KS2 · French · Year 4
What it is like: adjectives after the noun
People, places, things: adjective agreement, subject pronouns 'it'
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Your learning goal
I can describe what you and I have using postnominal adjectives.
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I can describe what you and I have using postnominal adjectives.
Key learning points
- Adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in French. They can be either masculine or feminine.
- Regular adjectives add an -e in the feminine form. This is a SFe (silent final e).
- In English, adjectives come before the noun: 'a grey bike'.
- In French, most adjectives go after the noun: 'un vélo gris'. These are called postnominal adjectives.
- 'J'ai' means I have and 'tu as' means you have. These are singular forms of the verb 'avoir'.
Words to know
- SFe
- (silent final e) at the end of a word
- j’ai
- French verb meaning 'I have'
- tu as
- French verb meaning 'you have'
- postnominal adjective
- adjective which comes after the noun in French, e.g. 'un vélo gris'
Common mistakes
All adjectives go before the noun in French, as in English: 'a grey bike'.
Most adjectives go after the noun in French: 'un vélo gris'. These are postnominal adjectives.
For parents, carers and teachers
- As an extension to task C1, ask pupils to describe what they have in their pencil cases using postnominal adjectives.