Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate French Grammar: With 145 Exercises

Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 8
 Uses of the present tense......Page 10
 The present tense of regular verbs......Page 11
 The present tense of stem-changing -er verbs......Page 14
 Review of articles and genders......Page 19
 Using the appropriate article......Page 20
 Omitting articles......Page 22
 The definite article with parts of the body......Page 25
 Idiomatic uses of aller......Page 27
 Idiomatic uses of avoir......Page 29
 Idiomatic uses of être......Page 31
 Idiomatic uses of faire......Page 34
 Use and agreement of adjectives......Page 38
 Descriptive adjectives......Page 40
 Verbs ending in -oir......Page 49
 Verbs ending in -re......Page 52
 Verbs ending in -ir......Page 56
 Prepositions and prepositional phrases introducing nouns or pronouns......Page 61
 Prepositions and prepositional phrases followed by verbal structures......Page 66
 Imperative structures......Page 74
 Use of infinitive forms of verbs......Page 76
 The present participle......Page 85
 Reflexive verbs in the present tense......Page 88
 Transitive verbs......Page 89
 Expressing reciprocity with reflexive verbs......Page 90
 Reflexive verbs in the imperative mood......Page 92
 Use of the definite article with parts of the body......Page 93
 The near future tense of verbs......Page 95
 The simple future tense of verbs......Page 97
 The future tense after quand, lorsque, dès que, aussitôt que......Page 100
 Negative expressions in simple tenses......Page 102
 Negative expressions with infinitives......Page 104
 Interrogative expressions in simple tenses......Page 105
 Interrogative structures in compound tenses......Page 111
 Formation of imparfait tense......Page 113
 Uses of the imparfait......Page 116
 Formation of passé composé tense......Page 119
 Uses of the passé composé......Page 124
 Using the imparfait and/or passé composé in a sentence......Page 126
 Using the imparfait and passé composé in extended writing......Page 130
 The functions of adverbs......Page 132
 Formation of adverbs derived from adjectives......Page 137
 Placement of adverbs......Page 139
 Adverbial phrases......Page 141
 Conditional sentences with the imparfait and present conditional......Page 144
 Conditional sentences with the pluperfect and past conditional......Page 149
14 Object pronouns......Page 153
 Position of object pronouns......Page 154
 Personal object pronouns me, te, nous, vous, and se......Page 155
 Direct object pronouns le, la, l’, and les......Page 158
 Object pronouns y and en......Page 160
 Past infinitive structure of avoir verbs......Page 162
 Past infinitive structure of être verbs......Page 163
 Past infinitive structure of reflexive verbs......Page 164
 Agreement of past participles in compound tenses......Page 167
 Agreement of past participles for verbs conjugated with either avoir or être......Page 168
 Demonstrative pronouns......Page 173
 Interrogative pronouns lequel, laquelle, lesquels, and lesquelles......Page 175
 Possessive pronouns......Page 177
 Formation of present subjunctive......Page 179
 Past subjunctive......Page 191
 Function of relative pronouns......Page 194
Answer key......Page 200