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B.6.3 Chiffres 60-100Ecrivez les chiffres qui correspondent aux mots.1. soixante-trois2. quatre-vingt-six3. quatre-vingt-quinze4. soixante-dix-neuf5. soixante-et-onze6. quatre-vingt-quatre7. quatre-vingt-seize8. soixante-deux9. soixante-douze10. quatre-vingt-dix11. cent trois12. soixante-septB.6.4 Chiffres 60-100 en motsWrite out the following numbers in words.1. 983. 835. 697. 809. 732. 614. 756. 928. 6410. 97B.7 Gender of adjectivesYou may have noticed in some of the earlier exercises that the adjectivesfollowing the verb être did not all have the same form. Infact, an adjective needs to match the number (singular or plural)and gender (masculine or feminine) of the person or objectit is describing. This is a very important concept in French calledagreement. Agreement means that two words that go togethergrammatically have matching forms – a masculine noun goes witha masculine adjective, the pronoun je goes with the je form of theverb, etc.We can contrast:Philippe est petit with Georges et Marie sont petits.Je suis intelligent with Elles sont intelligentes.Tu es content? with Nous sommes contents.You can perhaps see a pattern. Most adjectives in French have fourforms:masculine singularfeminine singularmasculine pluralfeminine pluralYou always start from the masculine singular form to get theother forms. Starting from the masculine singular, you usually add-e for the feminine singular, -s for the masculine plural, and -es forthe feminine plural. However, there are some variations; considerthe following examples.1. If the masculine singular ends in a consonant:48 Chapter 1 Bonjour! Ça va?