BLEU ROUGE JAUNE VIOLET

MARRON BLANC NOIRROSE

GRIS VERT ORANGE

All nouns in French are either masculine or feminine.Masculine nouns

un livre

un stylo

un cahier

un taille-crayon

un crayon

un feutre

un sac

Feminine nouns

une règle

une trousse

une gomme

une calculatrice

une feuille

In English we use colors as adjectives before a noun:a yellow pencil, a red book, a blue pen

In French we use colors as adjectives after a noun.

un stylojaune un livrerougeun crayon

bleu

What do you notice in these sentences?

The words for these colors have changed?Why do you think these words are different? They describe feminine nouns.These are the colors that change with a feminine noun.

BLEUE NOIRE

VIOLETTE BLANCHEGRISEVERTE

With a partner, can you think of a rule for deciding how and when to change the color word?

These are the rules.

•When referring to a feminine noun, add an e unless the word already ends in e

•Exceptions: •violette blanche •No agreement when the adjective of color is named after a fruit: orange & marron (chestnut)

Remember the agreement rules and complete the following sentences on a separate piece of paper. Write the sentences in English and French.

1. I have a blue pen.

J’ai un stylo ________.

2. I have a green pencil case.

J’ai une trousse ______________.

3. I have a yellow marker.

J’ai un feutre ___________

4. I have a white back pack.

J’ai un sac _____________

5. I have a white eraser.

J’ai une gomme _____________.