Comment es-tu?        What are you like?

Choisis les phrases qui te conviennent le mieux.

Choose the phrases which fit you the best.

Je suis assez/très  - mince/ grand(e)/ petit(e)/fort(e)/ de taille moyenne

I am quite/very - slim/tall/small/ strong/ medium height

J'ai les cheveux blonds/ noirs/châtains/ bruns/ gris/ courts/ roux/longs/bouclés/raides  (Note the word order)

I have blond/black/chestnut/brown/grey/short/ginger/long /curly/ straight hair        Je suis grand mais tu es petit

J'ai les yeux verts/ bleus/ gris/ marron (Note the word order)

I have green/blue/grey/brown eyes

Je porte des lunettes/ Je ne porte pas de lunettes        I wear glasses/ I don’t wear glasses

Je porte des lunettes de soleil                                      I wear sunglasses

J’aime les vêtements chic/ le T-shirt et le jeans                      I like smart clothes/ T-shirt and jeans

Je suis content(e)/ Je souris beaucoup                                    I am happy/ I smile a lot

J’ai une barbe                                                               I have a beard

An adjective agrees with the noun it describes

Feminine

Add e to the adjective to make it feminine (when it describes a feminine word).

Je suis grand                                      I am tall (m)

Je suis grande                                                I am tall (f)

If the adjective already ends in e in the masculine there is no change in the feminine.

Il est mince                                        He is slim

Elle est mince                                    She is slim

Similarly add es to the adjective to make it feminine plural.

Ma mère et ma soeur sont grandes                        My mother and my sister are tall

Masculine

Add an s to the adjective to make it masculine plural (when it describes a masculine plural word)

J’ai les cheveux blonds                     I have blond hair (nb les cheveux – hair- is masculine plural in French)

If the adjective already ends in s in the masculine there is no change in the masculine plural.

Elle a un T-shirt gris                         She has a grey T-shirt

Il a les cheveux gris                          He has grey hair

Marron brown (describing eyes) and chic smart/ chic do not agree with the noun. We call them invariable adjectives.

Elle a les yeux marron                      She has brown eyes

Il porte des vêtements chic              He wears smart clothes

Livre de vocabulaire 

Copy the following list into your vocabulary book

The brackets indicate the feminine form of the adjective. Notice there are one or two irregular feminine adjectives in the list.

petit(e)                                   little/small

grand(e)                                 big/tall

mince                                     slim

gros(se)                                  fat

fort(e)                                     strong

agressif (ive)                          aggressive

beau (belle)                           good-looking/beautiful

méchant(e)                            naughty

vieux (vieille)                         old

fâché(e)                                  angry

chauve                                                bald

Décrivez les gens ci-dessous           Describe the people below

Be careful with masculine and feminine agreements.

modele

Il est __________________ (strong and aggressive)

Il est fort et agressif

1. Je(m) suis __________________ (fat)

2. Il est __________________ (good-looking).

3. Elle porte __________________  (sunglasses)

      Elle est __________________ (happy)

4. Il est __________________  (old).

5. Mon petit frère est souvent __________________ (naughty)

6. Quelquefois je(f) suis __________________ (angry)