Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French All-In-One Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French All-In-One

✍ Scribed by Heminway, Annie

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 656
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Build your confidence in your French skills with practice, practice, practice!

From present tense regular verbs to double object pronouns, this comprehensive guide and workbook covers all those aspects of French grammar that you might find a little intimidating or hard to remember. "Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammar" focuses on the practical aspects of French as it's really spoken, so you are not bogged down by unnecessary technicalities. Each unit features crystal-clear explanations, numerous realistic examples, and dozens of engaging exercises in a variety of formats--including multiple choice, fill-in sentences and passages, sentence rewrites, and creative writing--perfect for whatever your learning style.

Whenever possible, explanations include comparisons you to understand the basic logic behind the rules and to remember correct usage. This new edition includes: Time-saving vocabulary panels that eliminate having to look words upAdvice on how to avoid common mistakesA detailed answer key for quick, easy progress checks

Offering a winning formula for getting a handle on French grammar right away, "Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammar" your ultimate resource for learning to speak French the way the native speakers do.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
1 Articles......Page 12
2 Basic gender endings: Masculin and féminin......Page 24
3 More French nouns and their gender......Page 48
4 Numbers......Page 89
5 Vocabulary: Thoughts, feelings, communicating, home, travel, science, leisure, and technology......Page 98
6 Building sentences......Page 132
7 Asking questions......Page 140
8 Exclamations and commands......Page 160
9 Independent clauses and subordinate clauses......Page 170
10 The present tense of -er verbs......Page 185
11 The present of -ir and -re verbs......Page 197
12 Être, avoir, and other irregular verbs......Page 208
13 The immediate future, the immediate past, and the causative form......Page 222
14 Pronominal verbs......Page 232
15 The passé composé......Page 238
16 The imparfait and the plus-que-parfait......Page 248
17 The simple future and the past future......Page 260
18 The present conditional and the past conditional......Page 269
19 Could, should, would?......Page 279
20 The present subjunctive and the past subjunctive......Page 286
21 Prepositions......Page 296
22 The infinitive mood......Page 326
23 The imperative mood......Page 339
24 The present participle and gerund......Page 347
25 The simple past, the passive voice, and indirect speech......Page 354
26 Pronouns......Page 372
27 Relative pronouns......Page 395
28 Adjectives......Page 405
29 Adverbs......Page 417
30 Written French: Making transitions and written correspondence......Page 426
31 Verb transfers and confusing verbs......Page 445
32 Whatever, whenever, wherever: French oddities and fun with prepositions......Page 476
33 French in conversation: Meeting people......Page 489
34 French in conversation: Making conversation and making plans......Page 502
35 French in conversation: Discussing current events......Page 521
36 French in conversation: Asking for help......Page 536
37 A taste of French literature......Page 548
Appendix A: French pronunciation......Page 564
Appendix B: Grammatical terminology for verbs......Page 568
Appendix C: French verb tables......Page 572
Appendix D: French-English/English-French glossary......Page 598
Answer key......Page 622
Translations......Page 652

✦ Subjects

Cultural;France