Schaum's Outline of French Grammar, 5ed (Schaum's Outline Series)

Schaum's Outline of French Grammar delivers a comprehensive and efficient review of French grammar, with exercises, quick drills, and helpful verb charts. The fifth edition includes the latest usages and carefully explains challenging grammatical topics. Contents......Page 9 Singular Forms......Page 15 Gender Identification by Word Endings......Page 16 Nouns Indicating Occupations, Nationalities, Relationships and Domestic Animals......Page 17 Regular Plurals......Page 18 Nouns Ending in -ou......Page 19 Irregular Plurals......Page 20 Singular or Plural......Page 21 Compound Nouns......Page 22 With General or Abstract Nouns......Page 23 With Titles......Page 24 With Days of the Week, Seasons Dates and Time Expressions......Page 25 With Weights and Measures......Page 27 Contractions of the Definite Article......Page 28 After the Verb être......Page 30 Other Omissions of the Indefinite Article......Page 31 The Partitive Article......Page 32 When the Sentence is Negative......Page 33 After Expressions of Quantity and Expressions with de......Page 34 Regular Forms......Page 38 Adjectives Ending in a Vowel, Pronounced Consonant or Mute-e......Page 39 Adjectives Ending in -el, -eil, -il, -en, -on, -et and -s......Page 40 Adjectives Ending in -er......Page 41 Adjectives Ending in -eur......Page 42 Adjectives Ending in -c......Page 43 The Adjectives beau, nouveau, vieux......Page 44 Adjectives Ending in -s or -x......Page 45 Adjectives Ending in -al......Page 46 Agreement Problems of Certain Adjectives......Page 47 Adjectives of Color......Page 48 Compound Adjectives......Page 49 Position of Adjectives......Page 50 Adjectives That Change Meaning According to Position......Page 53 Regular Forms......Page 55 Adverbs Formed from Adjectives Ending in a Vowel......Page 56 Adverbs Ending in -amment and -emment......Page 57 Irregular Adverbs......Page 58 Position of Adverbs......Page 60 Regular Comparisons......Page 61 Superlative of Adjectives and Adverbs......Page 63 Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives......Page 64 Adjectives without Comparative and Superlative Forms......Page 67 Possessive Adjectives......Page 68 Use of the Definite Article as a Possessive......Page 69 With chacun......Page 70 Demonstrative Adjectives......Page 72 Indefinite Adjectives......Page 73 Uses of Certain Prepositions......Page 84 À, de, dans, en, chez......Page 85 À......Page 87 Au......Page 88 De......Page 89 Prepositions with Modes of Transportation......Page 90 À, at......Page 91 Avant, before and après, after......Page 92 To Mean with......Page 93 Prepositions After Indefinite Pronouns......Page 94 Prepositions in Adverbial Clauses of Manner......Page 95 To Indicate Function, Result or Tendency......Page 96 After Expressions of Duration, Length of Time and Position of the Body......Page 97 Cardinal Numbers......Page 102 Ordinal Numbers......Page 104 Collective Numbers......Page 105 Fractions......Page 106 Dimensions......Page 107 Dates......Page 108 Time......Page 109 Moods and Tenses......Page 112 First Conjugation Verbs......Page 113 Verbs Beginning with a Vowel......Page 116 Verbs with Spelling Changes......Page 117 Second Conjugation Verbs......Page 121 Third Conjugation Verbs......Page 123 Irregular Verbs......Page 124 Verbs with Infinitives Ending in -ire......Page 130 Special Uses of the Present Tense......Page 143 Reflexive / Pronominal Verbs......Page 146 S’asseoir......Page 149 Reflexive versus Non-reflexive Verbs......Page 150 Affirmative Imperatives......Page 151 The Negative Imperative of Reflexive Verbs......Page 153 Use......Page 154 Regular Forms......Page 156 Être......Page 157 Continuing or Habitual Action......Page 158 Descriptions in the Past......Page 160 Depuis, il y avait...que, voilá...que, ça faisait...que and the Imperfect Tense......Page 161 The Passé Composé of -er Verbs......Page 162 The Passé Composé of -ir Verbs......Page 163 Irregular Past Participles......Page 164 Agreement of the Past Participle with Verbs Conjugated with avoir......Page 168 The Passé Composé of Verbs Conjugated with Être......Page 170 Passer with être and avoir in the Passé Composé......Page 172 Agreement of the Past Participle with Reflexive Pronouns......Page 173 Past Action......Page 174 Differences between the Passé Composé and the Imperfect Tense......Page 175 The Passé Simple of -er Verbs......Page 182 Irregular Verbs Building the Passé Simple upon the Past Participle......Page 183 Irregular Verbs not Building the Passé Simple upon the Past Participle......Page 185 Aller with an Infinitive......Page 187 Regular Forms of the Future Tense......Page 188 Verbs Using the Third Person Singular Form of the Present Tense as the Future Stem......Page 189 Verbs with Irregular Future Stems......Page 190 Special Uses of the Future Tense......Page 191 Formation of the Present Conditional......Page 196 Uses of the Conditional......Page 197 Pluperfect Tense (Plus-que-parfait)......Page 200 Future Perfect Tense (Futur Antérieur)......Page 202 Past Conditional (Passé du Conditionnel)......Page 204 The Past Anterior (Passé Antérieur) and the Passé Surcomposé......Page 205 Si Clauses......Page 207 Regular Forms......Page 209 Verbs with Internal Vowel Changes in the Present Subjunctive......Page 211 Verbs with Irregular Bases in the Present Subjunctive......Page 213 Uses of the Subjunctive......Page 214 Avoiding the Subjunctive......Page 226 The Past Subjunctive......Page 227 The Imperfect Subjunctive......Page 229 Use of the Imperfect Subjunctive......Page 230 Use of the Pluperfect Subjunctive......Page 231 Sequence of Tenses in Indirect Discourse......Page 232 Indirect Discourse in Sentences with an Interrogative Word......Page 233 Inversion of the Subject in Indirect Discourse......Page 234 After Prepositions......Page 235 In an Exclamatory Phrase......Page 236 Faire in Causative Construction......Page 237 Laisser and Verbs of Perception plus the Infinitive......Page 240 The Use of the Prepositions à and de before an Infinitive......Page 241 True Passive with être......Page 244 The Passive Voice with se......Page 245 Forming Questions......Page 246 Interrogative Forms by Inversion—Simple Tenses......Page 247 Interrogative Forms by Inversion—Compound Tenses......Page 248 Interrogative Adverbs and Adverbial Expressions......Page 249 Interrogative Pronouns......Page 250 Interrogative Adjective Quel......Page 252 Interrogative Pronoun Lequel......Page 253 Negation of Simple Tenses......Page 256 Negation of Compound Tenses......Page 257 The Negative Interrogative......Page 258 Negation of the Infinitive......Page 259 Negative Words and Phrases......Page 260 Subject Pronouns......Page 266 Le, la, l’, les......Page 267 Me, te, nous, vous......Page 269 Lui, leur......Page 270 The Pronoun Y......Page 271 The Pronoun En......Page 272 Double Object Pronouns......Page 273 With Conjugated Verbs......Page 274 With an Infinitive......Page 275 With Infinitive Constructions: Causative faire (faire faire), laisser and Verbs of Perception......Page 276 With Affirmative Commands......Page 277 Reflexive Pronouns......Page 279 Disjunctive Pronouns......Page 280 Possessive Pronouns......Page 282 Demonstrative Pronouns......Page 284 Ce, ceci, cela (ça)......Page 285 Qui who, which, that......Page 286 Que whom, which, that......Page 287 Ce qui and ce que......Page 288 Relative Pronouns with Prepositions Other than de: Qui, lequel......Page 289 Relative Pronouns with the Preposition de: Dont, duquel......Page 290 Quoi, ce dont......Page 292 Indefinite Pronouns......Page 293 Expressions with Aller......Page 299 Expressions with Avoir......Page 300 Expressions with Être......Page 301 Expressions with Faire......Page 302 Devoir, pouvoir, savoir, vouloir......Page 303 Manquer, manquer à, manquer de......Page 306 Penser à, penser de......Page 307 Passer, se passer, se passer de......Page 308 Se rappeler, se souvenir de......Page 309 Savior versus connaître......Page 310 Venir de......Page 311 Answers to Exercises......Page 312 Verb Charts......Page 383 C......Page 393 F......Page 394 N......Page 395 P......Page 396 S......Page 397 Y......Page 398

Your ideal review for studying French grammar

Schaum’s Outline of French Grammar gives you clear, concise explanations and numerous exercises that will help you conquer this aspect of the language, even if you are a beginner. The revised edition includes a comprehensive review of nouns and verbs, adjectives and adverbs, prepositions and pronouns, and more.

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This textbook is designed to facilitate the study of French grammar for non-native speaking individuals. Its chapters concentrate on the basic problem areas of the language : nouns and articles; adjectives and adverbs; prepositions; numbers, dates, and time; verbs; interrogatives; negatives; pronouns; and special meanings of certain verbs. Each grammatical or structural point is introduced by a simple explanation in English with examples and exercises. An answer key appears at the end of the book This is a revised edition of Mary Coffman Crocker's systematic review of French grammar, with concise explanations and numerous exercises that allow students to work on their own