Good and bad experiences: feminine adjective agreement
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I know how to make adjectives feminine, in order to accurately describe and compare masculine and feminine nouns.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The SSCs [om] and [on] are nasal sounds. Before a consonant they have the same nasal sound, like in ‘bombe’ and 'monde'.
- Before a vowel the 'm' and 'n' are pronounced, like in 'omelette' and 'monotone'. They are different oral sounds.
- In French, the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes. This is called adjective agreement.
- There are various ways to make an adjective feminine, including adding an -e and changing -eur to -euse.
- Some short masculine adjectives ending in -n, -l or -s double the last letter before adding -e, e.g. gentil, gentille.
Keywords
[om] - sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as in 'nom', a nasal sound
[on] - sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as in 'non', a nasal sound
Adjective agreement - when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number
Common misconception
The SSCs [om] and [on] always sound the same.
When [om] or [on] appear at the end of a word or before a consonant, they have a nasal sound and are pronounced the same. However, before a vowel their sounds are oral, the 'm' and 'n' are pronounced more clearly, making these SSCs sound different.
Teacher tip
As we are at the beginning of practising comparisons in this lesson, the importance of the gender of French nouns comes into play. Games where pupils hear the noun without its article and have to indicate whether it is masculine or feminine, are a good way to encourage engagement and accuracy.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the adjectives to their meanings.
Italian
dangerous
kind
white
safe
thin
Q2.What is the French word for secondary school?
Q3.Match the modal verbs to their meanings.
to want to
to have to
to know (how to)
to be able to
Q4.Which of the following words are adverbs?
Q5.Put the words in the correct order to make the following sentence. 'I must only go out with Léa in the evenings'.
Q6.Put the words in the correct order to make the following sentence. 'We can visit beautiful churches in Paris'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Complete the sentence. When [om] or [on] appear at the end of a word or before a consonant, they have a nasal sound and are pronounced the ...
Q2.Match the opposites.
mauvais
pire
ennuyeux
moins
petit
stupide
Q3.Give the feminine form of the adjective 'travailleur'.
Q4.'Il est très ' - He is very thin. Fill in the gap with the correct spelling of the adjective.
Q5.Translate, 'She is Italian'.
Q6.Put the words in the correct order to make the following sentence, 'The rabbit is white and the mouse is white too'.
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