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 Agreement of  nouns, adjectives and articles

Agreement of nouns, adjectives and articles

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World Languages

9th - 12th Grade

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24 Slides • 23 Questions

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Français I

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  1. The student can differentiate between masculine and feminine nouns, articles, and adjectives.
    2. The student can make nouns and adjectives agree.
    3.The student can make articles and nouns agree.

At the end of this lesson, the student can do the following:

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​Here is the link to your vocabulary list for this lesson:

https://quizlet.com/242175345/describing-myself-and-others-adjectives-flash-cards/?i=h236t&x=1jqt

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Une fille française

Gabrielle est française.
Elle est blonde.
Elle est belle.
Elle est de Paris.

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Un garçon français

Phillippe est français.
Il est blond.
Il est beau.
Il est de Lyon.

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Gabrielle

Phillippe

Gabrielle est française. Phillippe est français.
Elle est blonde. Il est blond.
Elle est belle. Il est beau.
Elle est de Paris. Il est de Lyon.

What are your observations about the words

that describe Gabrielle and Phillippe?

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Match

Match the following

a blond girl

a boy with brown hair

a tall girl

a beautiful girl

a handsome guy

blonde

brun

grande

belle

beau

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Based on the descriptions of
Gabrielle and Phillippe,which
adjectives below would describe a
girl? Which adjectives would
describe a boy?
(Note the cognates of English.)

Grande amusante

patient

Grand amusant

patiente

Petite americain

bleu

Petit americaine

bleue

Brun

intelligente

intéressant

Brune

intelligent intéressante

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According to your observations,
how does French differ from
English in regard to the
adjectives describing Gabrielle
and Phillippe?

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Agreement of Nouns

and Adjectives

French is a Romance language, which
is a language derived from Latin.
Other Romance languages are
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and
Romanian. In Romance languages
there is agreement between nouns
and adjectives.

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What is agreement?

In French,

agreement is gender, either masculine or
feminine.

Feminine nouns must have feminine forms of

adjectives.

Masculine nouns must have masculine

adjectives.

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Masculine and Feminine

Adjectives

Look at the spelling of the adjectives with
masculine nouns and with feminine nouns.

How are they different?

La fille est grande.
Le garçon est grand.

Le garçon est amusant.
La fille est amusante.

How are the spellings different?

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Gabrielle est française. Phillippe est français.
Elle est blonde. Il est blond.
Elle est belle. Il est beau.
Elle est de Paris. Il est de Lyon.

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How do most

adjectives change

from the masculine

to the feminine?

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Pronunciation

The pronunciation of some adjectives changes

when the the spelling is changed from the
masculine to the feminine.

Listen as your teacher pronounces the following

words:

Français

Française

Amusant

Amusante

Intelligent intelligente
Grand Grande
Petit Petite

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How did the pronunciation change?

The final consonant in the masculine

form of the adjective is silent.

When the e is added to make the

adjective feminine, the consonant is
no longer silent.

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Multiple Choice

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How do adjectives change when the gender of a noun changes?

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The sound/prononciation often changes.

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The spelling often changes.

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The letter e is often added or deleted.

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All the above

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Masculine or feminine?

Based on these sentences, what are the

words il and elle? Which is masculine? Which
is feminine?

Gabrielle est française. Phillippe est français.
Elle est blonde. Il est blond.
Elle est belle. Il est beau.
Elle est de Paris. Il est de Lyon.

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Masculine.............Feminine

​sérieux: serious -sérieuse(s)
furieux: angry- furieuse(s)

Some masculine adjectives end in
-x. (both singular and plural)

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Look at the agreement in the
following sentences:

1.Gabrielle est une amie de Phillippe.

2.Phillippe est un ami de Gabrielle.

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Singular indefinite articles

Une is feminine.
Un is masculine

Une and Un are singular, indefinite articles, like a and an in English. An indefinite article does not refer to a specific person,place, or thing.
une fille, une amie, un garçon, un ami

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Articles

Le and la are definite
articles, like the in English.
Le is masculine.
La is feminine.
L’ is used before a vowel.
Le, la, and l' are singular.
La fille, le garçon, l'amie. l'ami

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Match

Match the following

le

la

une

un

L'

masculine definite article

feminine definite article

feminine indefinite article

masculine indefinite article

definite article before a vowel

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Multiple Choice

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Moi, j'aime ___école!

1

le

2

la

3

un

4

l'

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Multiple Choice

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Je voudrais ____ pomme. (feminine)

1

une

2

un

3

le

4

l'

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Multiple Choice

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____ femme est vraiment belle.

1

Le

2

La

3

L'

4

Un

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Multiple Choice

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___homme est fort.

1

Le

2

La

3

L'

4

Une

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Multiple Choice

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____ chien est mechant!

1

Le

2

Une

3

La

4

L'

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Masculine or feminine?

In the following sentences which words are

masculine?

Which words are feminine?

1.Gabrielleest une amie de

Phillippe.

2.Phillippe est un ami de Gabrielle.

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Décris cette fille.

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Décris ce garçon:

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Multiple Choice

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La prof de français est ____.

1

américain

2

français

3

mexicain

4

française

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Multiple Choice

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Cendrillon porte une robe ___.

1

bleue

2

bleu

3

vert

4

blanc

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Multiple Choice

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Il est élève___.

1

curieuse

2

curieux

3

intelligente

4

forte

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Multiple Choice

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Elle est___.

1

blond

2

blonde

3

brune

4

brun

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Multiple Choice

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Elle n'est pas grande ou petite; elle est de taille___.

1

gros

2

moyenne

3

moyen

4

grand

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Multiple Choice

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Sara est très ___.

1

nerveuse

2

impatient

3

nerveux

4

fort

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Multiple Choice

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Pierre est ___.

1

intellectuel

2

intellectuelle

3

sérieuse

4

grosse

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Multiple Choice

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Ta famille a une ___voiture.

1

nouvelle

2

grand

3

nouveau

4

petit

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Multiple Choice

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Cendrillon a une belle-mère ___.

1

gentil

2

mauvais

3

petit

4

mauvaise

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Multiple Choice

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Wilma fait un pull ___.

1

gris

2

belle

3

grise

4

gros

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Multiple Choice

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Le petit garçon est ___.

1

naif

2

naïve

3

jolie

4

mauvaise

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Multiple Choice

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Elle est __.

1

heureux

2

heureuse

3

joyeux

4

naif

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Multiple Choice

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Voilà un ours! Il est ____.

1

gros

2

grosse

3

gentille

4

naîve

5

brune

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Multiple Choice

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L'homme est ___

1

sérieuse

2

belle

3

sérieux

4

jolie

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Multiple Choice

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La mère est ___ de ses enfants!

1

fière

2

fier

3

furieux

4

laid

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