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.

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.