Year 7

Describing things and people (Part 1/2)

Year 7

Describing things and people (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will describe things and people by learning how to use common irregular adjectives and the pre-nominal adjective position of certain common adjectives.

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12 Questions

Q1.
What does 'un cinéma' mean?

Correct answer: a cinema
a hotel
the cinema

Q2.
What does 'un café' mean?

Correct answer: a cafe
a restaurant
the cafe

Q3.
What does 'un hôtel' mean?

Correct answer: a hotel
a town hall
the hotel

Q4.
What does 'un aéroport' mean?

Correct answer: an airport
the airport
the school

Q5.
How do you say 'a beach' in French?

une île
Correct answer: une plage
une rue

Q6.
How do you say 'a street' in French?

une plage
Correct answer: une rue
une université

Q7.
How do you say 'an island' in French?

Correct answer: une île
une plage
une rue

Q8.
How do you say 'a university' in French?

une école
une rue
Correct answer: une université

Q9.
What word must follow 'il n'y a pas...'?

Correct answer: de (or d')
un
une

Q10.
How do you say 'in front of' in French?'

derrière
Correct answer: devant
entre

Q11.
How do you say 'behind' in French?

Correct answer: derrière
devant
entre

Q12.
How do you say 'between' in French?

derrière
devant
Correct answer: entre

9 Questions

Q1.
New

grand/grande
Correct answer: nouveau/nouvelle
vieux/vielle

Q2.
Vieux/vielle

new
Correct answer: old
young

Q3.
What is the masculine form of the adjective 'beautiful'?

Correct answer: beau
belle
jolie

Q4.
What is the correct feminine form of the adjective 'high'?

grand
haut
Correct answer: haute

Q5.
le bâtiment

basement
Correct answer: building
house

Q6.
Church

Correct answer: l'église
la maison
La rue

Q7.
Le pont

Correct answer: bridge
post office
shop

Q8.
Garden

la maison
la rue
Correct answer: le jardin

Q9.
Which of these adjectives goes in front of the noun it describes?

intéressant
Correct answer: nouvelle
sympa