Describe a person or thing: regular gender adjective agreement | French

Starter quiz

Which words contain a Silent Final Consonant (SFC)?
- français ✓
- mal
- bonjour
- grand ✓
- salut ✓
An ______ gives information about a noun.
- 'adjective' ✓
'Être' means ...
- 'to be, being' ✓
Match the French with the English.
- hello
  
  ⇔
  
  bonjour ✓
- goodbye
  
  ⇔
  
  au revoir ✓
- tall
  
  ⇔
  
  grand ✓
- short
  
  ⇔
  
  petit ✓
- English
  
  ⇔
  
  anglais ✓
- French
  
  ⇔
  
  français ✓
Which is the correct translation of 'I am short and French'?
- Je suis grand et français.
- Tu es petit et français.
- Je suis petit et français. ✓
- Je suis petit et anglais.
Write this sentence in French: 'I am English and tall'.
- 'Je suis anglais et grand.' ✓

Which words contain the French [a] sound?
- malade ✓
- bavard
- grand ✓
- mal ✓
- anglais
The ______ form of an adjective is used to describe a female person.
- 'feminine' ✓
Match the English with the French.
- anglais
  
  ⇔
  
  English (masculine form) ✓
- grande
  
  ⇔
  
  tall (feminine form) ✓
- française
  
  ⇔
  
  French (feminine form) ✓
- petit
  
  ⇔
  
  short (masculine form) ✓
- français
  
  ⇔
  
  French (masculine form) ✓
- anglaise
  
  ⇔
  
  English (feminine form) ✓
Complete the sentence: (Anna) 'Je suis ...'
- grand.
- grande. ✓
- française. ✓
- anglais.
- petit.
Write in French: I am short and English. (masculine form)
- 'Je suis petit et anglais.' ✓
Write in French: You are tall and French. (feminine form)
- 'Tu es grande et française.' ✓

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When an adjective describes a woman or girl, its spelling and sound can change. This is called the feminine form.
The most common change is to add an 'e' to the adjective to make the feminine form.
Adding 'e' to an adjective can change the pronunciation. An 'e' following a consonant means we do hear the consonant.
Useful adjectives are anglais (English), français (French), grand (tall), petit (short). We add 'e' for feminine forms.
[a] sounds like 'animal'.

Adjectives in French have only one form that can be used to describe any noun, like English.

In French, adjectives may change their spelling and/or sound when describing a woman, girl or feminine noun. This is called the feminine form.

[a] - as pronounced in animal
Adjective - a word that gives information about a noun
Masculine form - the form of an adjective that describes a male or masculine noun
Feminine form - the form of an adjective that describes a female or feminine noun