The Ultimate French Review and Practice
Mastering French Grammar for Confident Communication
Published on 16. October 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-658-00074-4 (ISBN)
Description
A good grasp of grammar enables the foreign-language learner to build skill and confidence in communication. Here's the "ultimate," painless way for intermediate and advanced learners to brush up on the rules. Each grammatical concept is explained and then illustrated with lively sentence examples; extensive exercises offer practice at applying this knowledge in everyday conversation. Also included are "culture notes," authentic documents, vocabulary boxes, and verb charts, as well as a full answer key and index.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Lincolnwood
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
597 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-658-00074-4 (9780658000744)
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Content
Part One: Verbs - Basic Forms and Uses
1. Present Tense
2. Present tense of irregular verbs
3. Negative sentences
4. Interrogative sentences
5. Imperative
6. Passe compose
7. Imperfect; imperfect versus passe compose
8. Reflexive verbs
9. Future and conditional; conditional sentences
10. Pluperfect, future perfect, and past conditional
11. Passe simple
12. Present participles; uses of the infinitive
Part Two: Nouns and Their Modifiers; Pronouns
13. Nouns: gender, number and articles; uses of articles
14. Stressed pronouns; subject-verb agreement
15. Possessive and demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
16. Interrogative adjectives and pronouns
17. Adjectives; comparative and superlative
18. Object pronouns
Part Three: Other Elements of the Sentence
19. Numbers; time; dates
20. Adverbs
21. Negatives and indefinites
22. Prepositions; prepositions with geographical names
Part Four: Verbs in Two - Clause Sentences
23. Relative clauses
24. The present subjunctive
25. The past subjunctive; literary subjunctives
26. The subjunctive (continued)
Part Five: Idiomatic Usage
27. The passive voice and substitutes for the passive
28. Important idioms and proverbs
Verb Charts
Answers
Index
1. Present Tense
2. Present tense of irregular verbs
3. Negative sentences
4. Interrogative sentences
5. Imperative
6. Passe compose
7. Imperfect; imperfect versus passe compose
8. Reflexive verbs
9. Future and conditional; conditional sentences
10. Pluperfect, future perfect, and past conditional
11. Passe simple
12. Present participles; uses of the infinitive
Part Two: Nouns and Their Modifiers; Pronouns
13. Nouns: gender, number and articles; uses of articles
14. Stressed pronouns; subject-verb agreement
15. Possessive and demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
16. Interrogative adjectives and pronouns
17. Adjectives; comparative and superlative
18. Object pronouns
Part Three: Other Elements of the Sentence
19. Numbers; time; dates
20. Adverbs
21. Negatives and indefinites
22. Prepositions; prepositions with geographical names
Part Four: Verbs in Two - Clause Sentences
23. Relative clauses
24. The present subjunctive
25. The past subjunctive; literary subjunctives
26. The subjunctive (continued)
Part Five: Idiomatic Usage
27. The passive voice and substitutes for the passive
28. Important idioms and proverbs
Verb Charts
Answers
Index