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Adjectives If the adjective ends in –x, don’t
Adjectives describe nouns. Their endings change to add –s in the plural form.
agree with the noun they describe. J’ai les cheveux
Regular adjectives add –e in the feminine form roux!
and -s or -es in the plural form:
masc. (s) fem. (s) masc. (pl) fem. (pl) If the adjective ends in –e already, don’t add
another one.
petit petite petits petites Et je suis
important importante importants importantes Je suis modeste aussi!
modeste.
Other adjectives change a bit more!
masc. (s) fem. (s) masc. (pl) fem. (pl)
curieux curieuse curieux curieuses
essentiel essentielle essentiels essentielles

Other adjectives are completely irregular:
masc. (s) fem. (s) masc. (pl) fem. (pl) The adjective marron (brown/chestnut)
beau belle beaux belles never changes.

5 Choose the correct adjectives to describe the faces.

1 Il a le visage 2 Elle a le visage 3 Il a le visage
vert/verte. jaune/jaunes. bleue/bleu.
Il a les yeux Elle a les yeux Il a les cheveux
rouge/rouges bleus/bleues. mi-long/mi-
et les cheveux Elle a les longs, noir/
courts/courte, cheveux verts/ noirs et frisés/
jaune/jaunes verte. frisées.
et frisés/frisée. Il a les yeux
vert/verts.
6 Translate the sentences into French.
1 He is generous. 4 He is trendy but he is not intelligent.
2 She is interesting. 5 He is boring.
3 She is curious.

Possessive adjectives masculine feminine plural

The words for ‘my’ and ‘your’ are my mon cousin ma cousine mes cousins
different according to whether the your ton cousin ta cousine tes cousins
noun is masculine, feminine or plural.

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can fill it in.

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