This rigorous workbook helps you learn when and why to use different verb tenses—with new audio recordings via the McGraw Hill Language Lab app.
Beyond learning grammar and vocabulary at the beginner and intermediate levels, figuring out when and why to use certain verb tenses is often a challenge when you’re trying to master the French language. In Practice Makes Perfect: French Verb Tenses, you’ll find tons of helpful guidance and extensive practice.
Ideal for use both as a reference and hands-on workbook, Practice Makes Perfect: French Verb Tenses helps you build your verb skills in more than 300 engaging exercises, increasing your confidence in your ability to choose the precise word. Presented in the student-friendly, proven Practice Makes Perfect format and including comprehensive verb conjugation tables, this is a book you’ll turn to often to help boost your confidence in speaking and writing French.
Features
- A clear presentation of when and why to use verb tenses
- Reinforcement of verb forms through everyday examples covering a wide range of topics
- 300 varied exercises to test your understanding of every tense
- Audio recordings of answer key to 70 exercises are available through the McGraw Hill Language Lab app
- A “record yourself” feature in the mobile app allows you to compare your pronunciation with native speakers
- NEW: Audio recordings of verb conjugations and hundreds of example sentences
Author(s): Trudie Booth
Edition: 4
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 432
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Useful grammatical terminology for verbs
A few remarks about French pronunciation
I THE PRESENT TENSE
1 The present tense of regular verbs
The conjugation of regular -er verbs
The conjugation of -er verbs with spelling changes
The conjugation of regular -ir verbs
The conjugation of regular -re verbs
Asking questions
Verbs and their objects
2 The present tense of irregular verbs
The conjugation of irregular verbs
The uses of the present tense
Special uses of aller and venir
Savoir and connaître
Exercices de révision
Idioms with avoir, faire, être, aller, vouloir, and prendre
Plaire (à)
3 A few impersonal verbs
Weather verbs
The impersonal use of être
The impersonal use of avoir
Other impersonal expressions
4 Reflexive verbs
The present tense of reflexive verbs
Common French reflexive verbs and their use
Exercices de révision
Reflexive and non-reflexive use
The use of the reflexive pronoun to indicate reciprocal action
Reflexive constructions with a passive meaning
II THE PAST TENSES
5 The passé composé
The formation of the passé composé
The passé composé of verbs conjugated with avoir
The passé composé of verbs conjugated with être
Verbs that can be conjugated with être or avoir
The passé composé of reflexive verbs
Exercices de révision
The uses of the passé composé
6 The imperfect tense
The formation of the imperfect tense
The uses of the imperfect tense
The uses of the passé composé and imperfect tense contrasted
7 The pluperfect tense
The formation of the pluperfect tense
The uses of the pluperfect tense
8 The passé simple
The formation of the passé simple
The uses of the passé simple
III THE FUTURE TENSES, THE CONDITIONAL, AND THE SUBJUNCTIVE
9 The future tenses
The formation of the simple future
The uses of the simple future
The close future (le futur proche)
The formation of the future perfect
The uses of the future perfect
10 The conditional
The formation of the present conditional
The uses of the present conditional
The formation of the past conditional
The uses of the past conditional
Tense sequences in conditional sentences
11 The subjunctive
The present subjunctive of regular verbs
The present subjunctive of irregular verbs
The past subjunctive
The uses of the subjunctive
Exercices de révision
The use of the subjunctive in the main clause
IV THE INFINITIVE, THE IMPERATIVE, THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE AND GERUND, AND THE PASSIVE VOICE
12 The infinitive
The formation of the infinitives
The negative infinitive
The uses of the infinitive
Faire 1 infinitive (causative faire )
Verb 1 de quoi (something, enough) 1 infinitive
Exercices de révision
13 The imperative
Regular forms of the imperative
The negative imperative
Irregular forms of the imperative
The position of object pronouns with the imperative
The imperative of reflexive verbs
14 The present participle and the gerund
The formation of the present participle
The uses of the present participle
The gerund and its uses
15 The passive voice
The formation of the passive voice
The uses of the passive voice
Review exercises
Appendix A: Numbers, dates, time
Appendix B: Verb tables
French-English glossary
English-French glossary
Answer key
