Frencg grammar test 2

To make an adjective femenine…

Add an e to the masculine form, if it already ends in e leave it as is

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -eux

-euse

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -if

-ive

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -el

-elle

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -il

-ille

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -on

-onne

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -os

-osse

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -as

-asse

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -en

-enne

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -er

-ère

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -et

-ète, or ette

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -c

-che, -que

Femenine ending for verbs ending in -eur

-rice, -eure, -euse

Femenine of bénin, doux, épais, favori, and fou

Bénigne, douce, épaisse, favorite, folle

Femenine for fraise, long, roux, and sec

Fraîche, longue, rousse, sèche

General rule for making adjectives plural

Add an s

Plural for adjectives ending in -al and -au

Add aux

Exceptions of aux ending

Final, banal, glacial, natal

Adjectives that go before the noun

Joli, beau, premier, dernier, deuixieme (rank), jeune, vieux, nouvelle, bon, mauvais, gentil, grand, gros, petit

Adjectives that change when the noun starts with a vowel

Vieux —> vieil, nouveau —> nouvel, Beau —> bel, fou —> fol

If there are two adjectives placed before or after the verb

Use “et” in between them

Imparfait conjugation

Begin with nous present tense and ending : je -ais, tu -ais, il/elle/on -ait, nous -ions, vous -iez, ils/elles -aient

verbes ending in cer

Use accent cedille on every form except nous and vous

verbs ending in ger

Have the e after the g in every from except nous and vous

When to use l’imparfait

Action habituelle, description physique et morale, decor (desciption) de l’action, le temps, action continue (avec une interruption plus tard)

When to use passe composse

Action ponctuelle/precise/finie, changement, serie d’actions, interruptiond’une action continue

Verbs with etre

Devenir (devenu), revenir (revenu), monter (monté), rester (resté), sortir (sorti), partir (parti), venir (venu), arriver (arrivé), naitre (né), descendre (descendu), entrer (entré), rentrer (rentré), tomber (tombe), retourner (retourné), aller (allé), mourir (mort), passer (passé)

Formation of regular verbs

-er —> -´é, -ir —> -i, -re —> -u

Past participle of ouvrir, offrir, decouvrir

Ouvert, offert, decouvert

Past participle of conduire, ecrire, dire

Conduit, écrit, dit

Past participle of boire, savoir, devoir, voir, lire, pouvoir

Bu, su, dû, vu, lu , pu

Past participle of rire and suivre

Ri, Suivi

If the verb uses aller…

does not agree with subject

If the verb uses etre…

it has to agree with the subject

If the verb uses avoir but there is a direct object…

It must agree with the direct object

Reflexive nouns use…

etre

se lever passe composse

je me suis leve, tu t’es leve, il/elle s’est leve, nous nous sommes leve, vous vous etes leve, ils/elles se sont leve

Past participle of prendre and mettre

Pris and mis

Plus que parfait conjugation

Use the same auxiliary verb used in passe composse with the auxiliary verb in its imparfait form + the past participle of the verb

When is plus que parfait used

When desribing an action that occured before an event already in the past

Agreements for plus que parfait

Same as the agreements for passe composse

An adjective like deja in plus que parfait goes

between the imparfait and the past participle