French Review

Nouns are words that name things, people, places and ideas.
In French, all nouns are either masculine or feminine.

Key Information

Write the correct determiner for each noun depending on whether it’s
masculine or feminine. The first one has been done for you.

With some words it’s easy to tell if they are masculine or feminine as they
describe male or female people, e.g. le garçon (the boy), la fille (the girl).

Feminine nouns have
la (the) or une (a/an)
in front of them.

feminine

Words

starting with
a vowel have

l’ in front of them

instead of le

or la.

the cat

le chat (m)

the giraffe

girafe (f)

a pencil case

trousse (f)

the computer

ordinateur (m)

the table

table (f)

a cake

gâteau (m)

a jumper

pull (m)

an elephant

éléphant (m)

a house

maison (f)

the egg

œuf (m)

an apple

pomme (f)

a woman/lady

femme (f)

the school

école (f)

the tree

arbre (m)

the chocolate

chocolat (m)

a pizza

pizza (f)

a brother

frère (m)

the fish

poisson (m)

a car

voiture (f)

a book

livre (m)

remember

When you learn a new French
word, you also need to learn if it’s
masculine (m) or feminine (f).

Masculine nouns have
le (the) or un (a/an) in
front of them.

masculine

T

o

p

T

i

p

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Answers

the cat

le chat (m)

the giraffe

la girafe (f)

a pencil case

une trousse (f)

the computer

l' ordinateur (m)

the table

la table (f)

a cake

un gâteau (m)

a jumper

un pull (m)

an elephant

un éléphant (m)

a house

une maison (f)

the egg

l' œuf (m)

an apple

une pomme (f)

a woman/lady

une femme (f)

the school

l' école (f)

the tree

l' arbre (m)

the chocolate

le chocolat (m)

a pizza

une pizza (f)

a brother

un frère (m)

the fish

le poisson (m)

a car

une voiture (f)

a book

un livre (m)

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