Lesson 1: Nouns and AdjectivesFrench nouns and adjectives, their agreement in gender and number, positon of adjectives. Lesson 2: ArticlesIndefinite, definite and partitive articles, and when to use them. Lesson 3: AdverbsDifferent groups of adverbs and their positions in a sentence. Lesson 4: Present tenseHow to form the present tense, how to make a sentence negative, and how to ask questions. |
Lesson 5: Reflexive verbs (Verbes pronominaux)Reflexive verbs (SE PROMENER and others) in the present and the passé composé. Lesson 6: Object pronouns LE, LA, LES, LUI, LEUR, ME, TE, SE, NOUS, and VOUSDirect and indirect object pronouns, and their position in the sentence. Lesson 7: Pronouns EN and YThe pronouns EN and Y, and their position in the sentence. Lesson 8: Double object pronounsHow to combine two object prounouns and their position in the sentence. |
Lesson 9: Verbs forming the passé composé with AVOIRHow and when to use the passé composé with the auxiliary verb AVOIR, how to make a sentence negative, and how to ask questions. Lesson 10: Verbs forming the passé composé with ETREHow and when to use the passé composé with the auxiliary verb ETRE, how to make a sentence negative, and how to ask questions. Lesson 11: The imperfect tense (l'imparfait)How and when to use the past tense called the imperfect, how to make a sentence negative, and how to ask questions. Lesson 12: The imperfect versus the passé composéThe difference in the usage of these two past tenses. |
Lesson 13: The past perfectHow and when to use the past tense called the past perfect (le plus-que-parfait), how to make a sentence negative, and how to ask questions. Lesson 14: Possessive adjectives and pronounsPossessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, our, their) and possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs). Lesson 15: Demonstrative adjectives and pronounsDemonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those) and demonstrative pronouns (this one, that one, these ones, those ones). Lesson 16: Stressed pronounsStressed pronouns (e.g., moi, toi) and when to use them. |
Lesson 17: The futureHow to express future actions, how to make a sentence negative, and how to ask questions. Lesson 18: The present conditionalThe forms of the present conditional (le conditionnel présent) and when to use it. Lesson 19: The past conditionalThe forms of the past conditional (le conditionnel passé) and when to use it. Lesson 20: HypotheticalsHow to express hypotheticals (if it rains, if we had money, if we had won). |
Lesson 21: The relative pronouns QUI, QUE, DONTHow to use the above relative pronouns to connect two sentences. Lesson 22: The relative pronoun LEQUEL and its variationsWhen to use the pronoun LEQUEL and its numerous variations. Lesson 23: The interrogative pronouns QUI and QUEWhen to use the above interrogative pronouns. Lesson 24: The interrogative adjective QUELWhen to use the interrogative adjective QUEL and its variations. |
Lesson 25: The present subjunctiveHow to form the present subjunctive (le subjonctif présent) and when to use it. Lesson 26: The past subjunctiveHow to form the past subjunctive (le subjonctif passé) and when to use it. Lesson 27: The indirect speechHow to report what you heard or said. Lesson 28: The agreement of tenses in the pastHow to report what you heard or said in the past. |
Everyone wanting real fluency in French needs to learn its grammar well. This requires clear explanations and lots of practice.
Whether you're taking a high school class or college course, studying for the AP French test, or just working on your own, I hope that these grammar workbooks will help you improve your skills.
Each lesson contains simple explanations of key grammar ideas, helpful examples, and written exercises for practice (of course, full answers are included).
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