Adjectives, gender and number

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An explanation of how French adjectives must agree with the nouns that they describe

describe a and all French adjectives agree with the noun in and number.

The general rule is that for nouns, add -e, for nouns, add -s, and for feminine plural nouns, add -es.

Use to adjust the intensity of an adjective:

Those intensifiers go before the adjective. For example: Sa maison est très moderne. - His/Her house is very modern.

Adjectives must agree with the noun even if they are not right next to each other in the sentence:

Je trouve les documentaires très intéressants. – I find documentaries very interesting.
L’eau est extrêmement froide. – The water is extremely cold.

Choose the correct version of the adjective for the nouns listed below.

	Noun	Adjective
1.	la ville	intéressant / intéressante / intéressantes
2.	les cheveux	noir / noirs / noires
3.	les tantes	amusants / amusant / amusantes
4.	le centre commercial	grandes / grande / grand

	1.
Noun	la ville
Adjective	intéressant / intéressante / intéressantes

	Noun	Adjective	Explanation
1.	la ville	intéressante	Ville is feminine and singular, so the adjective needs to be feminine and singular.
2.	les cheveux	noirs	Cheveux is plural and masculine, so the adjective must be masculine and plural too.
3.	les tantes	amusantes	Tantes is plural and feminine, so the adjective must end in -es.
4.	le centre commercial	grand	Centre commercial is masculine, so the adjective must be masculine.

	1.
Noun	la ville
Adjective	intéressante
Explanation	Ville is feminine and singular, so the adjective needs to be feminine and singular.

	2.
Noun	les cheveux
Adjective	noirs
Explanation	Cheveux is plural and masculine, so the adjective must be masculine and plural too.

	3.
Noun	les tantes
Adjective	amusantes
Explanation	Tantes is plural and feminine, so the adjective must end in -es.

	4.
Noun	le centre commercial
Adjective	grand
Explanation	Centre commercial is masculine, so the adjective must be masculine.