[Practice Makes Perfect 01] • French Verb Tenses by Booth, Trudie -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Practice Makes Perfect™ French Verb Tenses, Second Edition Copyright Page CD Page Contents Introduction Useful grammatical terminology for verbs A few remarks about French pronunciation I The Present Tense

1 The present tense of regular verbs

The conjugation of regular -er verbs The conjugation of -er verbs with spelling changes The conjugation of regular -ir verbs The conjugation of regular -re verbs Asking questions Verbs and their objects

2 The present tense of irregular verbs

The conjugation of irregular verbs The uses of the present tense Special uses of aller and venir Savoir and connaître Exercices de révision Idioms with avoir, faire, être, aller, vouloir, and prendre Plaire (à)

3 A few impersonal verbs

Weather verbs The impersonal use of être The impersonal use of avoir Other impersonal expressions

4 Reflexive verbs

The present tense of reflexive verbs Common French reflexive verbs and their use Exercices de révision Reflexive and non-reflexive use The use of the reflexive pronoun to indicate reciprocal action Reflexive constructions with a passive meaning

II The Past Tenses

5 The passé composé

The formation of the passé composé The passé composé of verbs conjugated with avoir The passé composé of verbs conjugated with être Verbs that can be conjugated with être or avoir The passé composé of reflexive verbs Exercices de révision The uses of the passé composé

6 The imperfect tense

The formation of the imperfect tense The uses of the imperfect tense The uses of the passé composé and imperfect tense contrasted

7 The pluperfect tense

The formation of the pluperfect tense The uses of the pluperfect tense

8 The passé simple

The formation of the passé simple The uses of the passé simple

III The Future Tenses, the Conditional, and the Subjunctive

9 The future tenses

The formation of the simple future The uses of the simple future The close future (le futur proche) The formation of the future perfect The uses of the future perfect

10 The conditional

The formation of the present conditional The uses of the present conditional The formation of the past conditional The uses of the past conditional Tense sequences in conditional sentences

11 The subjunctive

The present subjunctive of regular verbs The present subjunctive of irregular verbs The past subjunctive The uses of the subjunctive Exercices de révision The use of the subjunctive in the main clause

12 The infinitive

The formation of the infinitives The negative infinitive The uses of the infinitive Faire + infinitive (causative faire) Verb + de quoi (something, enough) + infinitive Exercices de révision

13 The imperative

Regular forms of the imperative The negative imperative Irregular forms of the imperative The position of object pronouns with the imperative The imperative of reflexive verbs

14 The present participle and the gerund

The formation of the present participle The uses of the present participle The gerund and its uses

15 The passive voice

The formation of the passive voice The uses of the passive voice

Review exercises Appendix A: Numbers, dates, time Appendix B: Verb tables French-English glossary English-French glossary Answer key Footnote

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