Complete French Grammar

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Contents
Introduction
1 The present tense of regular -er verbs
	Regular -er verbs in the present
	-er verbs with spelling and stem changes
	When is the present tense used in French?
2 The present tense of -ir and -re verbs
	-ir verbs in the present
	-re verbs in the present
	The interrogative form
	The negative form
3 To be and to have
	The verb être (to be)
	The verb avoir (to have)
	The -oir verbs
4 More irregular verbs
	The verb aller (to go)
	The immediate future tense
	The verb venir (to come)
	The immediate past
	The verb faire (to do, to make)
	The causative form
5 Devoir and its many facets
	The verb devoir (to have to, must)
	Il y a (there is, there are)
	Il s’agit de (it is a matter of, it’s about)
	Verbs ending in -eindre and -aindre
6 Pronominal verbs
	Reflexive verbs
	Reciprocal verbs
	Passive pronominals
	Subjective pronominals
	Pronominals in the imperative and the infinitive
7 The passé composé
	The past participle of regular verbs
	The passé composé with avoir
	Irregular past participles
	The passé composé with être
	Pronominal verbs in the passé composé
	Verbs conjugated with avoir and être
8 The imparfait
	The imparfait
	The imparfait versus the passé composé
	The imparfait with special constructions
9 The futur simple and the futur antérieur
	The futur simple
	The futur antérieur
	Conjunctions used with the indicative mood
10 The plus-que-parfait
	Formation of the plus-que-parfait
	Use of the plus-que-parfait
11 The present conditional and the past conditional
	The present conditional
	The past conditional
12 Could, should, would?
	Could
	Should
	Would
13 The present subjunctive and the past subjunctive
	The present subjunctive
	Uses of the subjunctive
	The past subjunctive
14 The infinitive mood
	The infinitif présent
	The infinitif passé
	Verbs with their prepositions
15 The present participle and the gerundive
	The present participle
	The gerundive
16 The passé simple
	Formation of the passé simple
	The passé simple of irregular verbs
17 The passive voice
	Formation of the passive voice
	Uses of the passive voice
	Avoiding the passive voice in French
18 Indirect speech
	Direct speech versus indirect speech
	The sequence of tenses: la concordance des temps
19 The imperative mood
	Formation of the imperative
	The imperative of pronominal verbs
20 Articles and nouns
	The definite article with nouns
	The indefinite and partitive articles with nouns
	The gender of nouns
	The plural of nouns
	The gender of countries
	Geographical names with prepositions
21 All the pronouns
	Subject pronouns
	Direct object pronouns
	Indirect object pronouns
	The order of object pronouns
	Disjunctive pronouns
22 Adjectives and comparisons
	Agreement of adjectives
	The placement of adjectives
	Adjectives denoting color
	Comparatives and superlatives
23 Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
	Demonstrative adjectives
	Possessive adjectives
	Possessive pronouns
	Demonstrative pronouns
24 Relative pronouns
	Qui
	Que
	Lequel
	Où
	Dont
	Ce que, ce qui, ce dont, ce à quoi
25 Adverbs and expressions of time, frequency, and location
	Adverbs and expressions of time
	Interrogative forms; question words
	Adverbs and expressions of location
26 Numbers
	The numbers 0 to 50
	Ordinal numbers
	The numbers 50 to 99
	The numbers 100 to 999
	The numbers 1,000 and greater
27 Pot pourri
	Verbs that use different prepositions
	Whatever, whenever, wherever, whoever
	Avoir beau and quitte à
	Subordinate clauses
28 Review exercises
Verb tables
	Regular verbs
	Verbs with spelling changes
	Verbs with stem changes
	Irregular verbs
French-English glossary
English-French glossary
Answer key