More than one: plural nouns and plural definite article 'les' | French

Starter quiz

Which phrases include examples of liaison?
- c'est triste
- c'est une femme ✓
- c'est un garçon ✓
- c'est méchant
Match the key French nouns below to the correct English translations.
- un ami
  
  ⇔
  
  a male friend ✓
- une amie
  
  ⇔
  
  a female friend ✓
- un homme
  
  ⇔
  
  a man ✓
- un garçon
  
  ⇔
  
  a boy ✓
- un médecin
  
  ⇔
  
  a doctor ✓
- une femme
  
  ⇔
  
  a woman ✓
Match the French articles to the correct English translations.
- un
  
  ⇔
  
  a (masculine) ✓
- une
  
  ⇔
  
  a (feminine) ✓
- le
  
  ⇔
  
  the (masculine) ✓
- la
  
  ⇔
  
  the (feminine) ✓
What does 'voici' mean in English?
- but
- here is ✓
- often
- very
'J'ai', 'tu as', 'il a' and 'elle a' all come from the verb ______, meaning 'to have, having'.
- 'avoir' ✓
True or false? 'Le' is the singular masculine definite article and 'la' is the feminine definite article.
- 'true' ✓

Exit quiz

Select the sentences with liaison.
- C'est bon.
- C'est un animal. ✓
- Les filles sont calmes.
- Les ordinateurs sont rapides. ✓
Match the four different definite articles in French to the correct English translations.
- le
  
  ⇔
  
  the (masculine singular) ✓
- la
  
  ⇔
  
  the (feminine singular) ✓
- l'
  
  ⇔
  
  the (before a vowel or 'h') ✓
- les
  
  ⇔
  
  the (plural) ✓
What does the question word 'qui ?' mean?
- What?
- When?
- Where?
- Who? ✓
- Why?
Match the definite articles to the correct nouns.
- le
  
  ⇔
  
  professeur ✓
- la
  
  ⇔
  
  chanteuse ✓
- les
  
  ⇔
  
  portables ✓
- l'
  
  ⇔
  
  ami ✓
True or false? The following sentence is grammatically correct: 'Les garçon sont intelligents.'
- 'false' ✓
Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'Les chiens sont contents et ______homme est calme.' (The dogs are pleased and the man is calm.)
- 'l'' ✓

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Key learning points

'On' sounds like 'non'.
Add -s to most nouns in the plural form.
To say ‘the’ for plural nouns, use ‘les’ and to say ‘the’ before nouns beginning with ‘h’ or a vowel, use ‘l’'.
The final 's' in a word is a silent final consonant, but if is followed by a vowel, it is pronounced.

Common misconception

There are just two words for 'the': a masculine and feminine version.

There are four different ways to say 'the' in French: 'le', 'las', 'les' and 'l'' (masculine singular, feminine singular, plural and preceding a vowel/h).

Keywords

[on] - pronounced as in ‘non’
Definite article - the words 'le', 'la', 'les' and 'l’', meaning 'the'
Liaison - pronouncing a usually silent final consonant because a vowel follows