French GCSE
Adjectives
What Adjectives means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Adjectives
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Reference: AQA
These must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe, including within comparative and superlative structures.
Words formed with '-able' describe a noun and must agree in number with the noun they describe by adding an 's' for plural.
Topics that use Adjectives
- Adjectives (AQA GCSE)
- Using common patterns with French (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Abstract versus concrete nouns
- Action sequencing
- Adjective agreement and position
- Comparisons and superlatives
- Demonstrative and possessive determiners
- Gender of nouns
- Grammatical gender patterns
- Irregular forms
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