Unit 1: Subject (Subject of the sentence) Exercice 1: Le Sujet

 

In almost every sentence there is a subject (it does the action). It is either:
SINGULAR (it refers to one person or one thing, doing the action) or
PLURAL (it refers to more than one person or one thing doing the action).

The subject of a sentence is always one of these:

1st person

SINGULAR: je or j’ = "I" in English
PLURAL: nous = “we” in English, Michèle et moi (Michèle and I ), mes parents et moi (my parents and I)

2nd person

SINGULAR: tu (informal), vous (formal) = “you” in English
PLURAL: vous (you, plural), Marie-Christine et Frédéric (when you are addressing them directly)

3rd person

SINGULAR: il (he), elle (she), Joseph, Marie, Madame Sarkozy, le Professeur, l’étudiant,le Premier Ministre du Canada, la maison, la table, le stylo, mon amie, le football
PLURAL:
(1) ils (they-masculine) , Monsieur et Madame Bachelot, Jean-Luc et sa soeur, les enfants de la Princesse Diana, les Américains, les jeux Olympiques
(2) elles (they-feminine), Jeanne et Chantal, les avocates, mes cousines, les Princesses de Monaco, la France et l’Espagne, les cerises, les cartes de Noël

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Exercice 1: Le Sujet