Directions: Determine whether each underlined food item is masculine singular, feminine singular, or plural.

1. Tu manges du poulet pour le dîner.
   
2. Les élèves demandent (ask for) des biscuits dans l’après-midi.
   
3. Lorraine voudrait (would like) de la bière.

Directions: Choose whether or not the underlined segment of each sentence translates to “some”, “from the” or “of the” in English.

1. Le pantalon de la fille est bleu.
   
2. Je regarde (watch) des films au cinéma.
   
3. Nous habitons (live) 3 heures de la ville.

Translation and Answers:

1. You are eating some chicken for dinner. Chicken, or poulet, is a masculine singular noun. This is understood from the masculine singular partitive article, du.
2. Students ask for cookies in the afternoon. Cookies, or biscuits, is a plural noun. This is understood from the plural partitive article, des.
3. Lorraine would like some beer. Beer, or bière, is a feminine singular noun. This is understood from the feminine partitive article, de la.
4. The pants of the girl are blue. = The girl’s pants are blue.
5. I watch some films at the movies.
6. We live three hours from the city.