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Fire at the zoo! Plural adjectives

I can confidently use masculine plural nouns and plural adjectives to describe a day in the life of a journalist.

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Fire at the zoo! Plural adjectives

I can confidently use masculine plural nouns and plural adjectives to describe a day in the life of a journalist.

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Key learning points

  1. To make masculine nouns ending -eu/eau plural, add -x and change nouns ending -al/ail to -aux.
  2. To make most adjectives plural, add -s, which makes no difference to pronunciation, as 's' is a Silent Final Consonant.
  3. Masculine plural adjectives ending -eux don’t change, adjectives ending -al change to aux in the masculine form.
  4. The feminine versions of -euse adjectives are regular, just add -s, which is silent.
  5. Use grammatical context clues, familiar vocabulary and cognates to read longer French texts, including articles.

Keywords

  • Adjective - word that gives information about a noun

  • Masculine form - form of an adjective that describes a boy, man or masculine noun

Common misconception

Add -s to all adjectives in the plural form.

Most adjectives do need an 's' in the plural form, but there are exceptions. Masculine adjectives ending -eux don't change at all and those ending -al change to -aux in the plural form. The feminine plural versions of these adjectives are regular.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following are 'nouns'?
Correct answer: la forêt
devenir
Correct answer: la montagne
emporter
sortir
Q2.
Match the meaning
Correct Answer:s'il te plait,please (informal)
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please (informal)

Correct Answer:voyager,to travel
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to travel

Correct Answer:proposer,to suggest
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to suggest

Correct Answer:seul,alone
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alone

Q3.
Which of these words are plural?
Correct answer: femmes
femme
article
Correct answer: articles
Q4.
Put this sentence in order.
1 - il y avait
2 - un
3 - chien
4 - dans
5 - le parc
Q5.
Which is the correct number to fill the gap, 'un' or 'deux'? J'ai chevaux.
Correct Answer: deux, 2
Q6.
If you are talking to an adult, such as a teacher, what is the correct way to say 'please'?
Correct Answer: s'il vous plait, s'il vous plaît

5 Questions

Q1.
Match the French and the English.
Correct Answer:feu,fire
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fire

Correct Answer:hôpital,hospital
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hospital

Correct Answer:journal,newspaper
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newspaper

Correct Answer:oiseau,bird
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bird

Q2.
Match the nouns with the most likely adjective
Correct Answer:réseau,social
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social

Correct Answer:journaux,locaux
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locaux

Correct Answer:oiseaux,orientaux
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orientaux

Q3.
Which of these are correct plural forms?
chevals
Correct answer: choses
Correct answer: chevaux
feus
Correct answer: feux
Q4.
What is the plural form of the masculine adjective 'heureux'?
Correct Answer: heureux
Q5.
What is the feminine plural form of the adjective 'heureuse' ?
Correct Answer: heureuses

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