Practice Makes Perfect French Verb Tenses Premium 3rd Edition

Description

Master verbs with the most comprehensive workbook for learners of French Practice Makes Perfect:
French Verb Tenses is the go-to-guide for clear, thorough explanations that pinpoint why a certain tense works in a given situation. This book will also give you plenty of practice in using your new language skills. With numerous skill-building exercises, comprehensive verb conjugation tables, and the proven Practice Makes Perfect format, you will learn to master French in no time at all. And this new edition is accompanied by flashcards and recordings, available via app, that will provide a new dimension and flexible to your study.
THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR MAIN PARTS:
Part I works with the present tense, including the conjugation of regular and irregular verbs, asking questions, impersonal verbs, and the use of reflexive verbs. Idiomatic uses of avoir, faire, être, aller, vouloir, and prendre are also covered in detail. Part II focuses on past tenses, from the composition of the passé composé to its contrasting use with the imperfect tense. The formation and uses of the pluperfect and passé simple are also thoroughly reviewed. Part III covers the future tenses (simple future, le future proche, and future perfect) and the conditional. The formation and uses of present and past subjunctive are explained, as well as the use of subjunctive in the main clause. Part IV addresses the infinitive and negative infinitive, the imperative and negative imperative, the present participle and the gerund, and the formation and uses of the passive voice.

Author description

Trudie Booth is a lecturer in French at the University of Portland.

Table of contents

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 connaitre Exercices de revision Idioms with avoir, faire, etre, aller, vouloir, and prendre Plaire (a) 3 A few impersonal verbs Weather verbs The impersonal use of etre 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 revision 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 passe compose The formation of the passe compose The passe compose of verbs conjugated with avoir The passe compose of verbs conjugated with etre Verbs that can be conjugated with etre or avoir The passe compose of reflexive verbs Exercices de revision The uses of the passe compose 6 The imperfect tense The formation of the imperfect tense The uses of the imperfect tense The uses of the passe compose and imperfect tense contrasted 7 The pluperfect tense The formation of the pluperfect tense The uses of the pluperfect tense 8 The passe simple The formation of the passe simple The uses of the passe 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 revision The use of the subjunctive in the main clause IV THE INFINITIVE, THE IMPERATIVE, THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE AND GERUND, AND THE PASSIVE VOICE 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 revision 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