Descriptions with multiple adjectives
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use multiple adjectives in a sentence to describe photos.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [a] sounds like ‘animal’ and [e] sounds like ‘je’.
- They are both oral vowels, unlike the nasal vowels [em/am] and [en/an].
- Two or more adjectives after the noun are separated by ‘et’. Adjectives before the noun don't need ‘et’.
- In some French sentences, adjectives sandwich the noun e.g. une belle maison blanche.
Keywords
[a] - pronounced as in ‘animal’
[e] - pronounced as in ‘je’
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
Common misconception
Adjectives follow the same order and punctuation as in English.
If there is more than one adjective in a sentence, adjectives after the noun are separated by ‘et’. BRAGS adjectives go before the noun and do not need ‘et’. In some sentences, there are adjectives surrounding the noun.
Teacher tip
You may want to find your own photos for students to describe, relating to francophone culture or the particular interests of your students in order to help them to apply the new language to their lives.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the adjectives.
expensive
small
intelligent, clever
funny
big
blue
Q2.What is the feminine plural form of the adjective 'happy'?
Q3.How do you make masculine forms of nouns ending -eu/eau plural?
Q4.What does BRAGS stand for when remembering which adjectives go before the noun? Your answer must be in the correct order.
Q5.Which of these adjectives come before the noun in French?
Q6.Put the words in order to make the sentence, 'I have a big, clever dog'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.What do you call a word that gives information about a noun?
Q2.Which word means old?
Q3.Put the words in the correct order to make the sentence, I live in a beautiful, little house.
Q4.Put the words in the correct order to make this sentence. It's an intelligent, funny person.
Q5.Match the opposites.
mauvais
ennuyeux
vieux
laid
triste
petit
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