Describe a person or thing: regular gender adjective agreement
Learning outcomes
I can form feminine adjectives by adding an 'e'.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [a] and I can recognise when a final consonant is silent.
Describe a person or thing: regular gender adjective agreement
Learning outcomes
I can form feminine adjectives by adding an 'e'.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [a] and I can recognise when a final consonant is silent.
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Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- When an adjective describes a woman or girl, its spelling and sound can change. This is called the feminine form.
- The most common change is to add an 'e' to the adjective to make the feminine form.
- Adding 'e' to an adjective can change the pronunciation. An 'e' following a consonant means we do hear the consonant.
- Useful adjectives are anglais (English), français (French), grand (tall), petit (short). We add 'e' for feminine forms.
- [a] sounds like 'animal'.
Keywords
[a] - as pronounced in animal
Adjective - a word that gives information about a noun
Masculine form - the form of an adjective that describes a male or masculine noun
Feminine form - the form of an adjective that describes a female or feminine noun
Common misconception
Adjectives in French have only one form that can be used to describe any noun, like English.
In French, adjectives may change their spelling and/or sound when describing a woman, girl or feminine noun. This is called the feminine form.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
bonjour
au revoir
grand
petit
anglais
français
Exit quiz
6 Questions
English (masculine form)
tall (feminine form)
French (feminine form)
short (masculine form)
French (masculine form)
English (feminine form)