colours in french words

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jeudi vingt-sept novembre 2008
Objectives

• to consolidate colours
• to learn what an adjective is
• to understand how to use adjectives

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un cahier bleu une gomme rouge une règle
orange un livre jaune

• We use colours to describe things
• Colours come after the word they describe

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put the words in the correct order
cahier
un
bleu
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put the words in the correct order
un
portable
rouge
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put the words in the correct order
un
stylo
vert
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put the words in the correct order
un
livre
jaune
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put the words in the correct order
un
crayon
orange
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colours
are adjectives
what is an adjective ?

• an adjective
• is used to describe something
• comes after what is described

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un cahier bleu
une gomme bleue
une calculatrice verte
un livre vert
un portable rouge
une table rouge
If what is described is masculin, the colour will
be masculin. If what is described is feminin,
then the colour will become feminin as well.
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Making colours feminin

• Simply add an e at the end, except if it
  already has one !

bleu
e
rose
vert
e
jaune
noir
e
rouge
gris
e
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Attention !
un tableau blanc
une table blanche
un cahier marron
une règle marron
un livre orange
une porte orange
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Attention !
blanc
becomes blanche
marron
orange
and
dont change
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Listen to the rhymes !
un tapis
gris
grise
Une église
Une casquette
verte
un vers
vert
Une planche
blanche
un gant
blanc
Une courge
rouge
un four
rouge
Une cible
bleue
un cheveu
bleu
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Listen to the rhymes !
Un os
rose
Une rose
rose
Une orange
orange
Un ange
orange
Une boisson
marron
Un lion
marron
Une armoire
noire
Un loir
noir
Une icône
jaune
Un trône
jaune
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un cahier vert
des cahiers verts
une plante verte
des plantes vertes
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un tableau blanc
des tableaux blancs
une porte blanche des portes blanches
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Attention !
marron
orange
and
dont change
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making colours plural

• when the thing described is plural, the colour
  becomes plural as well
• marron and orange never change !

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Colours are adjectives
1. They come after the word they describe

• 2. Watch the word the colour describes to know
  how to write it
• masculin / feminin
• singular / plural

3. marron and orange never change
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Write the words in the correct order bleu un
cahier les marron chaises
blanches les portes
. La verte plante
jaune un stylo
.
Write F if the colour is feminin, M if the colour
is masculin and M/F if it could be both blanc
jaune rouge
blanche bleue vert bleu
rose verte
jaune marron
orange
Write S if the colour is singular, P if it is
plural and S/P if it could be both jaunes
bleues blanc
marron rouges verte
orange noirs
rose blanche
Circle the correct answer blanche is feminin
singular OR feminin plural ? rouges is
feminin singular OR feminin plural ? marron
is feminin plural OR it could be any, marron
never changes ? jaunes is masculin singular
OR masculin plural ? bleues is masculin
singular OU feminin plural ?
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Make sentences and colour the animals accordingly
un éléphant
un poney
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5
pink
green
Il y a un éléphant rose
Il y a .
une baleine
Un crocodile
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4
orange
red
..

un gorille
un écureuil
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blue
grey
..

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