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Kurbegov, Eliane. Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate French Grammar. McGraw-Hill, 2012.

Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate French Grammar

Authors: Eliane Kurbegov

Published:  October 2012

eISBN: 9780071775397 0071775390 | ISBN: 9780071775380
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  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Present tense and uses of regular and stem-changing verbs
  • Uses of the present tense
  • The present tense of regular verbs
  • The present tense of stem-changing -er verbs
  • 2 Articles and genders
  • Review of articles and genders
  • Using the appropriate article
  • Contractions
  • Omitting articles
  • The definite article with parts of the body
  • 3 The present tense and idiomatic uses of the irregular verbs aller, avoir, être, and faire
  • The present tense conjugation of the irregular verbs aller, avoir, être, and faire
  • Idiomatic uses of aller
  • Idiomatic uses of avoir
  • Idiomatic uses of être
  • Idiomatic uses of faire
  • 4 Adjectives and comparisons
  • Use and agreement of adjectives
  • Descriptive adjectives
  • 5 The present tense of irregular verbs ending in -oir, -re, and -ir
  • Verbs ending in -oir
  • Verbs ending in -re
  • Verbs ending in -ir
  • 6 Prepositions, prepositional phrases, and verbal structures after prepositions
  • Prepositions and prepositional phrases introducing nouns or pronouns
  • Prepositions and prepositional phrases followed by verbal structures
  • 7 Imperative, infinitive, and present participle structures
  • Imperative structures
  • Use of infinitive forms of verbs
  • The present participle
  • 8 Reflexive verbs
  • Reflexive verbs in the present tense
  • Transitive verbs
  • Expressing reciprocity with reflexive verbs
  • Reflexive verbs in the imperative mood
  • Use of the definite article with parts of the body
  • 9 Future tenses
  • The near future tense of verbs
  • The simple future tense of verbs
  • The future tense after quand, lorsque, dès que, aussitôt que
  • 10 Negative and interrogative structures
  • Negative expressions in simple tenses
  • Negative expressions with infinitives
  • Negative expressions in compound tenses
  • Interrogative expressions in simple tenses
  • Interrogative structures in compound tenses
  • 11 Imparfait and passé composé
  • Formation of imparfait tense
  • Uses of the imparfait
  • Formation of passé composé tense
  • Uses of the passé composé
  • Using the imparfait and/or passé composé in a sentence
  • Using the imparfait and passé composé in extended writing
  • 12 Adverbs and adverbial phrases
  • The functions of adverbs
  • Formation of adverbs derived from adjectives
  • Placement of adverbs
  • Adverbial phrases
  • 13 Conditional sentences
  • Conditional sentences with the imparfait and present conditional
  • Conditional sentences with the pluperfect and past conditional
  • 14 Object pronouns
  • Position of object pronouns
  • Personal object pronouns me, te, nous, vous, and se
  • Direct object pronouns le, la, l’, and les
  • Object pronouns y and en
  • 15 Past infinitive structures and agreement of past participles
  • Past infinitive structure of avoir verbs
  • Past infinitive structure of être verbs
  • Past infinitive structure of reflexive verbs
  • Agreement of past participles in compound tenses
  • Agreement of past participles for verbs conjugated with either avoir or être
  • 16 Demonstrative, interrogative, and possessive pronouns
  • Demonstrative pronouns
  • Interrogative pronouns lequel, laquelle, lesquels, and lesquelles
  • Possessive pronouns
  • 17 The subjunctive mood
  • Formation of present subjunctive
  • Past subjunctive
  • 18 Relative pronouns
  • Function of relative pronouns
  • Answer key