The person or a person? Singular definite articles 'le' and 'la' | French

Starter quiz

Tick the words with the SSC [é/er/ez].
- écouter ✓
- fenêtre
- novembre
- papier ✓
- parle
Match the French verbs to the correct English translations.
- écouter
  
  ⇔
  
  to listen, listening ✓
- écrire
  
  ⇔
  
  to write, writing ✓
- lire
  
  ⇔
  
  to read, reading ✓
- parler
  
  ⇔
  
  to speak, speaking ✓
Match the correct parts of this important verb together.
- avoir
  
  ⇔
  
  to have, having ✓
- j'
  
  ⇔
  
  ai ✓
- tu
  
  ⇔
  
  as ✓
- il/elle
  
  ⇔
  
  a ✓
Identify the adjectives.
- anglais ✓
- bon ✓
- ce/c'
- français ✓
- qui
True or false? To say 'a' in French, there is just the word 'un'.
- 'false' ✓
Put the words below in the correct order to translate the following sentence into French: 'She's a nice friend and she's quite funny'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  c'est une
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  amie
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  sympa
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  et
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  elle est
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  assez
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  amusante

Match the French nouns below to the correct English translations.
- la fille
  
  ⇔
  
  the girl ✓
- le médecin
  
  ⇔
  
  the doctor ✓
- le mot
  
  ⇔
  
  the word ✓
- la phrase
  
  ⇔
  
  the sentence ✓
- la personne
  
  ⇔
  
  the person ✓
Which words contain [en/an]?
- animal
- danser ✓
- femme
- français ✓
- médecin
In French, the 'the' for singular masculine nouns is 'le' and the 'the' for singular feminine nouns is ______.
- 'la' ✓
True or false? 'Français c'est sympa' is a grammatically correct sentence.
- 'false' ✓
Find the odd one out (the noun with a different gender to all the others).
- actrice
- chambre
- fille
- idée
- portable ✓
Put the words below in the correct order to translate the following sentence into French: 'The (male) teacher is nice and the (female) singer speaks English'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  le
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  professeur
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  est sympa
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  et
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  la
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  chanteuse
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  parle anglais

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[en/an] sounds like ‘enfant’.
Every noun has a gender: masculine or feminine. To say 'the', use 'le' for masculine and 'la' for feminine nouns.
‘Anglais’ and ‘français’ are also nouns meaning languages. We use an article with languages except after 'parler/en'.

In French, like in English, there is only one way to say 'the'.

There is more than one word to say 'the' in French. For singular masculine nouns, use 'le', and for singular feminine nouns, use 'la'.