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Contents Introduction ix Useful grammatical terminology for verbs xi A few remarks about French pronunciation xv I THE PRESENT TENSE 1 The present tense of regular verbs 3 The conjugation of regular -er verbs 3 The conjugation of -er verbs with spelling changes 9 The conjugation of regular -ir verbs 15 The conjugation of regular -re verbs 16 Asking questions 19 Verbs and their objects 25 2 The present tense of irregular verbs 33 The conjugation of irregular verbs 33 The uses of the present tense 44 Special uses of aller and venir 48 Savoir and connaître 50 Exercices de révision 54 Idioms with avoir, faire, être, aller, vouloir, and prendre 55 Plaire (à) 65 3 A few impersonal verbs 67 Weather verbs 67 The impersonal use of être 68 The impersonal use of avoir 68 Other impersonal expressions 70 v ii--xxxx--11--441122__wwhhoolleebbooookk..iinndddd 55 77//99//2222 11::3322 PPMM 4 Reflexive verbs 73 The present tense of reflexive verbs 73 Common French reflexive verbs and their use 74 Exercices de révision 81 Reflexive and non-reflexive use 83 The use of the reflexive pronoun to indicate reciprocal action 87 Reflexive constructions with a passive meaning 88 II THE PAST TENSES 5 The passé composé 93 The formation of the passé composé 93 The passé composé of verbs conjugated with avoir 94 The passé composé of verbs conjugated with être 100 Verbs that can be conjugated with être or avoir 102 The passé composé of reflexive verbs 103 Exercices de révision 107 The uses of the passé composé 108 6 The imperfect tense 115 The formation of the imperfect tense 115 The uses of the imperfect tense 118 The uses of the passé composé and imperfect tense contrasted 126 7 The pluperfect tense 135 The formation of the pluperfect tense 135 The uses of the pluperfect tense 136 8 The passé simple 143 The formation of the passé simple 143 The uses of the passé simple 147 III THE FUTURE TENSES, THE CONDITIONAL, AND THE SUBJUNCTIVE 9 The future tenses 153 The formation of the simple future 153 The uses of the simple future 158 vi Contents ii--xxxx--11--441122__wwhhoolleebbooookk..iinndddd 66 77//99//2222 11::3322 PPMM The close future (le futur proche) 162 The formation of the future perfect 164 The uses of the future perfect 165 10 The conditional 169 The formation of the present conditional 169 The uses of the present conditional 172 The formation of the past conditional 179 The uses of the past conditional 181 Tense sequences in conditional sentences 184 11 The subjunctive 189 The present subjunctive of regular verbs 190 The present subjunctive of irregular verbs 193 The past subjunctive 201 The uses of the subjunctive 203 Exercices de révision 231 The use of the subjunctive in the main clause 234 IV THE INFINITIVE, THE IMPERATIVE, THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE AND GERUND, AND THE PASSIVE VOICE 12 The infinitive 237 The formation of the infinitives 237 The negative infinitive 239 The uses of the infinitive 239 Faire 1 infinitive (causative faire) 246 Verb 1 de quoi (something, enough) 1 infinitive 248 Exercices de révision 253 13 The imperative 263 Regular forms of the imperative 263 The negative imperative 264 Irregular forms of the imperative 265 The position of object pronouns with the imperative 267 The imperative of reflexive verbs 270 Contents vii ii--xxxx--11--441122__wwhhoolleebbooookk..iinndddd 77 77//99//2222 11::3322 PPMM