How do French adjectives agree with nouns?

An adjective takes the gender and number of its noun. Most add -e in the feminine and -s in the plural (un petit chat, des petites maisons), but whole families change more: heureux/heureuse, sportif/sportive, national/nationaux, naturel/naturelle.

When do French adjectives go before the noun?

Most go after the noun. A small group of short, common adjectives go before: beauty, age, number, goodness and size (beau, jeune, premier, bon, grand). Some change meaning with their place: mon ancien patron (former) but une maison ancienne (old).

Why is it « un bel hôtel » and not « un beau hôtel »?

Before a masculine singular noun that starts with a vowel or a silent h, beau, nouveau and vieux become bel, nouvel and vieil, so the words link smoothly: un bel hôtel, un nouvel ami, un vieil arbre. In the plural they go back to beaux, nouveaux, vieux.

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French adjective agreement practice: a mini golf game

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French adjective agreement takes one second to explain and months to get right under pressure. In this mini golf game every hole is a noun with a gap, and every cup carries one form of the adjective: petit, petite, petits or petites. Pull back, aim at the right flag and putt. Thirty levels take you from regular -e and -s to un vieil ami, mon ancien patron and quelque chose de bon, and every wrong cup shows you the rule.

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30 levels
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30 levels, 5 worlds

From the basics to exam speed

Each level is one round of about 3 minutes. Win a star to open the next level, and replay for three stars. The first 6 levels are free with no sign-up, levels 7–12 with a free account, and Premium opens all 30.

World 1 · levels 1–6
Spring meadow
L’accord régulier
Regular agreement: -e and -s, adjectives in -é, in -e and in -s.
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World 2 · levels 7–12
Seaside course
Les formes irrégulières
sportive, naturelle, chère, nationaux, then un bel hôtel and un vieil ami.
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World 3 · levels 13–18
Maple park
Avant ou après ?
Where the adjective goes: BANGS before the noun, colours and nationalities after, two at once, form and place together.
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World 4 · levels 19–24
Dusk lights
Le sens change
mon ancien patron or un meuble ancien? neuf or nouveau? And colours: des yeux marron.
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World 5 · levels 25–30
Neon night
Les pièges
Exam traps: mixed genders, quelque chose de bon, une demi-heure, c’est beau, invariable words.
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How to play

1Read the phrase: a noun with a gap, and the adjective to fit in, in brackets.
2Pull back from the ball and let go toward the flag with the right form, or tap the flag.
3A wrong cup spits the ball out: you see the rule, all four forms, and why.

What it trains

Choosing the right adjective form for the noun’s gender and number, including the irregular families (-eux/-euse, -if/-ive, -al/-aux, -el/-elle, beau/bel/belle), putting adjectives before or after the noun, the adjectives whose meaning changes with their place (ancien, cher, propre, dernier), colour agreement (des yeux marron, des robes bleu clair) and the classic B2 traps.

Why it matters for TCF and TEF Canada

Agreement mistakes are the most visible errors in the TCF Canada and TEF Canada writing tasks: a missing -e or a wrong plural shows in almost every sentence. Examiners judge grammatical control and range, so getting une ville ancienne or des vêtements sociaux right, and placing adjectives the French way, helps you reach the NCLC 7 that Express Entry rewards.

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Rules and tips to remember

Find the noun first, then its gender and number
The adjective copies the noun. If the determiner doesn’t say (les, des, l’), think of the noun with un or une: une affaire, so des affaires importantes.
BANGS go before, the rest after
Short adjectives of Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness and Size go before the noun (une jolie maison, un vieux pont). Colours, nationalities, shapes and participles go after: une voiture rouge.
A mixed group takes the masculine
One masculine noun is enough: un pantalon et une veste noirs. And after quelque chose de or rien de, the adjective stays masculine singular: quelque chose de bon.