Belongings: adjective position after nouns and the alphabet | French

Starter quiz

Which word means expensive?
- cher / chère ✓
- grand / grande
- moderne
- écrire
- petit / petite
Match these French words to their English translations.
- un livre
  
  ⇔
  
  a book ✓
- un ordinateur
  
  ⇔
  
  a computer ✓
- un vélo
  
  ⇔
  
  a bike, bicycle ✓
- une voiture
  
  ⇔
  
  a car ✓
- voici
  
  ⇔
  
  here is ✓
What does the verb 'écouter' mean?
- to listen, listening ✓
- to read, reading
- to speak, speaking
- to write, writing
To ask a 'do you have' question, we need to use our intonation and the phrase ...
- 'il a'.
- 'il est'.
- 'tu as'. ✓
- 'tu es'.
Which word helps us to remember the [u] sound?
- 'tu' ✓
Often, ______ have two different spellings, a masculine and feminine version, like 'petit' and 'petite'.
- 'adjectives' ✓

Which of these French greetings helps us to practise the [ou] sound?
- au revoir
- bonjour ✓
- salut
How do you say 'How do you spell that?' in French?
- C'est qui?
- Comment ça s'écrit? ✓
- Tu es comment?
Match these French phrases to their English translations.
- une chose rapide
  
  ⇔
  
  a fast thing ✓
- un ordinateur rapide
  
  ⇔
  
  a fast computer ✓
- un vélo rapide
  
  ⇔
  
  a fast bike ✓
- une voiture rapide
  
  ⇔
  
  a fast car ✓
Identify the sentences with the correct French word order.
- J'ai un rapide cheval.
- J'ai une idéé intelligente. ✓
- J'ai une règle moderne. ✓
- J'ai un cher vélo.
Where do adjectives usually come in relation to the noun they are describing?
- 'after' ✓
Sort the words below into the correct order to make the sentence 'she has a fast computer' in French.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  elle
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  a
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  un
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  ordinateur
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  rapide

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Use 'je suis' for 'I am', 'tu es' for 'you are', 'il est' for 'he is' and 'elle est' for 'she is'.
Use 'j'ai' for 'I have', 'tu as' for 'you have', 'il a' for 'he has' and 'elle a' for 'she has'.
In French, adjectives normally come after the noun, e.g., 'un ordinateur cher'.
An 'e' is added to many adjectives to form the feminine adjective, but not if the adjective already ends in -e.
[ou] sounds like 'nous'.

Adjectives usually come before the noun they are describing like in English.

Adjectives in French usually come after the noun they are describing.