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Agreement

French: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 8.8.1

Adjectives Must Agree

Adjectives are describing words, they agree when they are describing things.

Common adjectives

Common adjectives

  • Beau/belle - beautiful.
  • Triste - sad.
  • Normal(e) - normal.
  • Intéressant(e) - interesting.
  • Affreux/affreuse - awful.
  • Long(ue) - long.
  • Facile - easy.
  • Difficile - difficult.
Singular

Singular

  • In French, adjectives agree with the gender and the quantity of the noun.
  • When it is masculine singular, they never change, for feminine singular you normally add an 'e', (unless it already has an 'e').
  • Le film intéressant - the interesting film.
  • La piste intéressante - the interesting approach.
Plural

Plural

  • For masculine plural you just add an 's', for feminine plural you add 'es'.
  • Les films intéressants - the interesting films.
  • Les pistes intéressantes - the interesting approaches.

Test yourself on Agreement

  • The word 'book' is masculine in French. How do you say 'the interesting book' in French?

  • How do you say 'sad' in the masculine singular in French?

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