Practice Makes Perfect Basic French | Practice Makes Perfect

Practice Makes Perfect Basic French

Authors: Eliane Kurbegov

Published: March 2011

eISBN: 9780071745109 0071745106 | ISBN: 9780071634694

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

I

1 Definite articles Family

2 Indefinite articles Around the house

3 J’ai and je veux Animals

4 Il y a The classroom

5 Subject pronouns Common -er verbs Regular -er verbs Days of the week

Révision 1 Leçons 1–5

II

6 Clothing -Er verb endings

7 -Ir verbs Food and beverages

8 -Ir verb endings Common -ir verbs

9 Adjectives Colors Likes and dislikes

10 Descriptive adjectives More than

Révision 2 Leçons 6–10

III

11 Regular -re verbs Common -re verbs

12 Asking questions Interrogatives

13 The verb être Occupations

14 Possessive adjectives Using the verb être

15 The verb avoir Inside the house

Révision 3 Leçons 11–15

IV

16 BAGS adjectives Locations

17 Moods and emotions

18 Comment ça va? Health and fitness Contractions with à

19 Vouloir More clothes

20 Numbers Age Expressions with avoir

Révision 4 Leçons 16–20

V

21 Faire Weather Seasons

22 Expressions with faire Sports Games Music Contractions with de

23 Telling time

24 Aller Transportation

25 Dire Écrire Lire Things to tell, write, and read

Révision 5 Leçons 21–25

VI

26 Pouvoir Adverbs

27 Devoir Two-verb constructions Adverbs of time

28 Two-verb questions More food

29 Comparative adverbs and adjectives Comparisons

30 Prepositions + verb Il faut More things in the house

Révision 6 Leçons 26–30

VII

31 Demonstrative adjectives Common stem-changing -er verbs Expressions of time

32 Jeter Appeler The forms of vieux, beau, nouveau Friends

33 -Er verbs with eè stem change Prepositions: location of things and people

34 -Er verbs with éè stem change More prepositions (place, time, and people) Parts of the day

35 -Er verbs with yi stem change Near future: aller + infinitive Near past: venir de + infinitive

Révision 7 Leçons 31–35

VIII

36 Direct object pronouns Gifts

37 Savoir Hobbies Ne... pas

38 Connaître The neighborhood Countries and states

39 Savoir and connaître

40 Using de and à plus noun Adverbs of negation

Révision 8 Leçons 36–40

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41 Irregular -ir verbs: sentir, sortir, partir, dormir Adverbial phrases

42 Reflexive pronouns Reflexive verbs Parts of the body Feelings

43 Reflexive -er verbs Toiletries

44 Venir Se souvenir The object pronoun en

45 Offrir Personal object pronouns: me, te, nous, vous, lui, leur

Révision 9 Leçons 41–45

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46 The family of prendre Languages Stress pronouns Prepositional phrases

47 Near future Expressions of future time The pronoun y Prepositions

48 Near past Expressions of past time

49 Passé composé with avoir

50 Passé composé with être Vacation locales

Révision 10 Leçons 46–50

Answer key

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