French Grammar in Context

206 French Grammar in Context EXERCISES 1 Rewrite the following sentences, starting with the words given and changing the word o ...

Word order 207 j Ses qualités sont tellesqu’il doit sûrement réussir. k Un temps variable a succédéà la vague de chaleur. l Elle ...

208 French Grammar in Context 7 Translate the following into French, paying particular attention to word order. a Talk to her! b ...

31 Highlighting and emphasis «J’ai une question à vous poser: qu’est- ce qui vous plaît chez l’autre? Moi, la beauté compte très ...

210 French Grammar in Context Highlighting and emphasis in the texts 1 FUNCTION Highlighting is an important way of focusing the ...

Highlighting and emphasis 211 2 INITIAL POSITIONING aPlacing an element other than the grammatical subject at the beginning of a ...

212 French Grammar in Context c Sometimes a noun or pronoun subject may be placed first, followed by a comma and re- emphasized ...

Highlighting and emphasis 213 immediately after the verb, e.g. Je ne travaille pas, moi, le dimanche at the end of the sentence ...

214 French Grammar in Context See for further information: Coffman Crocker, pp. 46, 267 Ferrar, pp. 155, 164–6, 208, 217, 230 Ha ...

Highlighting and emphasis 215 4 Rewrite the following sentences, emphasizing the word(s) in italics by using c’est/ce sont... qu ...

Revision text ANALYSIS 1 To what noun does the pronoun enin Mozart en est le plus célèbre exemple(lines 6–7) refer back? See Cha ...

Revision text 1 217 6 How would you translate literally into English the highlighted relative pronoun in supérieure à ce qu’elle ...

218 French Grammar in Context Il y avait ceux qui avaient voyagé comme des oiseaux migrateurs et ceux qui avaient vécu, attachés ...

2 What tense is used in the examples above and how is it translated into English? Why is it used so extensively at the opening o ...

EXERCISES 1 Without looking at the original, complete the following text using the verbs indicated in the pluperfect tense and m ...

Revision text 3 221 ANALYSIS 1 What is the difference in meaning between depuis and the present tense as used in lines 1 and 6–7 ...

EXERCISE Without looking at the original, fill in the gaps with the appropriate article or preposition. Check your version again ...

Revision text 4 223 Napoléon est mort il y a 175 ans, un 5 mai. Et cet anniversaire, marqué comme chaque année par une messe à l ...

224 French Grammar in Context ANALYSIS 1 Est mort (line 1). What tense is this? Some verbs like mourirare conjugated with êtrein ...

EXERCISES 1 Without looking at the original, fill in the gaps in the following with the appropriate forms of the future. Check y ...