Basic French – Ebook PDF Instant Delivery – ISBN(s): 9781259836404,1259836401
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 1259836398
- ISBN-13 : 978-1259836398
- Author: Eliane Kurbegov
Gain the language skills you want
Practice Makes Perfect: Basic French is the proven companion to your French-learning experience. In each bite-sized lesson, author Eliane Kurbegov explains one―and only one―grammar concept and illustrates it with clear examples. These lessons are purposefully short, so you can complete them in twenty minutes or less, and go at a pace that works for you.
You will, or course, get plenty of practice, practice, practice using your new skills. And this new edition is accompanied by flashcards and audio recordings, available online and via app, that will provide a new dimension and flexibility to your study. Whether you are learning on your own or taking a beginning class, this book will build your confidence in French.
Table of contents:
- I
- 1 Definite articles · Family
- 2 Indefinite articles · Around the house
- 3 J’ai and je veux · Animals
- 4 Il y a · The classroom
- 5 Subject pronouns · Common -er verbs · Regular -er verbs · Days of the week
- RÉVISION 1 LEÇONS 1–5
- II
- 6 Clothing · -Er verb endings
- 7 -Ir verbs · Food and beverages
- 8 -Ir verb endings · Common -ir verbs
- 9 Adjectives · Colors · Likes and dislikes
- 10 Descriptive adjectives · More than
- RÉVISION 2 LEÇONS 6–10
- III
- 11 Regular -re verbs · Common -re verbs
- 12 Asking questions · Interrogatives
- 13 The verb être · Occupations
- 14 Possessive adjectives · Using the verb être
- 15 The verb avoir · Inside the house
- RÉVISION 3 LEÇONS 11–15
- IV
- 16 BAGS adjectives · Locations
- 17 Moods and emotions
- 18 Comment ça va? · Health and fitness · Contractions with à
- 19 Vouloir · More clothes
- 20 Numbers · Age · Expressions with avoir
- RÉVISION 4 LEÇONS 16–20
- V
- 21 Faire · Weather · Seasons
- 22 Expressions with faire · Sports · Games · Music · Contractions with de
- 23 Telling time
- 24 Aller · Transportation
- 25 Dire · Écrire · Lire · Things to tell, write, and read
- RÉVISION 5 LEÇONS 21–25
- VI
- 26 Pouvoir · Adverbs
- 27 Devoir · Two-verb constructions · Adverbs of time
- 28 Two-verb questions · More food
- 29 Comparative adverbs and adjectives · Comparisons
- 30 Prepositions + verb · Il faut · More things in the house
- RÉVISION 6 LEÇONS 26–30
- VII
- 31 Demonstrative adjectives · Common stem-changing -er verbs · Expressions of time
- 32 Jeter · Appeler · The forms of vieux , beau , nouveau · Friends
- 33 -Er verbs with e →è stem change · Prepositions: location of things and people
- 34 -Er verbs with é →è stem change · More prepositions (place, time, and people) · Parts of the day
- 35 -Er verbs with y →i stem change · Near future: aller + infinitive · Near past: venir de + infinitive
- RÉVISION 7 LEÇONS 31–35
- VIII
- 36 Direct object pronouns · Gifts
- 37 Savoir · Hobbies · Ne… pas
- 38 Connaître · The neighborhood · Countries and states
- 39 Savoir and connaître
- 40 Using de and à plus noun · Adverbs of negation
- RÉVISION 8 LEÇONS 36–40
- IX
- 41 Irregular -ir verbs: sentir , sortir , partir , dormir · Adverbial phrases
- 42 Reflexive pronouns · Reflexive verbs · Parts of the body · Feelings
- 43 Reflexive -er verbs · Toiletries
- 44 Venir · Se souvenir · The object pronoun en
- 45 Offrir · Personal object pronouns: me , te , nous , vous , lui , leur
- RÉVISION 9 LEÇONS 41–45
- X
- 46 The family of prendre · Languages · Stress pronouns · Prepositional phrases
- 47 Near future · Expressions of future time · The pronoun y · Prepositions
- 48 Near past · Expressions of past time
- 49 Passé composé with avoir
- 50 Passé composé with être · Vacation locales