A witty, fast-paced guide to eliminating those annoying and frustrating French bloopers
Mixing genders, inverting subjects and objects, and trusting false cognates are just a few of the blunders English-speaking French-language learners commonly make. In Correct Your French Blunders, veteran French teacher Véronique Mazet identifies these and other common trouble spots and clearly explains the reasons behind them. You will discover how grammar patterns of French differ from those of English and why trying to translate word for word, structure for structure, from English, can lead to big trouble.
You will learn to break bad habits and correct your mistakes while developing a much more natural feel for French language patterns-- with the help of:
More than 1,000 highlighted examples of common blunders to avoid
A free app available on iTunes for interactive practice for obliterating those blunders
Numerous examples and practical exercises
Quick-reference panels for checking correct tense forms
A "Hall of Shame" compendium of bad errors to recognize and correct
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780071788243
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC
Publication Date: 03-21-2012
Pages: 384
Product Dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)
Series: Correct Your Blunders
About the Author
Author Information Véronique Mazet Ph.D. is an experienced educator and teacher of French at Austin Community College
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction PRONUNICATION AND SPELLING Pronunication Spelling Capitalization GRAMMAR Nouns Descriptive Adjectives Determiners Numbers Subjects, Objects,and Their Pronouns Verbs Types of Verbs The Infinitive The Conjugated Form The Indicative The Present Tense The passé composé The imparfait, The passé composé versus the imparfait, The Pluperfect The Future The Future Perfect The Conditional The Present Conditional The Past Conditional The Subjunctive The Subjunctive Mood The Present Subjunctive The past Subjunctive Reported Speech Questions and Answers VOCABULARY Words Prepositions Constructions Catch the Blunders Answer Key Index of French Words and Expressions Subject Index