Adjectives copy the noun

The noun sets the rule, the adjective follows

In English, a small boy and a small girl share the same 'small'. In French, the adjective looks at the noun and copies its gender: un petit garçon, une petite fille. Usually you just add an e for feminine.

Some endings change more: -eux becomes -euse (heureux, heureuse), -if becomes -ive (sportif, sportive), -er becomes -ère (premier, première), -on becomes -onne (bon, bonne). If the noun is plural, add an s on top.

Examples

Practice (sample)

Pick the adjective that matches

1. une voiture ______
   rapide / rapides / rapid
   Answer

   rapide. rapide already ends in e, so it is the same for both genders.
2. un garçon ______
   heureux / heureuse / heureuses
   Answer

   heureux. garçon is masculine singular, so -eux stays as it is.
3. une histoire ______
   long / longue / longs
   Answer

   longue. histoire is feminine. long becomes longue (the u keeps the g hard).
4. des filles ______
   intelligent / intelligente / intelligentes
   Answer

   intelligentes. feminine and plural: add e, then add s.
5. la ______ fois
   premier / première / premières
   Answer

   première. -er turns into -ère in the feminine.
6. des livres ______
   bon / bonne / bons
   Answer

   bons. livres is masculine plural, so bon takes just an s.

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