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3. Determine when to use different verb tenses
4. Master spelling and punctuate rules
5. Converse confidently in your new language
6. Build correct sentence structures
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13 The immediate future, the immediate past,
and the causative form 211
14 Pronominal verbs 221
15 The passé composé 227
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, 16 The imparfait and the plus-que-parfait 237
17 The simple future and the past future 249
18 The present conditional and the past conditional 258
19 Could, should, would? 268
20 The present subjunctive and the past subjunctive 275
21 Prepositions 285
22 The infinitive mood 315
23 The imperative mood 328
24 The present participle and gerund 336
25 The simple past, the passive voice, and indirect speech 343
26 Pronouns 361
27 Relative pronouns 384
28 Adjectives 394
29 Adverbs 406
30 Written French: Making transitions and written
correspondence 415
31 Verb transfers and confusing verbs 434
32 Whatever, whenever, wherever: French oddities and
fun with prepositions 465
33 French in conversation: Meeting people 478
34 French in conversation: Making conversation and
making plans 491
35 French in conversation: Discussing current events 510
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, 36 French in conversation: Asking for help 525
37 A taste of French literature 537
Appendix A French pronunciation 553
Appendix B Grammatical terminology for verbs 557
Appendix C French verb tables 561
Appendix D French-English / English-French glossary 587
Answer key 611
Translations 641
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, Preface
The idea of a book containing all knowledge is probably as old as literacy. In one
of his brilliant short fiction collections, The Book of Sand, Jorge Luis Borges
describes the paradox of infinity contained between the covers of a book. As every
student of French knows, there are always lacunae to fill—lexical, syntactic,
orthographic, and so on. Despite any progress, the learner feels not only over-
whelmed, but also stuck in quicksand, unable to reach solid ground. However, a
solid foundation exists, and its title is Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French
All-in-One.
This book provides a map of the French language—a cartographic represen-
tation, as it were—of the Empire of the French language, encompassing seven
provinces. What makes this map self-sufficient is the fact that it contains numer-
ous clues and indications to guide the wanderer through lesser-known, or even
unmapped, labyrinths. Distilling the best content from seven Practice Makes Per-
fect titles, this book features hand-picked selections from the following:
◆ Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammar may not include every
grammatical rule conceivable to man or woman; nevertheless, it provides
a general idea of French grammar, which you can use as a compass.
◆ Practice Makes Perfect: French Nouns and Their Genders Up Close enter-
tains the quizzical world of French nouns, where words sometimes have
two genders or even seem undecided. In this region, you will learn how to
detect the correct gender of nouns on the basis of their context.
◆ Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary, relying on its thematic struc-
ture, encourages the development of a rich vocabulary by starting from
your own particular interests and naturally moving from a familiar con-
text to lesser-known fields.
◆ In Practice Makes Perfect: French Sentence Builder, you’ll assume the role of
an architect, metaphorically speaking, of course. Nevertheless, you will
learn, just as architects do, that a clear conception must precede the work of
a building a structure. In this section, as in the others, engaging exercises
and examples drawn from real life lead to a mastery of syntactic forms.
◆ It has been said that French prepositions are the Achilles’ heel of highly
proficient French students. Indeed, a wrong preposition can totally de-
molish an elegant French speaker’s reputation. However, Practice Makes
Perfect: French Pronouns and Prepositions provides a plethora of exercises,
based on written French and everyday daily discourse, which will develop
an ability to pick the right preposition and to grasp the preposition-pro-
noun synergy in French.
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