Action Grammaire! Fourth Edition
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Description
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Language
English
ISBN
9781510431577
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
1 Grammar — what is it?
1.1 Spelling
1.2 Parts of speech
1.3 Sentence structure
1.4 Verbs
1.5 Style and register
1.6 French grammar terms
2 Nouns
2.1 Gender
2.2 Plural of nouns
3 Articles and expressions of quantity
3.1 The definite article
3.2 The indefinite article
3.3 The partitive article
3.4 Expressions of quantity
4 Adjectives
4.1 The agreement of adjectives
4.2 Position of adjectives
4.3 Purposes
5 Adverbs
5.1 Formation of adverbs
5.2 Adverbial phrases
5.3 Adjectives used as adverbs
5.4 Adverbs of degree
5.5 The position of adverbs
6 Comparative of adjectives and adverbs
6.1 Adjectives
6.2 Adverbs
7 Superlative of adjectives and adverbs
7.1 The superlative of adjectives
7.2 The superlative of adverbs
8 Demonstratives
8.1 Ce/cet/cette/ces
8.2 Ceci and cela
8.3 Celui-ci/celui-là
9 Possession
9.1 No ’apostrophe s’
9.2 Possessive adjectives: my, your etc.
9.3 Mine, yours etc.
9.4 Parts of the body, clothing and personality
10 Personal pronouns
10.1 Subject pronouns
10.2 Direct object pronouns
10.3 Indirect object pronouns
10.4 Reflexive pronouns
10.5 Disjunctive pronouns
10.6 Tu or vous
10.7 Y and en
10.8 Order of object pronouns when used with verbs
11 Other determiners
11.1 Chaque and chacun
11.2 Tout
11.3 Tel/tels/telle/telles — such
11.4 Plusieurs, quelque(s) and quelques-uns/quelques-unes, certain(s), certaine(s) — several, some
11.5 Autre(s) — other
11.6 Aucun(e) — no, not any
12 Numerals
12.1 Cardinal numbers: counting 1, 2, 3…
12.2 Ordinal numbers: 1st, 2nd, 3rd…
12.3 Collective (approximate) numbers
12.4 Decimals and fractions
13 Measures and dimensions
13.1 Length, breadth, depth, height, thickness, diameter
13.2 Area, volume, capacity
13.3 Shapes
13.4 Measures
13.5 Percentages
14 Times, days, dates
14.1 Time of day
14.2 Days of the week
14.3 Months and dates
14.4 Years
14.5 Année, journée, matinée, soirée
14.6 Time
15 The present tense
15.1 Uses
15.2 Formation
15.3 Irregular verbs
16 The imperative
16.1 Uses
16.2 Formation
16.3 The imperative with object pronouns
16.4 Other ways of expressing commands
17 The future tense
17.1 Uses
17.2 Other ways of expressing the future
17.3 Formation
17.4 Irregular verbs
18 The conditional
18.1 Uses
18.2 Formation
19 The perfect tense
19.1 Uses
19.2 Formation
20 The imperfect tense
20.1 Uses
20.2 Formation
21 Other compound tenses
21.1 The pluperfect tense
21.2 Past anterior
21.3 Future perfect
21.4 Conditional perfect
22 The past historic tense
22.1 Uses
22.2 Formation
23 Past tenses contrasted
23.1 The perfect or past historic v. the imperfect
24 Reflexive verbs
24.1 Uses
24.2 Formation
25 The infinitive
25.1 Uses
26 Modal auxiliaries
26.1 Must, to have to, to have got to
26.2 Ought/ought to have, should/should have
26.3 Can/could/could have
26.4 May/might
26.5 Some points about vouloir
27 The infinitive after prepositions
27.1 Linking the infinitive without a preposition
27.2 Linking with à
27.3 Linking with de
27.4 Linking with other prepositions
28 Verbs and their objects
28.1 Verbs taking a direct object in French
28.2 Verbs taking an indirect object with the preposition à
28.3 Verbs linked to their object with de
28.4 Verbs + other preposition + object
29 Participles
29.1 Present participle
29.2 Past participle
30 The passive
30.1 The passive
30.2 Alternatives to the passive
30.3 When using the passive in the past tenses
31 Impersonal verbs
31.1 The weather
31.2 Time of day
31.3 Other common impersonal verbs
31.4 Il…
31.5 Il est + adjective + de or que…
32 The subjunctive: introduction
32.1 The present subjunctive
32.2 The perfect subjunctive
32.3 The imperfect subjunctive
32.4 The pluperfect subjunctive
32.5 Use of the subjunctive tenses
32.6 The meaning of the subjunctive
33 The subjunctive: influence
33.1 The subjunctive after verbs of wanting, requiring etc
33.2 Impersonal expressions indicating necessity, importance etc.
33.3 Que + subjunctive
34 The subjunctive: emotional and mental reactions
34.1 Emotional reactions
34.2 Mental reactions and value judgements
35 The subjunctive: doubt, disbelief and possibility
35.1 After expressions indicating doubt and uncertainty
35.2 Expressions of disbelief and denial
35.3 Possibility
36 The subjunctive: after conjunctions
36.1 Purpose
36.2 Condition
36.3 Time
36.4 Concession
36.5 Fear
36.6 Sans que
36.7 Subjunctive or infinitive?
37 The subjunctive: other main uses
37.1 After certain types of antecedent
37.2 Equivalents of English words ending in ‘-ever’
37.3 ‘Whether… or…’
38 Negatives
38.1 Making verbs negative
38.2 Other negative expressions
38.3 Position of negative words
38.4 Negatives without a verb
38.5 Sans + infinitive + negative object
38.6 Si for ‘yes’
38.7 Further observations about ne
39 If…
40 How long for?
40.1 The present
40.2 The past
40.3 The future
41 Prepositions
41.1 À
41.2 Dans and en
41.3 De
41.4 Par — by, through, via, per
41.5 Pour — for
41.6 Sur — on, about
41.7 Other prepositions
41.8 Related adverbs and conjunctions
42 Relative pronouns
42.1 Qui
42.2 Que
42.3 Dont
42.4 Lequel/laquelle/lesquels/lesquelles
42.5 Ce qui, ce que, ce dont, ce à quoi
42.6 Celui qui/celui que/celui dont
43 Questions: the interrogative
43.1 Yes/No questions
43.2 Interrogative (question) words
44 Exclamations
44.1 Quel/Quels/Quelle/Quelles !
44.2 Que/que + verb (usually être) + adjective/adverb
44.3 Que de… !
45 Direct and indirect speech
45.1 Direct speech
45.2 Indirect (or ‘reported’) speech
45.3 Indirect questions
46 C’est, il est, il y a
46.1 Identification and description
46.2 Il est… que or C’est… que ?
46.3 C’est… + noun or pronoun or infinitive
46.4 Branching out
47 French pronunciation and spelling
47.1 Vowels
47.2 Consonants
48 Hints to develop your French vocabulary, while avoiding the traps
48.1 The French language
48.2 Recognising French words
48.3 Build words and thereby build your vocabulary
48.4 Prefixes and suffixes
Verb list
Index
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