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Contents

Introduction vii

Useful grammatical terminology for verbs ix

A few remarks about French pronunciation xiii

THE PRESENT TENSE

1 The present tense of regular verbs 3

The conjugation of regular -er verbs 3

The conjugation of -er verbs with spelling changes 9

The conjugation of regular -ir verbs 15

The conjugation of regular -re verbs 16

Asking questions 19

Verbs and their objects 25

2 The present tense of irregular verbs 33

The conjugation of irregular verbs 33

The uses of the present tense 44

Special uses of aller and venir 48

Savoir and connaître 50

Exercices de révision 54

Idioms with avoir, faire, être, aller, vouloir , and prendre 55

Plaire (à) 65

3 A few impersonal verbs 67

Weather verbs 67

The impersonal use of être 68

The impersonal use of avoir 68

Other impersonal expressions 70

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