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Fire at the zoo! Plural adjectives
I can confidently use masculine plural nouns and plural adjectives to describe a day in the life of a journalist.
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- Year 8
Fire at the zoo! Plural adjectives
I can confidently use masculine plural nouns and plural adjectives to describe a day in the life of a journalist.
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- To make masculine nouns ending -eu/eau plural, add -x and change nouns ending -al/ail to -aux.
- To make most adjectives plural, add -s, which makes no difference to pronunciation, as 's' is a Silent Final Consonant.
- Masculine plural adjectives ending -eux don’t change, adjectives ending -al change to aux in the masculine form.
- The feminine versions of -euse adjectives are regular, just add -s, which is silent.
- Use grammatical context clues, familiar vocabulary and cognates to read longer French texts, including articles.
Keywords
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
Masculine form - form of an adjective that describes a boy, man or masculine noun
Common misconception
Add -s to all adjectives in the plural form.
Most adjectives do need an 's' in the plural form, but there are exceptions. Masculine adjectives ending -eux don't change at all and those ending -al change to -aux in the plural form. The feminine plural versions of these adjectives are regular.
For students to work at their own pace and not have to keep up with the animations, whilst still benefitting from the information-gap style task in C3, students could have a printout of the answer prompts.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following are 'nouns'?
Which of the following are 'nouns'?
devenir
emporter
sortir
Q2.Match the meaning
Match the meaning
Q3.Which of these words are plural?
Which of these words are plural?
femme
article
Q4.Put this sentence in order.
Put this sentence in order.
Q5.Which is the correct number to fill the gap, 'un' or 'deux'? J'ai chevaux.
Which is the correct number to fill the gap, 'un' or 'deux'? J'ai chevaux.
Q6.If you are talking to an adult, such as a teacher, what is the correct way to say 'please'?
If you are talking to an adult, such as a teacher, what is the correct way to say 'please'?
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the French and the English.
Match the French and the English.
Q2.Match the nouns with the most likely adjective
Match the nouns with the most likely adjective
Q3.Which of these are correct plural forms?
Which of these are correct plural forms?
chevals
feus
Q4.What is the plural form of the masculine adjective 'heureux'?
What is the plural form of the masculine adjective 'heureux'?
Q5.What is the feminine plural form of the adjective 'heureuse' ?
What is the feminine plural form of the adjective 'heureuse' ?
