Les Couleurs et les Adjectifs Objectives: to consolidate colours to learn what an adjective is to understand how to use adjectives

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

put the words in the correct order cahier un bleu

put the words in the correct order un rouge portable

put the words in the correct order un vert stylo

put the words in the correct order livre un jaune

put the words in the correct order un orange crayon

colours what is an adjective ? are adjectives an adjective: is used to describe something comes after what is described

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.

Making colours feminin Simply add an –e at the end, except if it already has one ! bleu e rose vert e noir e jaune rouge gris e

Attention ! un tableau blanc une table blanche un cahier marron une règle marron un livre orange une porte orange

Attention ! blanc becomes blanche marron orange and don’t change

Listen to the rhymes ! un tapis gris Une église grise Une casquette verte un vers vert Une planche blanche un gant blanc Une courge rouge un four rouge Une cible bleue un cheveu bleu

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

un cahier vert des cahiers verts une plante verte des plantes vertes

des tableaux blancs une porte blanche des portes blanches un tableau blanc des tableaux blancs une porte blanche des portes blanches

Attention ! marron orange and don’t change

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

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

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 ?

1 5 14 4 17 21 Make sentences and colour the animals accordingly un éléphant un poney 1 5 pink green Il y a un éléphant rose Il y a …………………………………. une baleine Un crocodile 14 4 orange red ……………………………………….. …………………………………………………… un gorille un écureuil 17 21 blue grey ……………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………

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