A1Tricky Plurals & Numbers
Quatre-vingts, des grands-parents, bleu clair, tous les jours: the agreements that trap.
The agreements that even native speakers get wrong. Learn when vingt and cent take an s, the plural of compound nouns, which colours agree and which never do, and how to make tout and même agree, with the 1990 spelling reform where it simplifies the rules.
Lessons
- 1
Writing numbers in letters
Know when vingt and cent take an s, and why mille never does.
- 2
Plural of compound nouns and colours
Make compound nouns plural (des grands-parents, des porte-clés) and know which colours agree.
- 3
Tout, tous, toute, toutes and même
Make tout agree correctly, and know when même takes an s.
Final assessment
Ten questions drawn from the whole course. Score 70% or more to earn your certificate.
What you will be able to do
- 01Write numbers in letters correctly
- 02Make compound nouns plural
- 03Make colours agree correctly
- 04Use tout, tous, toute, toutes and même
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