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French Articles (L’article): Definite And Indefinite – Exercises/Quiz 

Articles in French are words that mean the, a, and a.

  • Definite articles: Le, (masculine/singular)  la (feminine/singular), les (neutral/plural). All mean “The”.
  • Indefinite articles: Un (masculine/singular), une(feminine/singular), des (neutral/plural). All me a/an.
  • Definite articles are used for specific things, while indefinite articles are used for non-specific things
  • Articles must agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify. 
  • Examples include “Le garçon” (The boy) and “Un chat” (A cat)
  • Contraction of “le” and “la” is “L'” and is done before a noun starting with a vowel.
  • Learning the gender of nouns is essential in using articles correctly

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Exercises

Of these two options, which one is a way to say "The" in French?

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the French definite article (The)

Remember articles agree on  gender and number with the noun they accompany, therefore, to know which article to use you must know the gender of the noun.

garçon

 
 

garçons

femmes

fleur

maison

  étudiant (inluding males and females)

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the French infinite article (A, An, Some))

maison

camion

maison rouge

chevaux

infirmières

Write two sentences using each form of the definite article (Le, las, les) and two sentences for each form of the indefinite articles in French (Un, une, des).