Practice Makes Perfect French Verb Tenses

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
Useful grammatical terminology for verbs......Page 12
A few remarks about French pronunciation......Page 16
I: The Present Tense......Page 22
  The conjugation of regular -er verbs......Page 24
  The conjugation of -er verbs with spelling changes......Page 30
  The conjugation of regular -ir verbs......Page 36
  The conjugation of regular -re verbs......Page 37
  Asking questions......Page 40
  Verbs and their objects......Page 46
  The conjugation of irregular verbs......Page 54
  The uses of the present tense......Page 65
  Special uses of aller and venir......Page 69
  Savoir and connaître......Page 71
  Exercices de révision......Page 75
  Idioms with avoir, faire, être, aller, vouloir, and prendre......Page 76
  Plaire (à)......Page 86
  Weather verbs......Page 88
  The impersonal use of avoir......Page 89
  Other impersonal expressions......Page 91
  The present tense of reflexive verbs......Page 94
  Common French reflexive verbs and their use......Page 95
  Exercices de révision......Page 102
  Reflexive and non-reflexive use......Page 104
  The use of the reflexive pronoun to indicate reciprocal action......Page 108
  Reflexive constructions with a passive meaning......Page 109
II: The Past Tenses......Page 112
  The formation of the passé composé......Page 114
  The passé composé of verbs conjugated with avoir......Page 115
  The passé composé of verbs conjugated with être......Page 121
  Verbs that can be conjugated with être or avoir......Page 123
  The passé composé of reflexive verbs......Page 124
  Exercices de révision......Page 128
  The uses of the passé composé......Page 129
  The formation of the imperfect tense......Page 136
  The uses of the imperfect tense......Page 139
  The uses of the passé composé and imperfect tense contrasted......Page 147
  The formation of the pluperfect tense......Page 156
  The uses of the pluperfect tense......Page 157
  The formation of the passé simple......Page 164
  The uses of the passé simple......Page 168
III: The Future Tenses, The Conditional, and The Subjunctive......Page 172
  The formation of the simple future......Page 174
  The uses of the simple future......Page 179
  The close future (le futur proche)......Page 183
  The formation of the future perfect......Page 185
  The uses of the future perfect......Page 186
  The formation of the present conditional......Page 190
  The uses of the present conditional......Page 193
  The formation of the past conditional......Page 200
  The uses of the past conditional......Page 202
  Tense sequences in conditional sentences......Page 205
 11 The subjunctive......Page 210
  The present subjunctive of regular verbs......Page 211
  The present subjunctive of irregular verbs......Page 214
  The past subjunctive......Page 222
  The uses of the subjunctive......Page 224
  Exercices de révision......Page 252
  The use of the subjunctive in the main clause......Page 255
IV: The Infinitive, The Imperative, The Present Participle and Gerund, and The Passive Voice......Page 256
  The formation of the infinitives......Page 258
  The uses of the infinitive......Page 260
  Faire + infinitive (causative faire)......Page 267
  Verb + de quoi (something, enough) + infinitive......Page 269
  Exercices de révision......Page 274
  Regular forms of the imperative......Page 284
  The negative imperative......Page 285
  Irregular forms of the imperative......Page 286
  The position of object pronouns with the imperative......Page 288
  The imperative of reflexive verbs......Page 291
  The formation of the present participle......Page 294
  The uses of the present participle......Page 296
  The gerund and its uses......Page 298
  The formation of the passive voice......Page 304
  The uses of the passive voice......Page 309
Review exercises......Page 316
Appendix A: Numbers, dates, time......Page 354
Appendix B: Verb tables......Page 358
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Answer key......Page 408