Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammar

by Heminway, Annie

• ISBN13: 9780071482844
• ISBN10: 0071482849
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-09
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Polish your French grammar skills and communicate with moresavoir-faire The only way to build your confidence in a second language is to practice, practice, practice. From present tense of regular verbs to direct object pronouns, this comprehensive guide and workbook covers all aspects of French grammar that you need to master. Focusing on the practical aspects of French as it's really spoken, each unit ofPractice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammarfeatures clear explanations, numerous realistic examples, and dozens of engaging exercises. Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammarmakes mastering grammar easy with: Clear, down-to-earth, easy-to-follow explanations that make even the most complex principles easy to understand Example sentences that illustrate and clarify each grammatical point Dozens of exercises in formats suited to every learning style Practical and high-frequency vocabulary used throughout A detailed answer key for quick, easy progress checks With help from this book, you can effortlessly use: * Verbs ending in-oir* Infinitives * Relative pronouns * Gerunds * Pronominal verbs *Passe Compose* Expressions of time * Passive voice

Author Biography

Annie Heminway teaches translation, creative writing and literature at the French Institute Alliance Française and is the author of Practice Makes Perfect: French Pronouns and Prepositions and Better Reading French.

Table of Contents

The Present Tense of Regular er Verbs

The Present of ir and re Verbs; Interrogative and Negative Forms

To Be and To Have; Verbs Ending in oir

More Irregular Verbs; The Immediate Future and the Immediate Past; The Causative Form

Devoir and Its Many Facets; Il y a; Verbs in -eindre and aindre; Il s'agit de

Pronominal Verbs

The Passegrave; Composegrave

The Imparfait; The Imparfait versus the Passegrave; Composegrave

The Simple Future and le Futur Antegrave;rieur; Conjunctions Used with the Indicative Mood

The Plus-que-Parfait

The Present Conditional and the Past Conditional

Could, Would, Should?

The Present Subjunctive; The Past Subjunctive

The Infinitive Mood; Prepositions Used with Verbs

The Present Participle and the Gerund

The Passegrave; Simple

The Passive Voice

Indirect Speech

The Imperative Mood

Articles and Nouns

All the Pronouns

Adjectives and Comparisons

Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns; Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns

Relative Pronouns

Adverbs and Expressions of Time, Quantity, and Location; Question Words

Numbers

Pot Pourri Verb

Tables French-English

Glossary English-French

Glossary

Answer Key

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