Eliane Kurbegov - French Grammar Drills

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Part 1
Articles and AdjectivesPart 2
Plurals, Quantity, and Partitive ArticlesPart 3
AdjectivesPart 4
AdverbsPart 5
Subject, Stressed, and Object PronounsPart 6
Possessive, Demonstrative, and Interrogative PronounsPart 7
Relative PronounsPart 8
Prepositions and ConjunctionsPart 9
Basic Verbal StructuresPart 10
Other Verbal Structures If youve picked up this book, you know that to learn a language wellto read and write and to understand others and be understood yourselfat some point you just have to buckle down and deal with the grammar. French Grammar Drills will enable you to take charge of the grammar that you need to know French well by providing you with plenty of writing drills to reinforce your knowledge and enhance your ability to speak, read, and write with finesse. You will be able to work at your own pace while focusing on those aspects of grammar that require the most attention.

Since so many grammatical elements in French vary as a function of the gender and number nouns, the book starts with a chapter on articles and tips showing you how to distinguish between masculine and feminine genders, as well as singular and plural forms, before moving on to chapters examining adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions. The remaining chapters are devoted to verbal forms and tenses. The emphasis in the verb chapters is on those tenses of the indicative and subjunctive modes that are most frequently used in contemporary and conversational French. A variety of exercises will reinforce your ability to manipulate the French language. There are exercises after each set of explanations so you can immediately apply what you have learned. In addition, ten sets of review exercises follow each group of related chapters.

They are found following the study of articles and adjectives (various vignettes that give you the opportunity to challenge yourself in communicative, real-life situations. You will find answers to all the exercises in the answer key at the back of the book. This new edition includes a Final Review chapter of exercises that pull together everything youve tested yourself with in the previous drills. Once youve worked your way through French Grammar Drills, not only will you find yourself confidently on your way to fluency, this book will remain a unique resource anytime you need to clarify or review essential grammatical concepts.

Definite articles accompany nouns representing specific things and people. The definite article (the in English) varies according to the gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural) of the noun it accompanies. The definite article (the in English) varies according to the gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural) of the noun it accompanies.

Several abbreviations related to articles and nouns, as well as the distinction between familiar and formal speech, are used throughout the book. They are: Use le before a masculine singular noun starting with a consonant.

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