Adjectives in French

In French, the vast majority of adjectives go...

• after the noun

• before the noun

• after the verb

• on holiday to the South of France

In French, adjectives have to

• start with the same letter as the noun they describe

• agree with the noun

• agree with the adverb

• play the violin

Adjectival agreement means that

• Adjectives have to be friendly with the nouns

• Adjectives have to rhyme with the nouns

• Adjectives have to be masculine, feminine, singular or plural like the noun

• You have to sign a treaty

Generally speaking, to make an adjective feminine, you

• add an s

• add an e

• add an a

• add a pink bow

Generally to make an adjective plural, you

• add an x

• add an e

• add an s

• add salt and pepper

If an adjective already ends in e, like modeste, timide; To make them feminine

• you do nothing, they don't change

• you add an e

• you add se

• you play the piano

If an a masculine adjective ends in eux or eur (ennuyeux / travailleur) , the feminine version will end in

• eure

• euxe

• euse

• euxre

A few adjectives go before the noun, the mnemonic is BAGS, it stands for

• basketball, aerobics, golf, skateboard

• blood and guts story

• beauty, age, good and bad, size

• bat, armadillo, gerbil, sloth

Which adjective is the odd-one-out?

• moderne

• vieux

• nouveau

• joli

Which adjective is the odd-one-out?

• vieux

• nouveau

• petit

• belle