Grammar ~ Adjective Agreement

Question 1

With many adjectives, to use the feminine, you do what with the masculine adjective?

Answer 1

Add an “e”

Question 2

Would you pronounce the “t” at the end of an adjective?
(“Intelligent”)?

Answer 2

No

Question 3

So, do you pronounce the “t” at the end of a feminine adjective, like
“Intelligente”?

Answer 3

Yes, you do pronounce the “t”.

Question 4

With adjectives like “occupé”, “poli” and “réservé”, when you make it feminine (of course, by adding an “e” at the end), how does the pronunciation of the word change?

Answer 4

It actually doesn’t.

Question 5

When does the adjective’s ending NOT change when switching from a singular to a plural form?

Hint: an example would be “difficile”.

Answer 5

The adjective’s ending doesn’t change when the MASCULINE form of an adjective already ends in an UNACCENTED “e” (such as in the words “masculine”, “désagréable”, “difficile”, “optimiste” and others.

Question 6

How do you change a masculine adjective to a feminine one (mostly)

(Example: “brillant”)

Answer 6

Add an “e” at the end

(“brillante”)

Question 7

With adjectives ending in “eux”, like “heureux”:

1. How do you make it feminine?
2. How do you make it masculine plural?
3. How do you make it feminine plural?

Answer 7

1. “heureuse”
2. “heureux”
3. “heureuses”

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Question 8

When the adjective comes before a noun, what happens to “des”?

Answer 8

It becomes “de”

Question 9

Adjective Agreement Table

grand
nerveux
roux
bleu
naïf
gros
long
fièr

Answer 9

FS. MP. FP
grande. grands. grandes
nerveuse nerveux nervauses
rousse. roux. rousses
bleue. bleus. bleuses
naïve. naïfs. naïves
grosse. gros. grosses
longue. longs. longues
fière. fièrs. fières

Question 10

Adjective Agreement Table

grand
nerveux
roux
bleu
naïf
gros
long
fièr

Answer 10

FS. MP. FP
grande. grands. grandes
nerveuse nerveux nervauses
rousse. roux. rousses
bleue. bleus. bleuses
naïve. naïfs. naïves
grosse. gros. grosses
longue. longs. longues
fière. fièrs. fières

Question 11

What is the pattern of adjective agreement with this class of adjectives:

heureux, curieux, malheureuse, nerveux and sérieux?

Answer 11

MS. FS. MP. FP
eux. euse. eux. euses

Question 12

AA: beau

Answer 12

FS. MP. FP
belle. beaux. belles

Question 13

AA: bon

Answer 13

FS. MP. FP
bonne bons bonnes

Question 14

AA: fier

Answer 14

FS. MP. FP
fière. fiers. fières

Question 15

AA: gros

Answer 15

FS. MP. FP
grosse. gros. grosses

Question 16

AA: heureux

Answer 16

FS. MP. FP
heureuse heureux heureuses

Question 17

AA: intellectuel

Answer 17

FP. MP. FP
“…tulle” “…teuls”. “…tuelles”

Question 18

AA: long

Answer 18

FS. MP. FP
longue. longs. longues

Question 19

AA: naïf

Answer 19

FS. MP. FP
naïve. naïfs. naïves

Question 20

AA: roux

Answer 20

FS. MP. FP
rousse roux. rousses

Question 21

AA: vieux

Answer 21

FS. MP. FP
vieille. vieux. vieilles

Question 22

AA: vieux

Answer 22

FS. MP. FP
vieille. vieux. vieilles

Question 23

Your

Answer 23

Ton

Question 24

AA: my

Answer 24

MS. FS. ALL PLURAL
mon. ma. mes. MY
ton. ta. tes. YOUR
son. sa. ses. HIS/HER/ITS

Question 25

Poseesive adjectives are ALWAYS placed _________ the nouns that they modify.

Answer 25

Before

Question 26

Possessive Adjectives: OUR, YOUR and THEIR ~ please provide the singular and the plural of each.

Answer 26

Singular Plural
notre. OUR. nos
votre. YOUR . vos
leur. THEIR. leurs

Question 27

Which possessive adjectives do you use for “his”, “hers” and “theirs” when using the informal (“tu”)

Answer 27

ton, ta and tes

Question 28

If you’re using “your” in formal usage, how do you say “your” (addressing one person) and “your” when addressing more than one

Answer 28

votre and vos

Question 29

With subjects that begin with a vowel sound which gender possessive adjectives do you use?

Answer 29

The masculine ones:
“mon” (my). ton” (your) and “son” (his/her).