The Ultimate French Review and Practice (UItimate Review & Reference Series) by Stillman, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page CD Content Dedication Preface Contents I Verbs—Basic Forms and Uses

1 Present Tense

The 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 é as the Stem Vowel Uses of the Present Tense Pour parler un français authentique | Speak Real French The Prefix re-

2 Present Tense of Irregular Verbs

Common Irregular Verbs Expressions with avoir, être, faire, and prendre Irregular Verbs Resembling Regular Verbs Other Irregular Verbs Verbal Constructions Pour parler un français authentique | Speak Real French The Verb System in Spoken French

3 Negative Sentences

Basic Negative Structures Other Negative Structures Ne… que Pour parler un français authentique | Speak Real French Further Uses of ne… que only

4 Interrogative Sentences

Question Formation

5 Imperative 6 Passé Composé

Passé Composé with avoir Passé Composé with être Special Cases Agreement of the Past Participle

7 Imperfect; Imperfect Versus Passé Composé

The Imperfect Tense Uses of the Imperfect Tense: The Imperfect Contrasted with the Passé Composé Other Uses of the Imperfect Tense Special Meanings of Certain Verbs Pour parler un français authentique | Speak Real French The Imperfect Tense

8 Reflexive Verbs

Conjugation and Use of Reflexive Verbs The Infinitive of Reflexive Verbs The Passé Composé of Reflexive Verbs Reciprocal Reflexive Verbs The Imperative of Reflexive Verbs Other Reflexive Constructions and Reflexive Verbs

9 Future and Conditional; Conditional Sentences (1)

The Future Tense Use of the Future After quand and Other Conjunctions The Conditional Conditional Sentences (1) Pour parler un français authentique | Speak Real French Pronunciation of the Future and Conditional

10 Pluperfect, Future Perfect, and Past Conditional; Conditional Sentences (2)

The Pluperfect (Le plus-que-parfait) The Future Perfect (Le futur antérieur) The Conditional Perfect (Le conditionnel passé) Conditional Sentences (2)

11 Passé Simple

Formation and Use of the Passé Simple The Passé Simple of Irregular Verbs

12 Present Participles; Uses of the Infinitive

The Present Participle Uses of the Infinitive Verb + à + Infinitive Verb + de + Infinitive Verb + Object + de + Infinitive Adjective or Noun + Preposition + Infinitive Faire + Infinitive

II Nouns and Their Modifiers; Pronouns

13 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 The Partitive Expressions of Quantity Uses of Articles

14 Stressed Pronouns; Subject-Verb Agreement

Stressed Pronouns—Forms and Usage Subject-Verb Agreement with Stressed Pronouns and Other Special Cases

15 Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

Possession and Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns Demonstrative Adjectives Demonstrative Pronouns

16 Interrogative Adjectives and Pronouns, and Other Question Words

Interrogative Adjectives Interrogative Pronoun lequel Interrogative Pronouns who, whom, what, and Other Question Words

17 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 français authentique | Speak Real French Adjectives

18 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

III Other Elements of the Sentence

19 Numbers; Time; Dates

Cardinal Numbers to 99 Cardinal Numbers 100 and Above Ordinal Numbers Telling Time Days, Dates, and Years

20 Adverbs

Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of Time Adverbs of Place Adverbial Phrases

21 Negatives and Indefinites Negative Words Indefinite Words and Expressions Indefinite Words and Expressions (Continued) Idioms and Expressions with Negative and Indefinite Words 22 Prepositions; Prepositions with Geographical Names

The Preposition à The Preposition de The Prepositions avec and sans The Prepositions en and dans Sur, sous, and Related Prepositions Entre, pour, and par Other Prepositions Prepositions with Geographical Names

IV Verbs in Two-Clause Sentences

23 Relative Clauses

The Relative Pronouns qui and que Preposition + qui and lequel Dont Other Relatives Relatives Without Antecedents

24 The 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 français authentique | Speak Real French The Present Subjunctive

25 The 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

26 The Subjunctive (Continued)

The Subjunctive After Certain Conjunctions The Subjunctive in Relative Clauses The Subjunctive After Superlatives The Subjunctive in Certain Types of Indefinite Clauses

V Idiomatic Usage

27 The Passive Voice and Substitutes for the Passive

The Passive Voice (La voix passive) Substitutes for the Passive Voice

28 Important Idioms and Proverbs

Idioms with avoir and être 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 For Download

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