Easy French Step-by-Step

2009·2.79 MB·English

by  Myrna Bell Rochester

Title Page Page: i
Copyright Page Page: ii
Contents Page: iii
Preface Page: xi
I: First Elements of French Page: 1
1 Nouns, Articles, and Descriptive Adjectives Page: 3
Gender and Number of Nouns and Articles Page: 3
The Definite Article Page: 3
The Indefinite Article Page: 7
Plural Nouns Page: 8
Descriptive Adjectives Page: 11
Key Vocabulary Page: 16
Key Vocabulary Page: 18
2 The Verbs être and avoir, Subject Pronouns, and Negation Page: 21
The Verb Page: 21
The Verbs être (to be) and avoir (to have) Page: 21
Être and Subject Pronouns Page: 22
Key Vocabulary Page: 30
Negation with ne... pas Page: 31
The Verb avoir (to have) Page: 32
Key Vocabulary Page: 38
Reading Comprehension: La maison de Jean-Pierre Page: 40
3 Days and Months, Regular -er Verbs in the Present Tense, and Interrogatives Page: 42
Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons Page: 42
Regular Verbs in the Present Tense Page: 45
Conjugating Regular -er Verbs Page: 45
Uses of the Present Tense Page: 48
Interrogatives and Interrogative Words Page: 52
Key Vocabulary Page: 62
Reading Comprehension: Une petite ville en province Page: 64
4 Numbers, Dates, and Time and Regular -ir Verbs in the Present Tense Page: 66
Cardinal Numbers Page: 66
Ordinal Numbers Page: 70
The Date and the Year Page: 72
Telling Time Page: 75
Regular -ir Verbs in the Present Tense Page: 78
Key Vocabulary Page: 82
Key Vocabulary Page: 83
Reading Comprehension: Au restaurant Page: 85
5 Regular -re Verbs in the Present Tense and -er Verbs with Spelling Changes Page: 87
Regular -re Verbs in the Present Tense Page: 87
Key Vocabulary Page: 90
Depuis Versus Since Page: 91
-er Verbs with Spelling Changes Page: 93
Key Vocabulary Page: 104
Reading Comprehension: En ville Page: 107
6 Expressing the Future with aller, Prepositions, and the Verb faire Page: 109
The Verb aller (to go) Page: 109
Key Vocabulary Page: 111
À, de, and Other Prepositions Page: 113
Interrogatives with Prepositions Page: 122
Key Vocabulary Page: 124
Prepositions with Geographical Names Page: 125
The Verb faire (to do; to make) Page: 129
Key Vocabulary Page: 135
Reading Comprehension: Des projets de vacances Page: 136
7 Irregular Verbs I and Verb + Verb Constructions Page: 138
Learning Irregular Verbs Page: 138
Verbs like partir (to leave, depart) Page: 138
Verbs like venir (to come; to arrive) Page: 140
Dire (to say, tell), lire (to read), and écrire (to write) Page: 143
Verbs like mettre (to put [on], place) Page: 145
Pouvoir (to be able to) and vouloir (to want to, wish to) Page: 147
The Verb devoir (to have to; to owe) Page: 148
Verbs like recevoir (to receive; to have guests) Page: 150
Verb + Verb Constructions Page: 152
Key Vocabulary Page: 157
Reading Comprehension: Mes décisions Page: 158
8 Irregular Verbs II and Relative Pronouns Page: 161
Connaître (to know, be acquainted with) Versus savoir (to know [facts]) Page: 161
Voir (to see) and croire (to believe) Page: 165
Courir (to run) and rire (to laugh) Page: 166
The Group offrir (to offer) Page: 167
The Group conduire (to drive; to lead) Page: 169
Suivre (to follow; to take a course) and vivre (to live) Page: 169
The Group craindre (to be afraid of) Page: 170
Relative Pronouns: qui, que, où, dont, and lequel Page: 173
Indefinite Relative Pronouns: Statements from Questions Page: 180
Key Vocabulary Page: 182
Reading Comprehension: Une nouvelle carrière Page: 184
9 Prendre and boire, the Partitive Article, and Object Pronouns Page: 186
The Group prendre and the Verb boire Page: 186
The Partitive Article Page: 189
Direct Objects Page: 193
Indirect Objects Page: 196
The Pronouns y and en Page: 199
Key Vocabulary Page: 204
Reading Comprehension: Le jardin zoologique idéal Page: 205
10 Possessives, Demonstratives, Comparatives, and Adverbs Page: 208
Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns Page: 208
Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns Page: 212
Comparatives and Superlatives Page: 216
Adverbs Page: 221
Key Vocabulary Page: 226
Key Vocabulary Page: 227
Reading Comprehension: La famille française moderne Page: 229
II: Affirmative and Negative Expressions, Forming the Imperative, and Using Pronominal Verbs Page: 231
11 Affirmatives Versus Negatives, Stressed Pronouns, and the Imperative Page: 232
More Ways to Say Yes and No Page: 232
Stressed Pronouns Page: 238
The Imperative and Its Forms Page: 242
Key Vocabulary Page: 249
Reading Comprehension: Un week-end de bricolage Page: 251
12 Reflexive Pronouns with Pronominal Verbs and the Present Participle Page: 253
What Is a Pronominal Verb? Page: 253
Reflexive Verbs Page: 254
Key Vocabulary Page: 254
Pronominal Verbs in Infinitive Constructions Page: 255
Pronominal Verbs: Negative, Interrogative, and Imperative Forms Page: 257
Reflexive Verbs with Parts of the Body Page: 261
Reciprocal Reflexive Verbs Page: 262
Idiomatic Pronominal Verbs Page: 265
The Present Participle Page: 270
Key Vocabulary Page: 273
Reading Comprehension: Un accueil chaleureux? Page: 274
III: The Past and Future Tenses, the Conditional, and the Subjunctive Mood Page: 277
13 Forms and Uses of the passé composé Page: 278
What Is the passé composé? Page: 278
Formation of the passé composé with avoir Page: 278
Regular and Irregular Past Participles Page: 279
Negatives, Interrogatives, and Adverbs with the passé composé Page: 284
Key Vocabulary Page: 285
The passé composé with être Page: 288
The passé composé with Object Pronouns Page: 291
The passé composé of Pronominal Verbs Page: 292
Key Vocabulary Page: 294
Reading Comprehension: Une soirée mouvementée Page: 297
14 The imparfait, Past Narration, and More About Object Pronouns Page: 299
Summary of the passé composé Page: 299
The imparfait (Imperfect Tense) Page: 301
Key Vocabulary Page: 305
Narration: The passé composé and the imparfait Used Together Page: 306
More About Object Pronouns Page: 309
Key Vocabulary Page: 312
Reading Comprehension: Un voyage mémorable Page: 314
15 The Future Tense, the Conditional, and Indefinite Adjectives and Pronouns Page: 315
The Future Tense Page: 315
The Conditional Page: 319
The Pluperfect and the Past Conditional Page: 323
Tout and Other Indefinite Adjectives and Pronouns Page: 326
Key Vocabulary Page: 330
Reading Comprehension: Rêves d’avenir Page: 332
16 The Subjunctive Page: 334
The Subjunctive Mood Page: 334
Forms of the Present Subjunctive Page: 335
Uses of the Subjunctive Page: 339
Key Vocabulary Page: 347
Reading Comprehension: Créer des liens Page: 349
Answer Key Page: 351
Index Page: 375
A Page: 375
B Page: 375
C Page: 375
D Page: 376
E Page: 376
F Page: 376
G Page: 376
H Page: 376
I Page: 376
J Page: 377
L Page: 377
M Page: 377
N Page: 377
O Page: 378
P Page: 378
Q Page: 378
R Page: 379
S Page: 379
T Page: 379
U Page: 379
V Page: 379
W Page: 380
Y Page: 380