An edition of The ultimate French review and practice
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The ultimate French review and practice
mastering French grammar for confident communication
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by David M. Stillman
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Overview: Better than ever! The bestselling intermediate-level workbook has been expanded into a comprehensive, dynamic digital/print study tool that's sure to help you master French. Based on the principle that strong grammar skills are necessary for foreign language mastery, The Ultimate French Review and Practice explains and illustrates important grammar concepts with lively sentence examples, and it provides 400 engaging exercises that are contextualized, with scene-setting instructions in French. This new, premium edition provides an array of digital content in the bonus App (iOS, Android, desktop) that supports the book: Pre-test for identifying existing strengths and weaknesses. -- More than 200 exercises for extended review. -- Post-tests for assessing progress. -- Flashcards for all vocabulary lists, with progress-tracking. -- Extensive audio exercises to test listening comprehension.
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Table of Contents
Part 1: Verbs: Basic Forms And Uses:
Present Tense:
Present tense of regular -er, -ir, and -re verbs
Spelling changes in the present tense of regular -er verbs
First-conjugation (-er) verbs with mute e as the stem vowel
First-conjugation (-er) verbs with e as the stem vowel
Uses of the present tense
Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French the prefix re-
Present Tense Of Irregular Verbs:
Common irregular verbs
Expressions with avior, etre, faire, and prendre
Irregular verbs resembling regular verbs
Other irregular verbs
Verbal constructions
Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French the verb system in spoken French
Negative Sentences:
Basic negative structures
Other negative structures
Ne-que
Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French further uses of ne-que only
Interrogative Sentences:
Question formation
Imperative
Passe Compose:
Passe Compose with avoir
Passes Compose with etre
Special cases
Agreement of the past participle
Imperfect; Imperfect Versus Passe Compose:
Imperfect tense
Uses of the imperfect tense: the imperfect contrasted with the Passe Compose
Other use of the imperfect tense
Special meanings of certain verbs
Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French the imperfect tense
Reflexive Verbs:
Conjugation and use of reflexive verbs
Infinitive of reflexive verbs
Passe Compose of reflexive verbs
Reciprocal reflexive verbs
Imperative of reflexive verbs
Other reflexive constructions and reflexive verbs
Future And Conditional; Conditional Sentences (1):
Future tense
Use of the future after quand and other conjunctions
Conditional
Conditional sentences (1)
Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French pronunciation of the future and conditional
Pluperfect, Future Perfect, And Past Conditional; Conditional Sentences (2):
Pluperfect (Le plus-que-parfait)
Future perfect (Le future anterieur)
Conditional perfect (Le conditionnel passe)
Conditional sentences (2)
Passe Simple:
Formation and use of the passe simple
Passe simple of irregular verbs
Present Participles; Uses Of The Infinitive:
Present participle
Uses of the infinitive
Verb + a + infinitive
Verb + de + infinitive
Verb + object + de + infinitive
Adjective or noun + preposition + infinitive
Faire + infinitive
Part 2: Nouns And Their Modifiers; Pronouns:
Nouns: Gender, Number, And Articles; Uses Of Articles:
Gender and number of nouns; definite and indefinite articles
Plural nouns
Determining the gender of nouns
Determining the gender of nouns (continued)
C'est versus il/elle est
Partitive
Expressions of quantity
Uses of articles
Stressed Pronouns; Subject-Verb Agreement:
Stressed pronouns: forms and usage
Subject-verb agreement with stressed pronouns and other special cases
Possessive And Demonstrative Adjectives And Pronouns:
Possessive and possessive adjectives
Possessive pronouns
Demonstrative adjectives
Demonstrative pronouns
Interrogative Adjectives And Pronouns, And Other Question Words:
Interrogative adjectives
Interrogative pronoun lequel
Interrogative pronouns who, whom, what, and other question words
Adjectives, Comparatives, And Superlatives:
Gender of adjectives
Plural of adjectives
Position of adjectives
Comparison of adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs
Superlative of adjectives, adverbs and nouns
Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French adjectives
Object Pronouns:
Direct object pronouns
Indirect object pronouns
Pronoun y
Pronoun en
Double object pronouns
Restrictions on the use of object pronouns
Object pronouns in affirmative commands
Part 3: Other Elements Of The Sentence:
Numbers; Time; Dates:
Cardinal numbers to 99
Cardinal numbers 100 and above
Ordinal numbers
Telling time
Days, dates, and years
Adverbs:
Adverbs of manner
Adverbs of time
Adverbs of place
Adverbial phrases
Negative And Indefinites:
Negative words
Indefinite words and expressions
Indefinite words and expressions (continued)
Idioms and expressions with negative and indefinite words
Prepositions; Prepositions With Geographical Names:
Preposition a
Preposition de
Prepositions avec and sans
Prepositions en and dans
Sur, sous, and related prepositions
Entre, pour, and par
Other prepositions
Prepositions with geographical names
Part 4: Verbs In Two-Clause Sentences:
Relative Clauses:
Relative pronouns qui and que
Preposition + qui and lequel
Dont
Other relatives
Relatives without antecedents
Present Subjunctive:
Moods of verbs
Forms of the present subjunctive
Uses Of The Subjunctive: Imposition of will, necessity, getting someone to do something
Uses Of The Subjunctive: Emotion and opinion
Uses Of The Subjunctive: Negation of fact and opinion
Uses Of The Subjunctive: Special cases
Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French the present subjunctive
Past Subjunctive; Literary Subjunctives:
Forms and use of the past subjunctive
Forms and use of the imperfect subjunctive
Forms and use of the pluperfect subjunctive
Subjunctive (Continued):
Subjunctive after certain conjunctions
Subjunctive in relative clauses
Subjunctive after superlatives
Subjunctive in certain types of indefinite clauses
Part 5: Idiomatic Usage:
Passive Voice And Substitutes For The Passive:
Passive voice (La voix passive)
Substitutes for the passive voice
Important Idioms And Proverbs:
Idioms with avior and etre
Idioms with faire
Idioms with prendre
Idioms with mettre
Idioms with voir
Idioms with dire
Expressions with other common verbs
Idioms from rural life: the farm, cats, dogs, and cabbages
Idioms relating to time, weather, the life cycle, and eating
Other idioms
Proverbs
Appendices:
Verb charts
Written conventions
Answer key
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes index.
Text in English and French.
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