Edexcel French Grammar for A Level
By Phil Turk & Genevieve Vandaele
April 2008
Hodder Education
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780340968529
358 Pages, Illustrated, 6 1/8 x 9 1/8"
$62.50 Paper Original
Edexcel French Grammar for A Level is the comprehensive grammar reference
textbook of choice for students studying for A level. Edexcel French Grammar
for A Level takes a contemporary approach to language and gives plenty of
practice with graded reinforcement exercises. Our contents list maps the
latest Edexcel GCE A Level specification, highlighting the language and grammatical
structures you need for the AS and A2 exam.
Each chapter covers a specific
grammatical point and is divided into three sections:
• Mécanismes
provides clear explanations in English with examples in French.
• Mettez-vous
au point! Includes graded reinforcement exercises to practice what has been
explained, with a self-check answer key.
• ... Et en route! offers a
range of open-ended communicative activities to encourage and develop the
creative use of language using the grammar points covered.
Table of Contents:
| Introduction | ||||
| 1 Grammar - what is it? | ||||
| 2 Nouns | ||||
| 3 Articles and expressions of quantity | ||||
| 4 Adjectives | ||||
| 5 Adverbs | ||||
| 6 Comparative of adjectives and adverbs | ||||
| 7 Superlative of adjectives and adverbs | ||||
| 8 Demonstratives | ||||
| 9 Possession | ||||
| 10 Personal pronouns | ||||
| 11 Other determiners | ||||
| 12 Numerals | ||||
| 13 Measures and dimensions | ||||
| 14 Times, days, dates | ||||
| 15 The present tense | ||||
| 16 The imperative | ||||
| 17 The future tense | ||||
| 18 The conditional tense | ||||
| 19 The perfect tense | ||||
| 20 The imperfect tense | ||||
| 21 Other compound tenses | ||||
| 22 The past historic tense | ||||
| 23 Past tenses contrasted | ||||
| 24 Reflexive verbs | ||||
| 25 The infinitive | ||||
| 26 Modal auxiliaries | ||||
| 27 The infinitive after prepositions | ||||
| 28 Verbs and their objects | ||||
| 29 Participles | ||||
| 30 The passive | ||||
| 31 Impersonal verbs | ||||
| 32 The subjunctive: introduction | ||||
| 33 The subjunctive: influence | ||||
| 34 The subjunctive: emotional and mental reactions | ||||
| 35 The subjunctive: doubt, disbelief and possibility | ||||
| 36 The subjunctive: after conjunctions | ||||
| 37 The subjunctive: other main uses | ||||
| 38 Negatives | ||||
| 39 If ... | ||||
| 40 How long for? | ||||
| 41 Prepositions | ||||
| 42 Relative pronouns | ||||
| 43 Questions: the interrogative | ||||
| 44 Exclamations | ||||
| 45 Direct and indirect speech | ||||
| 46 C'est, il est, il y a | ||||
| 47 French pronunciation and spelling | ||||
| 48 Some hints to develop your French vocabulary, whilst avoiding the traps! | ||||
| Key to exercises | ||||
| Verb list | ||||
| Index |
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