Today we will: - Look at masculine and feminine adjectival agreement. - - case study French

…..but how do you know when nouns are masculine or feminine in French ? Here are some pointers…..keep clicking! 2

 … end in a consonant  … end in –ment  … end in –on  … end in –é  … end in –eau  … end in -ède, -ème, -ège  … end in –age  … end in -ou 3 MOST masculine nouns are those that… (moment) (fish) (market) (boat) (system) (cheese) (knee) (shop)Le magasin Le moment Le poisson Le marché Le bâteau Le système Le fromage Le genou Back to exercises

 … end in -e  … end in a vowel + -e  … end in –ion  … end in –ise  … end in -ance, -ence  … end in –ière  … end in –ude, -ure  … end in –ace, -ade 4 MOST feminine nouns are those that… (bank) (nation) (church) (chance) (beer) (car) (salade) (table)La table La banque La nation L’ église La chance La bière La voiture La salade Back to exercises

Masculine nouns usually  … end in a consonant  … end in –on  … end in –eau  … end in –age Feminine nouns usually  … end in –e  … end in a vowel + -e  … end in –ance, -ence 5 BUT there are exceptions… (drink) (skin) (page) (cheese) (museum) (silence) (tooth)La dent La boisson La peau La page Le fromage Le musée Le silence BUT….. Back to exercises

WS – m or f? Look for the clues and decide.

AB C F E D GH 1. une robe 2. une casquette3. un chemisier 4. un tee-shirt 5. un jean 6.un pull7.une jupe 8. un pantalon

A B C F E D GH Type into the boxes the correct colour IN FRENCH. JauneRougeBleuMarron OrangeRoseVioletVert

Quiz  Fill in the missing colours and adjectives.

Colour MASCULINEFEMININE SingularPluralSingularPlural rougerougesrougerouges orangeorangesorangeoranges jaunejaunesjaunejaunes roserosesroseroses bleubleusbleuebleues vertvertsvertevertes noirnoirsnoirenoires gris*grisgrisegrises blancblancsblancheblanches violetvioletsvioletteviolettes marron

1)I’m wearing blue jeans. 2) I’m wearing a yellow shirt. 3) I’m wearing an orange skirt. Word order. In French, most describing words (adjectives) come after the thing you are describing e.g. Je porte un pantalon rouge. Write the sentences Clothing Colour

Le verb “porter”  Jeporte  Tuportes  Il/elle porte  Nousportons  Vousportez  Ils/elles portent

 The present tense of – er verbs is made up out of 2 parts  Stem + ending  Porter = infinitive  Take the infinitive and remove the ending –er  port

You have to agree the subject with the verb!  Lets take the verb porter.  Je porte = ending e  Tu porte=endinges  Il/elleporteendinge  Nous portonsending ons  Vousportezending ez  Ils/elles portentending ent

How do we say?  I am wearing trousers.  Je porte les pantalons.  Jean-Paul is wearing a coat.  Il porte un manteau.  We are wearing a jumper.  Nous portons un pull.  They are wearing a yellow dress.  Ils portent une robe jaune.

 WS – which gender are these nouns?  WS – translate the English into French.

Level 3 Reading Bonjour! Je m’appelle Cécile. J’ai quatorze ans. Je porte un pantalon et un tee-shirt, c’est super!