What it is like: adjectives after the noun
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe what you and I have using postnominal adjectives.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in French. They can be either masculine or feminine.
- Regular adjectives add an -e in the feminine form. This is a SFe (silent final e).
- In English, adjectives come before the noun: 'a grey bike'.
- In French, most adjectives go after the noun: 'un vélo gris'. These are called postnominal adjectives.
- 'J'ai' means I have and 'tu as' means you have. These are singular forms of the verb 'avoir'.
Keywords
SFe - (silent final e) at the end of a word
J’ai - French verb meaning 'I have'
Tu as - French verb meaning 'you have'
Postnominal adjective - adjective which comes after the noun in French, e.g. 'un vélo gris'
Common misconception
All adjectives go before the noun in French, as in English: 'a grey bike'.
Most adjectives go after the noun in French: 'un vélo gris'. These are postnominal adjectives.
Teacher tip
As an extension to task C1, ask pupils to describe what they have in their pencil cases using postnominal adjectives.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these words means 'green'?
Q2.Which word does not have a silent final 'e'?
Q3.Match the French to the English.
easy
expensive
important
normal
fast, quick
funny
Q4.Match the French to the English.
to sing, singing
to prefer, preferring
to repeat, repeating
to use, using
to watch, watching
to eat, eating
Q5.'La voiture est trop chère'. Translate this sentence into English.
Q6.'Tu as un vélo rouge'. Translate this sentence into English.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French to the English.
museum
town
park
village
restaurant
house
Q2.Which word means 'in'?
Q3.Order these words to say 'a white rabbit and a black mouse'.
Q4.Which is the correct way to translate 'I have an expensive pen'?
Q5.'Je vois un rapide vélo.' What is incorrect in this sentence?
Q6.Translate into French 'I am reading an interesting book'.
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