Bien dit!: Vocabulary and Grammar Workbook
Bien dit!: Vocabulary and Grammar Workbook
1st Edition
Holt McDougal
ISBN: 9780547951843
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Exercise 1
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In this exercise you have to match the given adjectives to the statements.
Watch out for the gender and the number of the adjectives as they must agree with the noun in the sentence.

The first statement says that Aude likes to read and to study. So, she’s a **serious** girl. (sĂ©rieuse, f.sg.)

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Oui, elle est sérieuse.
Exercise 2
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Fatim says that she likes the English teacher and Marianne agrees. She thinks he’s awesome – **gĂ©nial**, (gĂ©nial, m.sg – male teacher).
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Oui, il est génial!
Exercise 3
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Fatim thinks that SĂ©verine doesn’t eat much. Marianne agrees that she’s thin.

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**Mince** has the same form for both genders: Il est mince, elle est mince.
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Oui, elle est mince.
Exercise 4
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Thomas is not nice, says Fatim, and Marianne agrees that he’s rather annoying – **pĂ©nible.**

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**pĂ©nible** – an adjective that in masculine form ends in **-e** has the same form for both genders: **Il est pĂ©nible, elle est pĂ©nible.**
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Oui, il est assez pénible.
Exercise 5
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The statement says that NoĂ©mie et Lili are nice. Marianne agrees that they are not nasty – **mĂ©chantes**

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The only adjective in this exercise that agrees with both feminine gender and plural (Noémie et Lili, f.pl.) is: **méchantes.**
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Oui, elles ne sont pas méchantes.
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