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French Grammar: Theory and Exercises
French Grammar: Theory and Exercises
French Grammar: Theory and Exercises
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"French Grammar - Theory and Exercises" presents the most important elements of French Grammar in a clear and simple manner. The book addresses all those who want to learn French, regardless of age, offering, through clear explanations and algorithms, a better understanding of French grammar. Each lesson is accompanied by examples and exercises. The book contains an abundance of exercises.

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Release dateJun 17, 2012
ISBN9781476365565
French Grammar: Theory and Exercises
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Table of Contents

THE ARTICLE (L’ARTICLE)

THE NOUN (LE NOM)

THE RATING ADJECTIVE (L’ADJECTIF QUALIFICATIF)

THE PRONOUN (LE PRONOM)

THE VERB (LE VERBE)

THE ADVERB (L’ADVERBE)

THE PREPOSITION (LA PRÉPOSITION)

THE CONJUNCTION (LA CONJONCTION)

THE INTERJECTION (L’INTERJECTION)

ANSWERS

THE ARTICLE (L’ARTICLE)

In French there are only two genders: masculine and feminine.

Definite article (L’article défini)

Definite article and indefinite article are placed before the noun and apart from it.

Singular

Masculine: le (livre); l’(élève)

Feminine: la (table) l’(armoire)

Plural

Masculine and Feminine

les (livres, tables); les (élèves, armoires)

Before a noun that starts with a vowel or with a mute h, the articles le, la lose the vowel and replace it with a apostrophe.

Example:

LE

le cahier

le pupitre

LA

la gravure

la gomme

L’

l’écolier

l’école

l’homme

l’heure

Indefinite article (L’article indéfini)

Singular

Masculine: un (livre)

Feminine: une (table)

Plural

Masculine and Feminine: des (livres, tables)

Example:

UN

un mur

un banc

UNE

une porte

une chaise

DES

des murs

des bancs

des portes

des chaises

Observations

The nouns that are preceded by the des article are translated, generally, without article in English.

Dans les classe il y a des bancs – In the classroom there are bancs.

Sometimes it`s translated with some.

Je vois des bancs – I see some boats

The omission of the article

before people names

Jean et Marie vont à l’école.

Jean est un élève appliqué.

before city names

Bucarest, Moscou, Paris, Pékin

Bucarest est une très grande ville moderne.

before a noun that has a possessive adjective before it

Mes livres sont dans ma serviette.

EXERCISES

1. Replace the dots with the write indefinite article:

C’est … garçon

C’est … armoire

C’est … lit

C’est … maison

C’est … stylo

C’est … bibliothèque

2. Complete with un, une:

Voici … carte.

Voici … plafond.

Voici … lampe.

Voici … tableau.

Voici … banc.

Voici … classe.

Voici … professeur.

Voilà … fenêtre.

Voilà … plancher.

Voilà … bureau.

Voilà … mur.

Voilà … porte.

Voilà … chaise.

Voilà … armoire.

3. Complete with un, une:

C’est … mur.

C’est … porte.

C’est … banc.

C’est … fenêtre.

C’est … lampe.

C’est … tableau noir.

C’est … carte.

C’est … bureau.

C’est … élève.

C’est … plancher.

C’est … armoire.

4. Complete with le, la, l’:

Voici … classe de Pierre.

Voici … bureau de papa.

Voici … uniforme de Victor.

Voici … serviette de Jeanne.

Voici … armoire de Paul.

5. Complete with le, la, l’, un, une:

Voilà … école. C’est … école de Pierre.

Voici … carte. C’est … carte de Monique.

C’est … plancher. C’est … plancher de la classe.

6. Transform as in the example:

Le crayon est dans le plumier.

Dans le plumier il y a un crayon.

La serviette est sur le banc.

La carte est sur le mur.

Le stylo est dans le plumier.

Le livre est sur le bureau.

Le cahier est dans la serviette.

7. Complete with un, une, des:

C’est … tableau noir.

Ce sont … cahiers.

C’est … classe.

C’est … plafond.

Ce sont … planchers.

C’est … jardin.

Ce sont … gommes.

Ce sont … maisons.

C’est … porte.

C’est … fenêtre.

8. Complete with le, la, l’, les:

Voici … chat de Marie.

Voici … serviette de Jean.

Voici … bancs de la classe.

Voici … uniforme de Pierre.

Voilà … chambre de

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