Full Description
Learning how to write and speak a second language can be difficult, but this book helps make French easy. Comeau first provides a brief review of basic grammatical structures in a clear and concise format. He then tackles intermediate grammatical topics that will help readers develop their knowledge of the French language as well as gain the ability to use it orally and in writing. All of the grammar explanations are in a format that is very easy to understand and easy to apply.
Contents
Preface. 1. Mini-review, Passe simple, and Dissertation. 2. Present Tense, Imperative, and Personal Pronouns. 3. Nouns and Articles. 4. Reflexives; Passe Compose and Imperfect. 5. Interrogatives and Negatives. 6. Descriptive Adjectives and Adverbs. 7. Future, Conditional, Pluperfect; Devoir. 8. Relative Pronouns and Demonstratives. 9. Subjunctive. 10. Possessives and Prepositions. 11. Passive Voice, Present Participle, and Causative Construction. Appendix: A. Useful expressions. Appendix: B. Verb charts. Appendix: C. Answers to Chapter at a Glance Sections. Vocabularies. French-English. English-French. Index des noms propres. Index. Credits.