Q6.
Translate: She is English
Correct Answer: Elle est anglaise., Elle est anglaise

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