être with masculine and feminine adjectives

être with masculine and feminine adjectives

By Mary Ann Espedido

​Masculine	Feminine
​Le livre est bleu	La gomme est bleue
​Le vélo est vert	La maison est verte
​Le garçon est petit	La fille est petite
​Marc est grand	Mary est grande

​When using adjectives to describe objects or people, the spelling of the adjective often changes if the what is being described is Masculine or Feminine.

Open Ended

Most adjectives are spelled differently, based on

the OBJECT or PERSON being Masculine or Feminine

(French is an old traditional language and is still binary)

There are rules with certain adjectives. If there is no 'e' at the end of an

adjective, add an 'e' when the object or person is feminine.

How would you write the feminine form of noir ?

Multiple Choice

Elle est________(strong)

• fort

• forte

• forts

• fortes

Multiple Choice

Both adjectives are correct.

Which adjective is used when describing a feminine object?

• bleu

• bleue

Multiple Choice

Paul est_________ (different)

• differente

• differents

• different

• differents

Multiple Choice

Both adjectives are correct.

Which adjective is used when describing a feminine object?

• violette

• violet

Multiple Choice

Both adjectives are correct.

Which adjective is used when describing a masculine object?

• Blanc

• Blanche

Multiple Choice

Both adjectives are correct.

Which adjective is used when describing a masculine object?

• vert

• verte

Masculine adjectives that end in an 'e', are not changed​ in the feminine form.

​le stylo est orange la guitare est orange

​

le papier est jaune la maison est jaune​

​Examples

​Masculine adjective	​Feminine adjective
​sportif	​sportive
​actif	​active
​créatif	créative​
​aggressif	​aggressive

​Some adjectives use completely different letters when the gender of an object or person is described.

(fem) ​La mère est active.

(msc) Le garçon est actif.

​

​(msc) Le poèm est créatif

(fem) La​ photo est crétive

Open Ended

From the previous slide, what rule can you write for

feminine adjectives, when the matching masculine adjectives ends in 'f '?

Multiple Choice

What is the feminine form of the following adjective?

décoratif

• décorative

• décoratife

• décorativ

Multiple Choice

What is the masculine form of the following adjective?

instinctive

• Instictife

• instinctif

• instinctiv

Open Ended

Choose which object or person would use the French adjective

Interessant

la prof , le prof, le père, la mère, le

​Which list of words would you use if this little girl was being described. A or B?

​A	​B
​ petit intelligent actif gentil sportif	​petite intelligente active gentille sportive

Draw

Dessinez un grand chien et une petite maison.