Practice Makes Perfect Complete French Grammar

✍ Scribed by Heminway, Annie

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 317
• Series: Practice Makes Perfect
• Edition: Premium Third edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Master grammar with the bestselling workbook for learners of French

Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammaris the go-to guide for clear, precise explanations of all aspects of French grammar: from the present tense of regular verbs to direct object pronouns, from the differences betweensavoirandconnaitreto the use of pronouns y and en. This comprehensive guide will also give you plenty of practice in using your language skills. And this new edition is accompanied by flashcards and audio recordings, available online and via app, that will provide a new dimension and flexibility to your study.

THIS BOOK MAKES MASTERING GRAMMAR EASY WITH:

- Clear, down-to-earth, easy-to-follow explanations that make even the most complex principles easy to understand
- More than 350 exercises, with a detailed answer key for each progress checks
- Example sentences that illustrate and clarify each grammatical point
- Practical and high-frequency vocabulary used throughout

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
Regular -er verbs in the present......Page 14
-er verbs with spelling and stem changes......Page 17
When is the present tense used in French?......Page 22
-ir verbs in the present......Page 26
-re verbs in the present......Page 29
The interrogative form......Page 32
The negative form......Page 34
The verb être (to be)......Page 37
The verb avoir (to have)......Page 39
The -oir verbs......Page 41
The verb aller (to go)......Page 47
The immediate future tense......Page 48
The verb venir (to come)......Page 49
The immediate past......Page 50
The verb faire (to do, to make)......Page 53
The causative form......Page 54
The verb devoir (to have to, must)......Page 56
Verbs ending in -eindre and -aindre......Page 59
Reflexive verbs......Page 62
Reciprocal verbs......Page 63
Subjective pronominals......Page 64
Pronominals in the imperative and the infinitive......Page 65
The past participle of regular verbs......Page 68
The passé composé with avoir......Page 69
Irregular past participles......Page 71
The passé composé with être......Page 73
Pronominal verbs in the passé composé......Page 75
Verbs conjugated with avoir or être......Page 76
The imparfait......Page 78
The imparfait versus the passé composé......Page 80
The imparfait with special constructions......Page 83
The futur simple......Page 85
The futur antérieur......Page 90
Conjunctions used with the indicative mood......Page 92
Formation of the plus-que-parfait......Page 94
Use of the plus-que-parfait......Page 96
The present conditional......Page 100
The past conditional......Page 105
Could......Page 110
Should......Page 112
Would......Page 113
The present subjunctive......Page 117
Uses of the subjunctive......Page 119
The past subjunctive......Page 125
The infinitif présent......Page 128
The infinitif passé......Page 131
Verbs with their prepositions......Page 133
The present participle......Page 139
The gerund......Page 142
Formation of the passé simple......Page 144
The passé simple of irregular verbs......Page 145
Formation of the passive voice......Page 149
Avoiding the passive voice in French......Page 152
Direct speech versus indirect speech......Page 154
Balancing tenses: la concordance des temps......Page 155
Formation of the imperative......Page 160
The imperative of pronominal verbs......Page 163
The definite article with nouns......Page 165
The indefinite and partitive articles with nouns......Page 166
The gender of nouns......Page 168
The plural of nouns......Page 171
The gender of countries......Page 173
Geographical names with prepositions......Page 174
Subject pronouns......Page 179
Direct object pronouns......Page 180
Indirect object pronouns......Page 183
The order of object pronouns......Page 189
Disjunctive pronouns......Page 191
Agreement of adjectives......Page 196
The placement of adjectives......Page 197
Adjectives of color......Page 198
Comparatives and superlatives......Page 200
Demonstrative adjectives......Page 204
Possessive adjectives......Page 206
Possessive pronouns......Page 208
Demonstrative pronouns......Page 211
Qui......Page 215
Que......Page 216
Lequel......Page 218
Où......Page 219
Dont......Page 220
Ce que, ce qui, ce dont, ce à quoi......Page 222
Adverbs and expressions of time......Page 225
Adverbs and expressions of location......Page 232
The numbers 0 to 50......Page 234
Ordinal numbers......Page 235
The numbers 50 to 99......Page 237
The numbers 100 to 999......Page 238
The numbers 1,000 and greater......Page 240
Verbs that use different prepositions......Page 243
Whatever, whenever, wherever, whoever......Page 246
Avoir beau and quitte à......Page 247
Subordinate clauses......Page 248
28 Review exercises......Page 252
Regular verbs......Page 276
Verbs with stem changes......Page 278
Irregular verbs......Page 279
A......Page 280
C......Page 281
D......Page 282
F......Page 283
J......Page 284
N......Page 285
P......Page 286
S......Page 287
V......Page 288
Y......Page 289
B......Page 290
C......Page 291
F......Page 292
H......Page 293
M......Page 294
P......Page 295
S......Page 296
T......Page 297
W......Page 298
Y......Page 299
Answer key......Page 300

✦ Subjects

Cultural;France;Humanities;Language;Nonfiction;Textbooks;Linguistics