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Grammar
Objective: Convert standard singular nouns and their accompanying articles into their correct plural forms.
| Singular | Plural | English |
|---|---|---|
| le livre | les livres | the book / the books |
| la table | les tables | the table / the tables |
| l'étudiant | les étudiants | the student / the students |
| un ami | des amis | a friend / some friends |
| une maison | des maisons | a house / some houses |
| le cours | les cours | the course / the courses |
| le prix | les prix | the price / the prices |
The noun must take the plural -s when the article changes to les, so livre becomes livres.
The article must agree with the noun, so a plural noun requires les rather than the singular le.
Singular form. Le and la mark the two singular definite nouns in the sentence.
The same sentence with plural livres. The article shifts to les, and the verb est becomes sont to agree with the plural subject.
Singular indefinite article un for a masculine noun. The verb arrive is singular.
The plural shifts both the article (un to des) and the verb (arrive to arrivent).
The elided singular l' before a vowel-starting noun. The plural form is les étudiants with no elision needed.
5 exercises · about 8 minutes
Nouns already ending in -s, -x, or -z keep the same written form in the plural without an extra letter.
The plural article les triggers a z-sound liaison before any vowel, even though its -s stays silent before consonants.
Plural subject les étudiants triggers the plural verb form travaillent, which sounds identical to travaille in speech.
Cours already ends in -s. The plural form les cours looks identical except for the article.
Prix ends in -x. The plural form is written the same as the singular, and only les signals the number.