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Part 1: Verbs: Basic Forms And Uses:

Present Tense:

Present tense of regular -er, -ir, and -re verbs

Spelling changes in the present tense of regular -er verbs

First-conjugation (-er) verbs with mute e as the stem vowel

First-conjugation (-er) verbs with e as the stem vowel

Uses of the present tense

Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French the prefix re-

Present Tense Of Irregular Verbs:

Common irregular verbs

Expressions with avior, etre, faire, and prendre

Irregular verbs resembling regular verbs

Other irregular verbs

Verbal constructions

Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French the verb system in spoken French

Negative Sentences:

Basic negative structures

Other negative structures

Ne-que

Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French further uses of ne-que only

Interrogative Sentences:

Question formation

Imperative

Passe Compose:

Passe Compose with avoir

Passes Compose with etre

Special cases

Agreement of the past participle

Imperfect; Imperfect Versus Passe Compose:

Imperfect tense

Uses of the imperfect tense: the imperfect contrasted with the Passe Compose

Other use of the imperfect tense

Special meanings of certain verbs

Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French the imperfect tense

Reflexive Verbs:

Conjugation and use of reflexive verbs

Infinitive of reflexive verbs

Passe Compose of reflexive verbs

Reciprocal reflexive verbs

Imperative of reflexive verbs

Other reflexive constructions and reflexive verbs

Future And Conditional; Conditional Sentences (1):

Future tense

Use of the future after quand and other conjunctions

Conditional

Conditional sentences (1)

Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French pronunciation of the future and conditional

Pluperfect, Future Perfect, And Past Conditional; Conditional Sentences (2):

Pluperfect (Le plus-que-parfait)

Future perfect (Le future anterieur)

Conditional perfect (Le conditionnel passe)

Conditional sentences (2)

Passe Simple:

Formation and use of the passe simple

Passe simple of irregular verbs

Present Participles; Uses Of The Infinitive:

Present participle

Uses of the infinitive

Verb + a + infinitive

Verb + de + infinitive

Verb + object + de + infinitive

Adjective or noun + preposition + infinitive

Faire + infinitive

Part 2: Nouns And Their Modifiers; Pronouns:

Nouns: Gender, Number, And Articles; Uses Of Articles:

Gender and number of nouns; definite and indefinite articles

Plural nouns

Determining the gender of nouns

Determining the gender of nouns (continued)

C'est versus il/elle est

Partitive

Expressions of quantity

Uses of articles

Stressed Pronouns; Subject-Verb Agreement:

Stressed pronouns: forms and usage

Subject-verb agreement with stressed pronouns and other special cases

Possessive And Demonstrative Adjectives And Pronouns:

Possessive and possessive adjectives

Possessive pronouns

Demonstrative adjectives

Demonstrative pronouns

Interrogative Adjectives And Pronouns, And Other Question Words:

Interrogative adjectives

Interrogative pronoun lequel

Interrogative pronouns who, whom, what, and other question words

Adjectives, Comparatives, And Superlatives:

Gender of adjectives

Plural of adjectives

Position of adjectives

Comparison of adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs

Superlative of adjectives, adverbs and nouns

Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French adjectives

Object Pronouns:

Direct object pronouns

Indirect object pronouns

Pronoun y

Pronoun en

Double object pronouns

Restrictions on the use of object pronouns

Object pronouns in affirmative commands

Part 3: Other Elements Of The Sentence:

Numbers; Time; Dates:

Cardinal numbers to 99

Cardinal numbers 100 and above

Ordinal numbers

Telling time

Days, dates, and years

Adverbs:

Adverbs of manner

Adverbs of time

Adverbs of place

Adverbial phrases

Negative And Indefinites:

Negative words

Indefinite words and expressions

Indefinite words and expressions (continued)

Idioms and expressions with negative and indefinite words

Prepositions; Prepositions With Geographical Names:

Preposition a

Preposition de

Prepositions avec and sans

Prepositions en and dans

Sur, sous, and related prepositions

Entre, pour, and par

Other prepositions

Prepositions with geographical names

Part 4: Verbs In Two-Clause Sentences:

Relative Clauses:

Relative pronouns qui and que

Preposition + qui and lequel

Dont

Other relatives

Relatives without antecedents

Present Subjunctive:

Moods of verbs

Forms of the present subjunctive

Uses Of The Subjunctive: Imposition of will, necessity, getting someone to do something

Uses Of The Subjunctive: Emotion and opinion

Uses Of The Subjunctive: Negation of fact and opinion

Uses Of The Subjunctive: Special cases

Pour parler un francais authentique: Speak Real French the present subjunctive

Past Subjunctive; Literary Subjunctives:

Forms and use of the past subjunctive

Forms and use of the imperfect subjunctive

Forms and use of the pluperfect subjunctive

Subjunctive (Continued):

Subjunctive after certain conjunctions

Subjunctive in relative clauses

Subjunctive after superlatives

Subjunctive in certain types of indefinite clauses

Part 5: Idiomatic Usage:

Passive Voice And Substitutes For The Passive:

Passive voice (La voix passive)

Substitutes for the passive voice

Important Idioms And Proverbs:

Idioms with avior and etre

Idioms with faire

Idioms with prendre

Idioms with mettre

Idioms with voir

Idioms with dire

Expressions with other common verbs

Idioms from rural life: the farm, cats, dogs, and cabbages

Idioms relating to time, weather, the life cycle, and eating

Other idioms

Proverbs

Appendices:

Verb charts

Written conventions

Answer key

Index.