Descriptions with multiple adjectives | French | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Match the adjectives.
- cher
  
  ⇔
  
  expensive ✓
- petit
  
  ⇔
  
  small ✓
- intelligent
  
  ⇔
  
  intelligent, clever ✓
- amusant
  
  ⇔
  
  funny ✓
- grand
  
  ⇔
  
  big ✓
- bleu
  
  ⇔
  
  blue ✓
What is the feminine plural form of the adjective 'happy'?
- heureuses ✓
- heureux
- heureuse
How do you make masculine forms of nouns ending -eu/eau plural?
- 'Add 'x'.' ✓
What does BRAGS stand for when remembering which adjectives go before the noun? Your answer must be in the correct order.
- 'Beauty Rank Age Goodness Size' ✓
Which of these adjectives come before the noun in French?
- orange
- grand ✓
- vieux ✓
- amusant
- cher
Put the words in order to make the sentence, 'I have a big, clever dog'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  J'
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  ai
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  un
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  grand
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  chien
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  intelligent

Exit quiz

What do you call a word that gives information about a noun?
- 'Adjective' ✓
Which word means old?
- jeune
- vieux ✓
- cher
- heureux
- travailleur
Put the words in the correct order to make the sentence, I live in a beautiful, little house.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  J'
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  habite
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  dans
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  une
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  belle
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  petite
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  maison
Put the words in the correct order to make this sentence. It's an intelligent, funny person.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  C'
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  est
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  une
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  personne
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  intelligente
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  et
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  drole
Match the opposites.
- bon
  
  ⇔
  
  mauvais ✓
- drôle
  
  ⇔
  
  ennuyeux ✓
- jeune
  
  ⇔
  
  vieux ✓
- beau
  
  ⇔
  
  laid ✓
- heureux
  
  ⇔
  
  triste ✓
- grand
  
  ⇔
  
  petit ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

[a] sounds like ‘animal’ and [e] sounds like ‘je’.
They are both oral vowels, unlike the nasal vowels [em/am] and [en/an].
Two or more adjectives after the noun are separated by ‘et’. Adjectives before the noun don't need ‘et’.
In some French sentences, adjectives sandwich the noun e.g. une belle maison blanche.

Common misconception

Adjectives follow the same order and punctuation as in English.

If there is more than one adjective in a sentence, adjectives after the noun are separated by ‘et’. BRAGS adjectives go before the noun and do not need ‘et’. In some sentences, there are adjectives surrounding the noun.

Keywords

[a] - pronounced as in ‘animal’
[e] - pronounced as in ‘je’
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun