English Grammar for Students of French : the Study Guide for Those Learning French /
Jacqueline Morton ; with the collaboration of Helene Neu.
- 6th ed.
- Ann Arbor, MI : The Olivia and Hill Press, 2009.
- v, 178 p. : cov. ill. ; 23 cm.
- English Grammar .
Includes an index.
Study Tips Study guide Tips for learning vocabulary Tips for learning word forms List of Study Tips 1.What's in a Word? 2. What's in a Noun? 3. What is Meant by Gender? 4. What is Meant by Number? 5. What is an Article? Definite Article Indefinite Article Partitive Article Study Tips - Nouns and their gender 6. What is the Possessive? 7. What is a Verb? 8. What is the Infinitive? Consulting the dictionary Study Tips - Verbs 9. What is a Subject? 10. What is a Pronoun? 11. What is a Subject Pronoun? Study Tips - Subject pronouns 12. What is a Verb Conjugation? Choosing the proper "person" How to conjugate a verb Study Tips - Verb conjugations 13. What are Auxiliary Verbs? 14. What are Affirmative and Negative Sentences? Negative Words 15. What are Declarative and Interrogative Sentences? Tag questions 16. What is Meant by Tense? Study Tips - Tenses 17. What is the Present Tense? 18. What is a Participle? Present participle Past participle 19. What is the Past tense? Le passé composé (present perfect) L'imparfait (imperfect) Selection: le passé composé or l'imparfait Study Tips - The passé composé 20. What is the Past Perfect Tense? 21. What is the Future Tense? The immediate future Study Tips 22. What is the Future Perfect Tense? 23. What is Meant by Mood? 24. What is the Imperative? 25. What is the Conditional? Present conditional Past conditional If-clauses sequence of tenses Use of the conditional in indirect speech 26. What is the Subjunctive? 27. What is an Adjective? 28. What is a Descriptive Adjective? Attributive and predicate Adjectives Study Tips - Descriptive Adjectives 29. What is Meant by Comparison of Adjectives? Comparative Superlative 30. What is a Possessive Adjective? Singular possessor: my, your, his, her, its Plural possessor: our, your, their Study Tips - Possessive Adjectives 31. What is an Interrogative Adjective? 32. What is a Demonstrative Adjective? 33. What is an Adverb? Adverb or adjective? Study Tips - Adverbs 34. What is a Conjunction? Study Tips - Conjunctions and the subjunctive 35. What is a Preposition? Study Tips - Prepositions 36. What are Objects? Direct object Indirect object Sentences with a direct and an indirect object Object of a preposition Relationship of a verb to its object 37. What is an Object Pronoun? French direct object pronouns French indirect object pronouns Summary of object pronouns Study Tips - Object pronouns 38. What is a Disjunctive Pronoun? French pronouns as objects of a preposition Summary of object and disjunctive pronouns 39. What are Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs? Reciprocal action 40. What is a Possessive Pronoun? Singular possessor: mine, yours, his, hers Plural possessor: ours, yours, theirs Study Tips - Possessive pronouns 41. What is an Interrogative Pronoun? Subject Direct object Indirect object and object of a preposition "Which (one), which (ones)" Study Tips - Interrogative pronouns 42. What is a Relative Pronoun? Subject Direct object Indirect object and object of a preposition French relative pronouns objects of prepositions other than de French relative pronouns objects of the preposition de Possessive modifier "whose" Relative pronouns, without antecedents 43. What is a Demonstrative Pronoun? "This one, that one" and "these, those" To show possession: celui de "The one that": celui qui, celui que 44. What is Meant by Active and Passive Voice? Making an active sentence passive Avoiding the passive voice in French
"English Grammar for Students of French explains the grammatical terms that are in your French textbook and shows you how they relate to English grammar. Once you understand the terms and concepts as they apply to your own language, it will be easier for you to understand what is being introduced in your textbook and by your teacher. To help you become a more efficient language learner, we offer specific Study Tips for learning different types of words." (p. 1)
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