Year 7

Describing a thing or a person (Part 2/4)

Year 7

Describing a thing or a person (Part 2/4)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise our use of the verb 'être' to describe a person or a thing, using masculine and feminine forms of adjectives.

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10 Questions

Q1.
Fill the gap: ......... es français.

je
Correct answer: tu

Q2.
Fill the gap: ......... suis anglais.

Correct answer: je
tu

Q3.
Fill the gap: je ......... grand.

es
Correct answer: suis

Q4.
Fill the gap: tu ......... petit.

Correct answer: es
suis

Q5.
Comment dit-on en français "goodbye"?

Correct answer: au revoir
bonjour
être

Q6.
Comment dit-on en français "I am small"?

je suis grand
Correct answer: je suis petit
tu es petit

Q7.
Comment dit-on en français "you are French"?

je suis français
tu es anglais
Correct answer: tu es français

Q8.
C'est quoi en anglais "Je suis grand et anglais"?

I am small and English
Correct answer: I am tall and English
I am tall and French

Q9.
C'est quoi en anglais "tu es grand et français"?

I am tall and French
you are tall and English
Correct answer: you are tall and French

Q10.
C'est quoi en anglais "je suis petit et anglais"?

Correct answer: I am small and English
I am tall and English
you are small and English

10 Questions

Q1.
What does 'je' mean?

and
Correct answer: I
you

Q2.
What does 'tu' mean?

and
I
Correct answer: you

Q3.
How would you say short, describing a male person?

grand
Correct answer: petit
petite

Q4.
How would you say tall, describing a female person?

grand
Correct answer: grande
petite

Q5.
Which one of the following words is in the masculine form?

Correct answer: anglais
anglaise
française

Q6.
Which of the following words is in the feminine form?

anglais
français
Correct answer: française

Q7.
What does 'être' mean?

I am, I am being
Correct answer: to be, being
you are, you are being

Q8.
How do you say 'I am' in French?

être
Correct answer: je suis
tu es

Q9.
How do you say 'hello' in French?

au revoir
Correct answer: bonjour
écouter

Q10.
How do you say 'goodbye' in French?

Correct answer: au revoir
bonjour
écrire