Les couleurs Cest de quelle couleur bleu Cest

Les couleurs

C’est de quelle couleur? bleu

C’est de quelle couleur? rouge

C’est de quelle couleur? vert

C’est de quelle couleur? blanc

C’est de quelle couleur? jaune

C’est de quelle couleur? noir

C’est de quelle couleur? marron

C’est de quelle couleur? violet

C’est de quelle couleur? rose

C’est de quelle couleur? gris

C’est de quelle couleur? orange

C’est de quelle couleur? + = ?

C’est de quelle couleur? + = ROUGE + BLEU = VIOLET

C’est de quelle couleur? + = ?

C’est de quelle couleur? + = JAUNE + BLEU = VERT

C’est de quelle couleur? + = ?

C’est de quelle couleur? + = NOIR + BLANC = GRIS

C’est de quelle couleur? + = ?

C’est de quelle couleur? + = ROUGE + BLANC = ROSE

Adjectival endings 1 You already know about genders. In French all nouns are either masculine or feminine. Did you notice which of the objects are masculine (un) and which are feminine (une)? Can you put them into two columns? crayon Masculine (un) Feminine (une) crayon stylo sac bic cahier ordinateur livre taille-crayon bâton de colle trousse calculatrice gomme règle stylo trousse sac bic cahier ordinateur livre taille-crayon calculatrice bâton de colle gomme règle

Adjectival endings 2 Now that you know which objects are masculine and which are feminine, you need to know how to describe them. Adjectives are describing words. In English they never change, but in French they change depending on the gender of the noun they are describing. Look at the following pictures and text. Un crayon bleu Which word is the adjective in each case? What do you think it means? Une calculatrice bleue Can you see how it changes depending on the gender?

Adjectival endings 3 I’m sure you guessed that the adjective was bleu / bleue. It means blue and the feminine version ends in –e. But did you notice that in French we put the adjective after the noun, whereas in English it goes before the noun? A blue pencil / Un crayon bleu. So now you know a bit about adjectives in French. The adjective goes after the noun, and if it is feminine, we often add an –e. In French, the masculine word for brown is brun. How would you say “a brown pencilcase”? Une trousse brune.

Adjectival endings 4 Unfortunately not all adjectives work as simply as that. Some of them are irregular and work in a slightly different way. Look at the following table and see if you can spot the ones that work differently. Masc Fem English Which ones blanc gris noir bleu rouge jaune orange vert marron brun violet blanche grise noire bleue rouge jaune orange verte marron brune violette white grey black blue red yellow orange green brown purple just add –e? Which ones don’t add –e because they already have an –e at the end?

Adjectival endings 5 Masc Fem English blanc gris noir bleu rouge jaune orange vert marron brun violet blanche grise noire bleue rouge jaune orange verte marron brune violette white grey black blue red yellow orange green brown purple Which ones add something other than just –e? Which ones never change?

Adjectival endings

Plurals You have already learnt that to make a noun plural, you usually need to add –s. So how would you say ‘pencils’ in French? crayons

masculine (un) rose rouge orange jaune vert bleu noir gris feminine (une) masculine (des) feminine (des) rose rouge orange jaune verte bleu noire grise roses rouges oranges verte bleus jaunes noirs gris roses rouges oranges vertes bleues jaunes noires grises Copy the table into your exercise book.

masculine (un) violet blanc marron feminine (une) masculine (des) feminine (des) violette blanche marron noire violets blancs marron violettes blanches marron

Choose the correct adjective 1. J’ai une gomme verte. vert/verte. 2. J’ai un stylo bleu/bleue. 3. J’ai un portable noir/noirs. 4. J’ai une trousse rose/roses. 5. J’ai une calculatrice grise. gris/grise. 6. J’ai des gommes bleues. bleus/bleues. 7. J’ai des crayons jaunes. jaune/jaunes. 8. J’ai des règles blanches. blanche/blanches. 9. J’ai des cahiers marron/marrons.

mardi, vingt-deux septembre Which is the odd one out? Why? 1. blanc 2. rouge 3. noirs 4. marron 5. jaunes 6. vert noir verte blanches bleu rouges noire bleue orange blancs vert noirs blanche

Ecris des phrases! J’ai un… une… blanc(he) gris(e) noir(e) bleu(e) rouge jaune orange vert(e) marron / brun(e) violet(te)