Starter quiz
- What is the masculine plural form of 'familial' (family)?
- 'familiaux' ✓
- What is the feminine singular form of 'entier' (whole, full)?
- 'entière' ✓
- Which words contain the [è, ê] sound when said in French?
- head ✓
- window ✓
- to create
- to find
- father ✓
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- What is the correct spelling for the missing adjective in this sentence? 'La situation ______ devient plus difficile.' The global situation is becoming more difficult.
- 'globale' ✓
- Put the words in order to make the sentence: Family life helps us to listen.
- 1⇔la
- 2⇔vie
- 3⇔familiale
- 4⇔nous
- 5⇔aide
- 6⇔à
- 7⇔écouter
- How should the missing word in this sentence be spelled? 'Nous devons prendre soin des enfants ______.' We must take care of sick children.
- 'malades' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the French and the English.
- d'habitude⇔usually ✓
- le sourire⇔smile ✓
- ri⇔laughed ✓
- souri⇔smiled ✓
- le rapport⇔relationship ✓
- l'étranger⇔foreigner ✓
- Which word commonly goes in front of an adjective when it is used as a noun?
- Indefinite article
- Definite article ✓
- Partitive article
- Possessive adjective
- Subject pronoun
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- How should the adjective be translated in this dialogue? 'Quel vélo préfères-tu ? Je préfère le vert.'
- green
- the green
- the green one ✓
- the green bike
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- What does the R in BRAGS stand for?
- 'rank' ✓
- Put the words in order to make this sentence: I always eat in an old restaurant.
- 1⇔je
- 2⇔mange
- 3⇔toujours
- 4⇔dans
- 5⇔un
- 6⇔vieux
- 7⇔restaurant
- Which order should the French words be in to make this sentence? We have a good family life.
- 1⇔nous
- 2⇔avons
- 3⇔une
- 4⇔bonne
- 5⇔vie
- 6⇔familiale
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Key learning points
- Many adjectives also function as nouns when preceded by a definite article (le, la, les).
- It is common to hear adjectives used as nouns to mean ''the [adjective] one'' e.g Je veux la verte!
- Adjectives that come before the noun fit into five categories: BRAGS (Beauty, Rank, Age, Good/Bad and Size/quantity).
Common misconception
Adjectives only have one possible translation.
In French, adjectives can be used as a noun. When preceded by a definite article, they are often translated as the (adjective) one e.g. le bleu is translated as the blue one, not blue or the blue.
Keywords
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
Noun - word for a person, place, or thing
Definite article - the words le, la, les and l’ meaning the
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