CITATION

Kurbegov, Eliane. Practice Makes Perfect: Basic French, Premium Second Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2017.

Practice Makes Perfect: Basic French, Premium Second Edition

Published:  February 2017 Pages: 256

eISBN: 9781259836404 | ISBN: 9781259836398
  • 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 ya · The classroom
  • 5 Subject pronouns · Common -er verbs · Regular -er verbs · Days of the week
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 e→è stem change · Prepositions: location of things and people
  • 34 -Er verbs with é→è stem change · More prepositions (place, time, and people) · Parts of the day
  • 35 -Er verbs with y→i stem change · Near future: aller + infinitive · Near past: venir de + infinitive
  • 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
  • IX 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
  • X 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
  • Answer key
  • Fun facts translations