Tout/toute/tous/toutes

There are four forms of the adjective Tout, meaning all or every: Tout le temps All the time Toute la famille The whole family Tous les soirs Every evening Toutes les semaines Every week

Masc sing: Fem sing: Masc plur: Fem plur :

Tous and toutes used on their own can mean all. Examples: Ils sont tous Franais They are all French Elles ont toutes mang une salade They all ate a salad (note the place of toutes in front of the past participle !) Tout le monde means everybody and it always takes a singular verb: A lcole, tout le monde se parle. At school, everyone talks to each other. Tout used on its own means everything: Tout sest bien pass. Everything went well. Exercice 1 Translate into French: 1. I play sport every day. 2. She likes everybody. 3. Everything was very quiet. 4. He watches TV all the time. 5. We all (fem) decided to go to the cinema. 6. All the exercises are very hard. 7. All the women were present. 8. I go to Spain every year. 9. They all listened. 10. They spoke German the whole week. Exercice 2 Complete the sentences with tout, toute, tous or toutes: 1. 2. 3. 4. Ils se sont rencontrs midi. Elle a mang les fraises. le monde est all au spectacle. Au camping, il y avait sortes dactivits.

5. Jai revu la famille au mariage de ma cousine. 6. A Paris, jai fait des courses dans les grands magasins. 7. Jai lu la journe. 8. ces personnes attendent larrive dune actrice clbre. 9. Il y a le temps du monde dans ce restaurant. 10. Il a t malade pendant le voyage.