1. She has a sister and a brother.

paper and the pen.

4. She has a book. grammar?

2. We have seen the

3. They have the water and the ink. 5. She has also a pen. 6. Have you a

7. Have you lost a pencil? 8. What have you 10. Who has the paper?

there? 9. Who has lost a pen?

Petite pluie abat grand vent. — A soft answer turneth away wrath.1

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Agreement of Adjectives. An adjective always agrees in gender with the noun which it qualifies. To form the feminine of most adjectives, add e mute to the masculine.

Adjectives ending in e mute in the masculine do not change in the feminine.

Être, to be. - PRESENT INDICATIVE, AFFIRMATIVE.

This is the largest and handsomest bridge in Paris. The foundation-stone was laid by the Czar Nicholas II in 1896.

Exercise.

1. Le crayon est bon, la plume est mauvaise.

2. Le père

est grand, la fille est petite. 3. La grammaire est très difficile. 4. Il a une plume, la plume est bonne. 5. Le fils a perdu un petit livre. 6. Je suis grand, tu es petit. 7. Le fils est jeune, et la fille est jeune aussi. 8. Il est bon, elle est bonne. 9. Le frère est riche, la sœur est très pauvre. 10. Qui a écrit une très bonne lettre ?

1. The good pencil, the bad pen. 2. The ink is very bad, the water is good. 3. The man has a good son. 4. Has Has she lost a small pencil?

he also a good daughter?

5.

6. Who has lost a large book? the mother is very kind also. mar. 9. You are very kind. the letter is very good.

7. The father is very kind, 8. I have lost a small gram10. She has written a letter, 11. The brother is young, and the sister is young too. 12. The mother is tall, the daughter is short. 13. The grammar is difficult. 14. They have a friend, she is very rich. 15. The pen is good, the paper is poor (bad).

Lesson 5: Present Interrogative of Être.

A bon jour bonne œuvre.

The better the day, the better the deed.1

Use of Pronouns. - (1) When the nominative it stands for a masculine noun (such as crayon), it is expressed by il; when it stands for a feminine noun (such as plume), by elle.

J'ai un crayon, il est bon, I have a pencil, it is a good one.

Il a une grammaire, elle est difficile, he has a grammar, it is difficult.

(2) In a question, if the subject of the verb is a noun, the noun usually stands before the verb and is repeated after the verb in the form of a pronoun.

L'homme est-il riche ? Is the man rich ?

La grammaire est-elle facile ou difficile ? Is the grammar easy or difficult?

1 Literally, For a good day a good work.

1. J'ai vu le livre, il est petit. 2. L'enfant a-t-il l'encre ? 3. L'homme a-t-il une femme? 4. La femme est-elle riche? 5. Nous avons vu l'encre, elle est mauvaise. 6. Vous avez un crayon; est-il bon ou mauvais? 7. L'enfant est-il jeune? 8. L'ami est-il riche ? 9. L'amie est-elle grande? 10. L'homme est-il grand ou petit?

2. The son has a grammar. 4. He has also a good 6. Is the man young? pencil [a]1 good [one]? 10. Is the grammar small? 12. Has the man a friend? 14. Is the letter [a] good

1. The woman has a son. 3. The little child has a good father. mother. 5. The child has a sister. 7. Is he poor or rich? 8. Is the 9. Is the ink good or bad? 11. Is it easy or difficult? 13. What have you written? [one]?

15. Are you tall or short? 2

Lesson 6: Present Negative of Avoir.

Nécessité n'a pas de loi.

Necessity knows no law.

(1) Most nouns form their plural, as in

English, by adding s to the singular.

(2) The plural of all the forms of the definite article (le, la, l')

1 Words in brackets [ ] are not to be expressed in French.

2 Vous always takes a plural verb, but the adjective qualifying it is plural only when more than one person is addressed.