French Adjectives Quiz (Nov. 15, quiz is on Nov. 16)

Question 1

B in Bangs stands for?

Answer 1

Beauté (Beauty, like beau, which means handsome because it is masculine, but belle would be beautiful because it is feminine)

Question 2

A in Bangs stands for?

Answer 2

Âge (Age, like jeune, which means young)

Question 3

N in Bangs stands for?

Answer 3

Nombre (Number, like premier and deuxiéme, which mean first and second)

Question 4

G in Bangs stands for?

Answer 4

Gentillesse (Goodness, like bon, which means good)

Question 5

S in Bangs stands for?

Answer 5

Size (like grand, moyen, or peti, which mean big, small, and average size. Size is taille in french, but in Bangs it is just size like the english form)

Question 6

What is the correct placement for Bangs?

Answer 6

Colours go after the noun and adjectives with more than 3 syllables go after the noun most of the time. All other adjectives go before the noun usually.

Question 7

Irregular adjectives that don’t follow the rules are beau, long follows rules but need to remember it so long, nouveau, vieux, blanc, and rigolo. The rest follow the rules like the double the consonant and add an E to the end, like bon (bonne for feminine) and gentil (gentille for feminine). What are the feminine singular and plural versions of these and what is the masculine plural of these?

Answer 7

Beau > Beaux, Belle, Belles
Long > Longs, Longue, Longues
Nouveau > Nouveaux, Nouvelle, Nouvelles
Vieux > Vieux (same as plural because ends with a X), Vieille, Vieilles
Blanc > Blancs, Blanche, Blanches
Rigolo > Rigolos, Rigolote, Rigolotes

Question 8

What do you add to a masculine adjective to make it a feminine and then what do you add to the masculine and feminine to make it a plural of each of those version?

Answer 8

You usually add an E to make a masculine adjective a feminine.
You usually add a S to make an adjective plural.

Question 9

What happens if a masculine adjective already ends with an E?

Answer 9

The feminine version stays the same as the masculine version.

Question 10

What happens if a masculine adjectives already ends with an E, but it has an accent on it?

Answer 10

You still add an E to make the adjective the feminine version if the E in the masculine version has an accent on it.

Question 11

Some rules for changing masculine adjectives into feminine are:
Eux or X > Euse or Se
Er > Ère
If or F > Ive or Ve
C > Que (blanc is blanche though, because it is irregular)
G > Gue (like for long > longue)

Now, you if the masculine adjective ends in:
El
Ien
En
Il
Os or As
On

You double the consonant (a character that is not a vowel basically) and then add an e to it.

El > Elle
Ien > Ienne
En > Enne
Il > Ille
Os or As > Osse or Asse
On > Onne

Click the card and read the rules again as an overview.

Answer 11

Eux or X > Euse or Se
Er > Ère
If or F > Ive or Ve
C > Que (blanc is blanche though, because it is irregular)
G > Gue (like for long > longue)
El > Elle
Ien > Ienne
En > Enne
Il > Ille
Os or As > Osse or Asse
On > Onne