French Grammar: a Complete Reference Guide

Name: French Grammar: a Complete Reference Guide
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ISBN: 9780071444989

ISBN-10: 007144498X

ISBN-13: 9780071444989

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Daniel Calvez

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Designed to help students speak and write correct French, this book will be appreciated by high school and college students, as well as by self-learners in need of a handy reference for French grammar.

Book details

List price: $40.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 11/8/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 8.30" wide x 10.80" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

Daniel J. Calvez, Ph.D., is an associate professor of French at Clemson University and the author of several language learning guides.



Articles ([section section]1-7)


French articles


Definite articles (use)


Definite articles (do not use)


Indefinite articles (use)


Indefinite articles (do not use)


Partitive articles (use)


Partitive articles (do not use)


Nouns ([section section]8-12)


Nouns and gender


Endings and suffixes


Number


Irregular plurals


Plural of compound nouns


Adjectives ([section section]13-24)


Gender and number


Feminine endings with spelling modification


Irregular feminine


Plural endings


Agreement of adjectives


Irregular agreement of simple adjectives


Irregular agreement of compound adjectives


Position of adjectives


Notes on adjectives


Comparative of adjectives


Superlative of adjectives


Prepositions after adjectives


Demonstrative Adjectives ([section section]25-27)


Forms


Use of demonstrative adjectives


Notes on demonstrative adjectives


Indefinite Adjectives ([section section]28-43)


Forms


Note on the use of indefinite adjectives


Aucun


Autre


Certain


Chaque


Different, divers


Maint


Meme


Nul


Plusieurs


Quel


Quelconque


Quelque


Tel


Tout


Interrogative Adjectives ([section section]44-46)


Forms


Uses


Notes


Numbers ([section section]47-52)


Cardinal numbers


Notes on cardinal numbers


Uses of cardinal numbers


Ordinal numbers


Notes on ordinal numbers


Uses


Possessive Adjectives ([section section]53-56)


Forms


Use of possessive adjectives


Possessive adjectives (do not use)


Idiomatic expressions


Demonstrative Pronouns ([section section]57-58)


Forms


Uses


Indefinite Pronouns ([section section]59-77)


Forms


Notes on the use of indefinite pronouns


Features


Aucun


Autre


Autrui


Certains


Chacun


Nul


On


Personne


Plusieurs


Quelque chose


Quelqu'un


Qui, quoi


Quiconque


Rien


Tel


Tout


Interrogative Pronouns ([section section]78-81)


Forms


Short forms


Long forms


Forms with est-ce que


Personal Pronouns ([section section]82-92)


Forms


Notes


Inversion


Direct object


Indirect object


Reflexive, reciprocal


Disjunctive


Relative position


Y and en


Y


En


Possessive Pronouns ([section section]93-94)


Forms


Uses


Relative Pronouns ([section section]95-103)


Forms


Uses


Lequel


Qui, que, quoi, dont


Whose


What


Which


Indirect questions


Which, when, where


Prepositions ([section section]104-170)


Definition


Uses


Preposition, adverb, conjunction


Prepositions in examples


About


Above


According to


On account of


Across


After. Afterward


Against


Ahead (of)


Along


Among, (amongst, amidst)


Around


Aside


At


Because


Before


On behalf of


Behind


Below (beneath)


Beside. Besides


Between


Beyond


By


Considering


Despite


Down


During


Except (but)


For


From


In


Inside


Instead


Near. Nearly


Notwithstanding


Of


Off


On


Opposite


Out


Outside


Over


Past


Per


Round


Save


Since


In spite of


Through


Throughout


Till. Until


To


Toward. Towards


Under. Underneath


Until


Up


Upon


With


Within


Without


Prepositions with geographical names


In, to, from, with geographical names


Notes


Places


Conjunctions ([section section]171-194)


Definition


Coordinating conjunctions


Subordinating conjunctions


Conjunctions with the subjunctive


De facon que, de maniere que, de sorte que


Quelque ... que, pour ... que, si ... que


Bien que, quoique, encore que


Conjunction versus preposition


Conjunctions with the indicative


After


As


As far as


If


As long as, as soon as, when, after


As much as, as well as, as ... as, so ... as, so ... that, etc.


But


The more ... as, the more ... because, etc.


Besides


How, how much, why, whether


Since


Than


That


While, whereas


Repetition


Adverbs ([section section]195-248)


Definition


Formation of adverbs with the suffix -ment


Adjectives used as adverbs


Adverbial phrases


Position of adverbs


Peut-etre, a peine, aussi


Aussi, non plus, encore. Toujours, meme


Adverbs of opinion


Modified negations


Interrogative adverbs


Adverbs of quantity


Much, many, a lot, lots. Very, most, quite


How, how much, how many. So much, so many


More


Comparative adverbs


Superlatives


Expressions


As, so, also. That (adverb)


As much, as many. So much, so many. That much, that many


Enough, rather, quite


Too, too much, too many, too long, too far, too often


One too many, once too often, in excess, one more, one less


Many other ...; many others


Most, most of, lots of, many


All, completely, entirely. However, no matter how


Little, few. A little, a few


Scarcely, not much


Almost, nearly, hardly


About, some, ... or so (with numbers)


Adverbs of time


Encore


First, then


Soon, late, early. Now, then


From ... on, henceforth


Sometimes, formerly, once, twice


Today, nowadays, now, presently


Deja, enfin


Toujours


Jamais


Again, back


Emphasis


Inversion


Adverbs of place


Alentour


Ci, la


Ailleurs


Arriere


Avant


Autour


Contre


Ici


Loin, pres


Ou


Partout


Interjections ([section section]249-250)


Definition


Main interjections


Verbs ([section section]251-285)


Verb groups


Moods and tenses


Endings


Stem, principal parts


To be: etre


To have: avoir


Principal parts of avoir and etre


Principal parts of major irregular verbs


Other irregular verbs


The present indicative


The imperfect indicative


The future indicative


The passe simple indicative


The passe compose indicative


The pluperfect indicative


The future anterior indicative


The past anterior indicative


The conditional


The imperative


Present participle


Past participle


Agreement of participles


Notes on the agreement of past participles


Infinitives


Notes on the spelling of verbs of the first group


Notes on the spelling of verbs of the second group


Notes on the spelling of verbs of the third group


Uses of the infinitive


The subjunctive


Meaning: the conjunction que


Conjunctions


Relative clauses in the subjunctive


Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive


Simplified sequence of tenses in the subjunctive


Avoiding the subjunctive


Problem Words ([section section]286-306)


It is, he is, she is, they are


This is, that is, these are, those are


Here (is, are). There (is, are)


One


Ago, before, earlier


How long, for, since


Tenses after depuis que


During, while


To do, to make, to take


Do, does, did


Possession


To make someone do something. To have something done


Can, may


Shall, will


Must, need, have to, be necessary, be to


Could, could have, might, might have


Should, should have, would, would have


Say, tell, speak, talk


Active, passive, pronominal voices


Impersonal verbs


Adverbial expressions


Index


Exercises


Answer Key