Belongings: possessive adjectives 'mon', 'ma', 'mes' and 'ton', 'ta', 'tes' | French

Starter quiz

Tick any of the phrases that contain liaison.
- les chats
- les enfants ✓
- les filles
- les ordinateurs ✓
- les voitures
Match the parts of the verb être (to be).
- je
  
  ⇔
  
  suis ✓
- tu
  
  ⇔
  
  es ✓
- il, elle
  
  ⇔
  
  est ✓
- nous
  
  ⇔
  
  sommes ✓
- vous
  
  ⇔
  
  êtes ✓
- ils, elles
  
  ⇔
  
  sont ✓
Tick any masculine, singular nouns.
- amie
- chambre
- lit ✓
- maison
- vélo ✓
What is 'yellow' in French?
- 'jaune' ✓
Order the sentence 'What are you doing at school today?'
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Tu
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  fais
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  quoi
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  à
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  l'école
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  aujourd'hui
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  ?
Translate 'there is a child here'.
- 'il y a un enfant ici' ✓

Exit quiz

Tick any of the sound spelling correspondences in the sentence 'Le garçon regarde la télé dans le salon'.
- e ✓
- é/er/ez ✓
- au
- ou
- on ✓
Match the definite articles to the nouns.
- le
  
  ⇔
  
  portable ✓
- la
  
  ⇔
  
  personne ✓
- les
  
  ⇔
  
  devoirs ✓
- l'
  
  ⇔
  
  animal ✓
Tick any phrases where you can use liaison.
- mon animal ✓
- ma voiture rouge
- mes parents
- ton frère
- tes enfants ✓
Use 'mon' to say 'my' for masculine singular nouns, 'ma' for feminine singular nouns and ______ for plural nouns.
- 'mes' ✓
Match the possessive adjectives and nouns.
- tes
  
  ⇔
  
  chiens ✓
- ton
  
  ⇔
  
  livre ✓
- ta
  
  ⇔
  
  chambre ✓
Order the translation for 'My sister and my friend are intelligent'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Ma
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  sœur
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  et
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  mon
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  amie
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  sont
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  intelligentes

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Key learning points

French has different words for possessive adjectives because all nouns have grammatical gender.
To say my/your, use mon/ton for masculine singular nouns, ma/ta for feminine singular nouns and mes/tes for plural.
Pronounce the final letters of mon and mes when the next word starts with a vowel; we call this liaison.

Common misconception

Like in English, there is just one word for 'my' in French.

French has 3 words for 'my' and the gender of the possession determines which 'my' to use; mon for singular masculine nouns, ma for feminine singular nouns and mes for plural nouns.

Keywords

Liaison - pronouncing a usually silent final consonant because a word starting with a vowel follows
Possessive adjective - shows who something belongs to, e.g. my, your