Les Couleurs et les Adjectifs 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

un cahier bleu

unportablerouge

unstylovert

unlivre jaune

uncrayonorange

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

un cahier bleuune gomme bleue un livre vert une calculatrice verte 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. un portable rougeune table rouge

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

Attention ! un tableau blancune table blanche un cahier marronune règle marron un livre orangeune porte orange

blanc marron orange becomes blanche and dont change Attention !

un tapisgris grise Une église un vers vert Une casquette un gantblanc Une plancheblanche un fourrouge Une courgerouge un cheveubleu Une ciblebleue verte

Un osroseUne roserose Un angeorange Une orangeorange Un lionmarron Une boissonmarron Un loirnoir Une armoirenoire Un trônejaune Une icônejaune

un cahier vertdes cahiers verts une plante vertedes plantes vertes

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

marron orange and dont change Attention !

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

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 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 ? Write the words in the correct order bleu un cahier ………………………………………………… les marron chaises …………………………………………… blanches les portes ………………………………………………. La verte plante …………………………………………… jaune un stylo …………………………………………………………….

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

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