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Introduction 1 <p><b>Part I: Getting Started with French Grammar 5</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: French Grammar in a Nutshell 7</p> <p>Chapter 2: Sounding Out French Words 17</p> <p>Chapter 3: Using Nouns and Determiners 35</p> <p>Chapter 4: Describing Nouns with Adjectives 55</p> <p>Chapter 5: Dealing with Numbers, Dates, and Times 69</p> <p><b>Part II: Constructing Sentences, Saying No, and Asking Questions 85</b></p> <p>Chapter 6: Acquainting Yourself with the Present Tense 87</p> <p>Chapter 7: Acting on Oneself and on Each Other: Pronominal Verbs 107</p> <p>Chapter 8: Just Say No: Negative Words and Phrases 119</p> <p>Chapter 9: Handling Questions and Exclamations 131</p> <p><b>Part III: Beefing Up Your Sentences 155</b></p> <p>Chapter 10: Saying Where, When, and How with Adverbs 157</p> <p>Chapter 11: Picking Up Prepositions 171</p> <p>Chapter 12: It’s All Relative: Making Comparisons 187</p> <p>Chapter 13: Using Pronouns 203</p> <p>Chapter 14: Adding the Gerund and the Passive to Your Repertoire 227</p> <p><b>Part IV: Talking about the Past or Future 237</b></p> <p>Chapter 15: Noting Past Actions with the Present Perfect 239</p> <p>Chapter 16: Reminiscing and Describing Ongoing Past Actions with the Imperfect 253</p> <p>Chapter 17: Projecting Forward with the Future 265</p> <p><b>Part V: Expressing Conditions, Subjectivity, and Orders 283</b></p> <p>Chapter 18: Wondering with the Conditional 285</p> <p>Chapter 19: Surveying the Subjunctive 301</p> <p>Chapter 20: Giving Orders with the Imperative 319</p> <p>Chapter 21: Discovering Compound Tenses 333</p> <p><b>Part VI: The Part of Tens 341</b></p> <p>Chapter 22: Ten Common French Grammar Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) 343</p> <p>Chapter 23: Ten (Or So) Useful French Idioms 349</p> <p>Index 353</p>

<p><b>Véronique Mazet</b> has a doctorate in French from the University of Texas at Austin and is the author of two successful grammar books. She currently teaches French at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas.</p>

<p>Learn to:</p> <ul> <li>Grasp parts of speech, sentence construction, and verb tenses</li> <li>Enhance your descriptive speech with adverbs, adjectives, and prepositions</li> <li>Practice your grammar skills as you go</li> </ul> <p>Master French grammar? Easy.</p> <p>Do you need help with using French? This hands-on, friendly guide teaches you the grammatical rules of the French language, including parts of speech, sentence construction, and verb tenses and moods. Throughout the book, you get plenty of practice opportunities to help you meet your goal of mastering basic French grammar and usage.</p> <ul> <li>Begin with the basics — discover how to use various parts of speech and deal with numbers, dates, and times</li> <li>Simple stuff — find out how to build simple sentences, use negative words and expressions, and ask questions</li> <li>Go to the next level — get the scoop on using pronominal verbs, employing the passive, making comparisons, and adding gerunds</li> <li>Don't be so tense — grasp verb tenses you'll use all the time: the present, the present perfect, the imperfect, and the future</li> <li>Be moody — get up to speed in a hurry on the conditional, subjunctive, and imperative moods</li> </ul> <p>Open the book and find:</p> <ul> <li>Information on nouns, adjectives, verbs, and other basic parts of speech</li> <li>Guidance on dealing with numbers, dates, and times</li> <li>Tips for constructing simple sentences and questions</li> <li>The scoop on making sentences more descriptive with comparisons, negative words, and more</li> <li>Different verb tenses and moods</li> <li>Ten common French grammar mistakes (and how to avoid them)</li> <li>Plenty of examples and practice opportunities</li> </ul>

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