La valeur de la famille : feminine adjective agreement
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe family behaviours and events using a range of adjectives, ensuring adjective agreement with nouns.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- To make an adjective feminine we can: add -e, -x to -se, -el to -elle, -en to -enne, -f to -ve, -er to ère.
- If an adjective ends in mute -e, there is no change to form the feminine e.g. 'triste'.
- To form plural adjectives we add an -s, unless the adjective ends in -x or -s. -al and -eau change to -aux and -eaux.
- [è] sounds like 'tête', important when pronouncing feminine agreements of adjectives ending in -er: 'entier', 'entière'.
Keywords
Singular verb form - when you talk about something one person is doing: I, you, her or she
Adjective - a word that gives information about a noun
Noun - a word for a person, place or thing
Common misconception
Adjectives ending in -al take -s to create the masculine plural form.
Adjectives ending in -al need a spelling change to create the masculine plural form. Remove the -l and add -ux for example 'familial' - 'familiaux' in the masculine plural form.
Teacher tip
Task B3 has two versions: option 1 and option 2. Option 1 is a more challenging version of the translation. Option 2 is aimed at students who may find option 1 too challenging.
Equipment
Mini whiteboard and pen if available.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the article with the noun.
Q2.Put the words in order to make the sentence 'A woman buys a hat and some shoes'.
Q3.Which adjectives go before the noun they describe?
Q4.What is the missing word in this sentence? ' filles aiment aller en ville le samedi.' The girls like to go to town on Saturdays.
Q5.Put the words in the right order to make this sentence. The optimistic man has lots of hope.
Q6.Put the words in the right order to make this sentence: The old woman says "Live your future!"
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which adjective can describe 'la société'?
Q2.Which adjective can describe 'l'incident'?
Q3.Which adjective can describe 'les pizzas'?
Q4.What is the missing word? 'Le droit d'exprimer son opinion est .' The right to express one's opinion is important.
Q5.What is the masculine plural form of the adjective 'familial'?
Q6.What is the missing word? 'Les documents pour voyager en Europe sont le passeport et la carte d'identité.' The main documents for travelling in Europe are passport and Identity Card.
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