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Easy French Step-by-step : Master High-frequency Grammar for French Proficiency--fast!
Easy French
STEP-BY-STEP
Master High-Frequency Grammar
for French Profi ciency—
FAST!
Myrna Bell Rochester
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Contents
Preface xi
I
First Elements of French
1 Nouns, Articles, and Descriptive Adjectives
3
Gender and Number of Nouns and Articles 3
The Defi nite Article 3
Masculine Nouns 3
Feminine Nouns 4
Masculine and Feminine Articles Before a Vowel Sound or Mute
h
4
Singular Nouns and the Defi nite Article 5
Learning the Gender of Nouns 5
The Indefi nite Article 7
Masculine Nouns 8
Feminine Nouns 8
Plural Nouns 8
Pronouncing the Plural 9
Descriptive Adjectives 11
Agreement of Adjectives in Gender and Number 12
Adjectives of Color 14
Adjectives That Precede the Noun 14
Key Vocabulary 16
Les adjectifs descriptifs
(Descriptive Adjectives) 16
Les couleurs
(Colors) 16
Key Vocabulary 18
Les nationalités
(Nationalities) 18
iii
iv
Contents
2 TheVerbs
être
and
avoir
,
Subject Pronouns, and Negation
21
The Verb 21
The Verbs
être
(to be) and
avoir
(to have) 21
Être
and Subject Pronouns 22
Subject Pronouns 22
Uses of
être
26
Expressions with
être
29
Key Vocabulary 30
Conjonctions, qualifi catifs, et adverbes
(Conjunctions,Qualifi ers, and Adverbs) 30
Negation with
ne... pas
31
The Verb
avoir
(to have) 32
Ne... pas de...
with
avoir
33
Il y a...
(There is . . . , There are . . . ) 33
Expressions with
avoir
35
Key Vocabulary 38
La maison
(The House) 38
Reading Comprehension:
La maison de Jean-Pierre
40
3 Days and Months, Regular
-er
Verbs
in the Present Tense, and Interrogatives
42
Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons 42
Les jours de la semaine
(Days of the Week) 42
Les mois de l’année
(Months of the Year) 43
Les saisons
(Seasons) 43
Les parties du jour
(Parts of the Day) 44
Regular Verbs in the Present Tense 45
Conjugating Regular
-er
Verbs 45
Uses of the Present Tense 48
Interrogatives and Interrogative Words 52
Yes/No
Questions 53
Information Questions 57
Key Vocabulary 62
Noms masculins
(Masculine Nouns) 62
Noms féminins
(Feminine Nouns) 63
Adjectifs
(Adjectives) 63
Conjonctions
(Conjunctions)
64
Reading Comprehension:
Une petite ville en province
64
4 Numbers, Dates, and Time and
Regular
-ir
Verbs in the Present Tense
66
Cardinal Numbers 66
Numbers from 0 to 99 66
Numbers from 100 69
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