Les phrases

Les adjectifs

Aujourd'hui nous allons faire:

Les phrases

a. What does a complete need?

b. How does this fit into our unit?

c. Practice makes perfect.

What's in a sentence?

• A subject (je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles)

• A verb (porter - CONJUGATED)

• Adjective

Multiple Choice

Steve porte les chaussures rouges.

WHAT IS THE SUBJECT?

• Il

• Elle

• Steve

• porte

Multiple Choice

Steve porte les chaussures rouges.

WHAT IS THE VERB?

• Steve

• porte

• les

• chaussures

Steve porte les chaussures rouges.

Notice the following:

1. Steve is our subject and it's first in the sentence.

2. Porte is our verb and it follows the subject directly.

Fill in the Blank

Put these words in order:

portent, ils, un, chandail, gris

Order MATTERS

Think of most sentences you are going to be doing as:

1. Subject

2. Verb

3. Vocabulary

4. colour

Multiple Select

Which is the correct order for these words:

Elles, portent, les chaussettes, mignonnes

• Elles mignonnes chaussettes portent

• Elles portent les chaussettes mignonnes

Les adjectifs

• Colours: go AFTER your noun

• Beauty, Age, Numbers, Size, and Goodness: go BEFORE the noun

Multiple Select

Select the colours:

• Bleu(e)

• Gris(e)

• Macron

• Croissant

Colours must match the noun

When you are describing an article of clothing you have to match it's gender and number.

Example: Il porte les chaussettes grises

Multiple Choice

Which colour goes with: un pantalon (masc)

• bleu

• verte

• brune

Multiple Choice

Which colour goes with: une jupe (fem)

• rouge

• bleu

• vert

BANGS adjectives

B-eauty: beau/belle, joli(e)

A-ge: jeune, vieille/vieux, nouveau/nouvelle

N-umber: autre, premiere, deuxieme

G-oodness: bon(ne), mauvais(e)

S-ize: petit(e), grand(e), gross(e)

Multiple Select

Which of these would be BANGS adjectives:

• moche

• joli(e)

• gross(e)

• court(e)

BANGS goes before noun

Any of the verbs from the B-A-N-G-S category go BEFORE your object

Example: Ils portent les jolies chaussettes

Multiple Choice

A pretty girl

• Une joli fille

• Une fille jolie

• Une jolie fille

Multiple Choice

A big sweater

• Un grand chandail

• Une grande chandail

• Un petit chandail

Multiple Choice

An old red dress

• Un vielle robe rouge

• Une vielle rouge robe

• Une vieux rouge robe

• Une vielle robe rouge

Multiple Choice

An ugly blue pair of shorts

• Un moche short

• Un short moche et bleu

• Un short bleu

Conclusion

You have your adjective sheet to reference but remember:

1. Colours go after your noun

2. BANGS adjectives go before

3. A sentence is like a puzzle that has specific pieces in a specific order.