French grammar lessons for Adjectives & Adverbs
A1: Beginner
- Standalone adjectives after c'est are always masculine
- Beau, nouveau, vieux, fou, mou have two masculine forms and one feminine form
- Adjectives ending in -s or -x change in the plural forms only when feminine
- Beau, nouveau, vieux have different plural forms for masculine and feminine (adjectives)
- Colour descriptions change according to gender and number (adjectives)
- Forming regular adverbs with -ment
- Expressing possession with 'de'
- Notre, nos, votre, vos, leur, leurs = our, your, their (possessive adjectives)
- Mon, ma, mes; ton, ta, tes; son, sa, ses = my; your; his / her (possessive adjectives)
- Neuf vs nouveau = New
- Forming the feminine of nouns and adjectives ending in -ien, -ion, -on
- Adjectives ending with mute -e don't change in the feminine form
- Forming the feminine of adjectives ending in -el, -eil, -il, -ul, -et, -s
- Adjectives ending in -er become -ère in the feminine
- Other adjectives that go BEFORE nouns
- Adjectives ending in -eux become -euse in the feminine form
A2: Lower Intermediate
- Using mon, ma, mes, etc with parts of the body (possessive adjectives)
- Forming the feminine of adjectives ending in -c
- Frais, long, favori, rigolo have irregular feminine forms (adjectives)
- De plus en plus and de moins en moins = more and more and less and less (comparisons with adjectives, adverbs, verbs)
- Forming adverbs from adjectives ending in a vowel
- Forming adverbs from adjectives ending in -ant and -ent
- Use notre/nos when on means we, but son/sa/ses when it means people (possessive adjectives)
- Bien, mal, mieux, moins, peu (irregular adverbs)
- Position of most adverbs
- Making comparisons with adjectives: plus... que, aussi... que, moins... que
- Common mistakes with mon/ma/mes, ton/ta/tes and son/sa/ses (possessive adjectives)
- Adjectives after personne, rien, tout le monde, quelqu'un are always masculine
- Using "mon" rather than "ma" with feminine nouns starting with a vowel or mute h (possessive adjectives)
- Expressing possession with son, sa, ses and personne, tout le monde, chacun, il faut (possessive adjectives)
- Ce/cet/cette and ces = this/that and these/those (demonstrative adjectives)
- Making comparisons with adverbs: plus... que, aussi... que, moins... que
- D'autres vs des autres = Others (indefinite adjectives)
- Quel, quelle, quels, quelles + noun = What a ...
- Forming the feminine of faux and adjectives ending in -oux
- Le plus and le moins = the most and the least (superlative of verbs)
- Position of adverbs with verbs in compound tenses
- Forming the feminine of adjectives ending in -f
- Le plus and le moins = the most and the least (superlative of adverbs)
B1: Intermediate
- Cher= dear / expensive (adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Certain = specific / sure (adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Propre = own / clean (adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Forming the plural of adjectives ending in -al
- Dernier = final / previous (adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Vrai = real / true (adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Ancien = former / old (adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Better and better, worse and worse = de mieux en mieux, de pire en pire (comparisons)
- Quelque(s) vs (un) peu de = A couple/a few vs a bit of/few (indefinite adjectives)
- Même can mean "same", "itself", "very", "exact" and "precise" as an adjective, and "even" as an adverb
- Certain adverbs end in -ément
- Le, la, les plus and le, la, les moins = the most and the least (superlatives of adjectives)
- Meilleur, mieux, pire / plus mauvais, plus mal = better, best, worse and worst (irregular comparatives and superlatives)
- Supérieur à, inférieur à (irregular comparatives)
- Plus... plus..., moins... moins... = the more...the more..., the less...the less... (comparisons with phrases)
- Chaque, tous les + [duration] = Each, every (indefinite adjectives)
- Forming the feminine of adjectives ending in -u
- Forming the plural of adjectives ending in -al (exceptions)
- Compound colour names and colour names derived from things are invariable
