Bien dit!: Vocabulary and Grammar Workbook
1st Edition
ISBN: 9780547951843
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Exercise 1
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In this exercise you have to write the adjective that best correspond to each of the following statements.
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Attention! Whatever adjective you choose, have in mind that French adjectives must agree with the noun they modify in **gender** and **number**.
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The first one is the question: How is Oprah Winfrey? Fameuse, gentille, marrante (famous, nice, funny)… whatever you choose, Oprah needs an adjective that agrees with her gender (feminine) and the number (singular).
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Elle est fameuse.
Exercise 2
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Maurice doesn’t like partying. He prefers to read. He is serious.
Il est **sérieux**.
Il est **sérieux**.
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If we were talking about a serious girl, she would be than: **sérieuse**, as masculine singular adjectives ending in **eux** form the feminine by changing **-x** to **-se** (sérieux – sérieuse).
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Il est sérieux.
Exercise 3
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Same like the previous exercise:
Yasmine doesn’t like to work. She’s lazy – **paresseuse.**
One lazy boy would be: **paresseux**, as we know that masculine singular adjectives ending in **eux** form the feminine by changing **-x** to **-se**
paresseux – paresseuse
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Elle est paresseuse.
Exercise 4
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Lucas and Étienne are neither funny nor nice. They are nasty. – **méchants**
In this case pay attention to the gender and the number of the adjective:
The general rule is that for feminine nouns or adjectives you add -e, for masculine plural nouns or adjectives you add -s, and for feminine plural nouns or adjectives you add -es.
Therefore:
méchant, m.sg.
méchants, m.pl.
méchante, f.sg.
méchantes, f.pl.
Lucas and Étienne are masculine plural, so we’ll have: **méchants**
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Ils sont méchants.
Exercise 5
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How’s Naomi Campbell? Naomi is feminine singular, so watch out for the ending!
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You could choose adjectives like:
beau, m.sg. – belle, f.sg, (this adjective has a very irregular feminine form like: fou – folle, mou – molle, nouveau- nouvelle, vieux – vieille);
grand, m.sg. – grande, f.sg.
charmant, m.sg. – charmante, f.sg.
joli, m.sg. – jolie, f.sg.
beau, m.sg. – belle, f.sg, (this adjective has a very irregular feminine form like: fou – folle, mou – molle, nouveau- nouvelle, vieux – vieille);
grand, m.sg. – grande, f.sg.
charmant, m.sg. – charmante, f.sg.
joli, m.sg. – jolie, f.sg.
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BUT, adjectives having a final -e in the masculine have the same form for the feminine, for ex.: adorable, magnifique, drôle, sympathique…
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Elle est magnifique.
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