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1 French Grammar Basics and Beyond Easy explanations in English of French Grammar with more than 200 exercises, and solutions! This Grammar book is for students of the A1 levels (total beginners) to B1 level (intermediate level). Click here to order this e-book at Special Price Only $ / ! Paperback and Kindle version also available Details here 2 French Grammar Basics and Beyond 2020 by Learn French at Home. All rights reserved. No part of this e book may be reproduced in any wri en, electronic, recording, or photocopying with out wri en permission of the publisher or authors. Published by: Learn French at Home Authors: C line Van Loan and Annick Stevenson 3rd edition. 1st edition published in 2011. Date of Publication: 2020. ISBN: 9798664830743 Cover photo: Paris, the Rodin Museum C line Van Loan Back cover photo: C line Van Loan Marty Van Loan 4 French Grammar Basics and Beyond About Learn French at Home Bienvenue Learn French at Home !

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6 Scenarios and vocabulary with audio links are included as well. accent magazine 7 French Grammar Basics and Beyond By learning a new language I discover mine, I analyse it more, I understand much be er my own Grammar . Nancy Huston is a Canadian novelist who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English 9 French Grammar Basics and BeyondFOREWORD Page 15 1. Bonjour ! Page 17 EXERCISE Page 18 2. Spelling and the alphabet Page 19 EXERCISES Page 19 3. tre (to be) Page 20 Tu and vous Page 20 On and nous Page 21 Les na onalit s (Na onali es) Page 21 Quelques adjec fs (A few adjec ves) Page 21 The more usual nega ve construc on ( pas) Page 22 EXERCISES Page 23 C'est vs Il est Page 26 EXERCISES Page 28 4. L'heure et la fr quence (Expressions of me and frequency) Page 30 EXERCISES Page 32 5. Words gender and de nite/inde nite ar cles: le, la, les, un, une, des Page 33 EXERCICES Page 36 6.

7 Avoir (to have) Page 38 EXERCISES Page 39 Il y a Page 44 EXERCISES Page 44 tre et avoir Page 46 EXERCISES Page 46 TA B L E OF CONTENTS 10 French Grammar Basics and Beyond7. Les adjec fs possessifs (Possessive adjec ves): mon, ma, mes, etc. Page 49 EXERCISES Page 50 8. Les pr posi ons (Preposi ons) I. En Page 51 II. Pour, avec Page 52 III. Preposi ons of place (dans, sur, etc.) Page 52 EXERCISES Page 54 IV. " " vs "de" Page 58 Les ar cles par fs (Par ve ar cles): de, du, de la, des, etc. Page 60 EXERCISES Page 62 9. Aller (to go) Page 64 Chez Page 64 EXERCISES Page 66 10. Faire (to do/to make) Page 68 EXERCISES Page 71 11.

8 Regular verbs ending in "er" in the present tense Page 74 EXERCISES Page 76 12. Si vs Oui Page 79 EXERCISES Page 80 13. Les adjec fs (The adjec ves) Page 81 Placement of the adjec ves Page 84 EXERCISES Page 85 14. Poser des ques ons (Interroga ves) Est ce que, qu est ce que, que, quoi, Page 87 EXERCISES Page 89 Addi onal interroga ves Qui, comment, pourquoi, quand, o , Page 91 EXERCISES Page 94 15. Verbes pronominaux (Re exive verbs) Page 98 EXERCISES Page 100 11 French Grammar Basics and n ga on (The nega ve forms)Page 102 EXERCISES Page 104 'un, quelque chose, etc.

9 (Someone, something, etc.)Page 106 EXERCISES Page 108 18. Regular verbs ending in "ir" in the present tensePage 109 EXERCISES Page 111 19. Regular verbs ending in "re" and "oir" in the present tensePage 113 EXERCISES Page 115 (can/be able to), vouloir (to want), devoir (to have to/must)Page 117 EXERCISES Page 118 and devoir (to have to)Page 120 EXERCISES Page 121 (to see), regarder (to look at/to watch Page 122 EXERCISES Page 123 (to hear), couter (to listen to)Page 124 EXERCISES Page 125 r, ressen r (both verbs mean: to feel)Page 126 EXERCISES Page 127 , croire (to think and to believe)Page 128 EXERCISE Page vs conna tre (both verbs mean: to know)Page 129 EXERCISES Page 131 pass compos : The most usual past tensePage 132 EXERCISES Page 136 imparfait: The other widely used past tensePage 139 EXERCISES Page 142 12 French Grammar Basics and Beyond29. Le pass compos vs l'imparfait Page 145 EXERCISES Page 145 30.)

10 Verbes de mouvement: Visiter, retourner, rentrer, sor r, venir, etc. (To visit, to go back, to come back, to go out, to come, etc.) Page 147 EXERCISES Page 150 31. Tu m'aimes ? Non, mais je t'aime bien ! (To love/to like) Page 152 EXERCISES Page 154 32. Manquer/rater (to miss, to lack, to fail) Page 155 EXERCISES Page 157 33. The verb passer (To pass, to stop by, etc.) Page 159 EXERCISES Page 162 34. Les adverbes (The adverbs) Page 164 Placement of the adverbs Page 165 EXERCISES Page 166 35. La comparaison (Making comparisons) Page 167 EXERCISES Page 168 Le superla f (the most/the least) Page 170 EXERCISES Page 170 36. tre en train de, venir de, tre sur le point (In the mist of doing something, etc.) Page 171 EXERCISES Page 172 37. Les pronoms directs et indirects (Direct and indirect pronouns) Page 173 EXERCISES Page 175 38. The pronouns "en" and "y " Page 177 EXERCISES Page 178 39.