Stage 1 · A1
Masculine and feminine
Masculine and feminine: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.
1. Objective
By the end, you will recognise and use “Masculine and feminine” correctly.
2. Discover
Compare: un étudiant / une étudiante; un ami / une amie; le voisin / la voisine; un Français / une Française. Which clue helps you recognise masculin et féminin?
3. Understand
To understand “Masculine and feminine”, start from the examples rather than an abstract definition. Look at the noun with what surrounds it: determiner, gender/number marking and useful endings.
Check the determiner, gender and number of the noun before making agreement. A word ending alone is not enough to decide.
4. Guided practice
5. Independent practice
6. Write / speak
Use “Masculine and feminine” in a short message you could realistically send today.
7. Check your learning
8. Remember
For masculin et féminin, identify the context first, then the form carrying the useful information. Always check your answer in a complete sentence.
9. Now I can…
- I can recognise “Masculine and feminine” in a new example.
- I can justify my choice and create an example.
