French Grammar in Context

66 French Grammar in Context Relative pronouns in the text a Relative pronouns are used to relate a noun or pronoun to a descrip ...

Relative pronouns 67 h The forms ce qui, ce queand ce dontmust always be used after the pronoun, tout, e.g. tout ce qui est aban ...

things), e.g. le collègue dans la voiture de qui j’ai laissé mon sac; le manteau dans la poche duquel j’ai laissé mes clefs. g W ...

Relative pronouns 69 e Ils s’indignent de la politisation. Certains drames sociaux font l’objet de cette politisation. f Voici l ...

À ceux _____ croient que «tout est politique», comme à ceux _____ s’indignent de l’exploitation et de la «politisation» _____ fo ...

12 Nouns Ce veuf de 70 ans n’était vraiment pas du genre à se laisser arnaquer. Il se vantait d’avoir toujours un couteausur la ...

72 French Grammar in Context Nouns in the text 1 GENDER a Sex and gender Nouns referring to male/female have the same gender as ...

Nouns 73 f Some words have two genders and two meanings depending on the gender chosen, e.g. aide (line 6). In this case it is a ...

Discover more about nouns 1 GENDER a Words ending in -isme, -asmeand -acleare masculine, e.g. le capitalisme, le sarcasme, le sp ...

Nouns 75 2 PLURAL a Nouns ending in -au, -eau, -eu, -œu The plural of these is formed by adding -x: le bateau les bateaux le feu ...

a Gender Ve r b+ nounare masculine, e.g. le tire-bouchon, le gratte-ciel. Noun+ nountake the gender of the principal noun, whic ...

Nouns 77 b Chose, personne The noun choseis feminine, but compounds including choseare all masculine. Note in particular quelqu ...

3 Rewrite the following sentences, putting the nouns in the plural and making any other necessary changes. a Une peau fragile né ...

Nouns 79 7 Indicate the gender of the following compound nouns (un/une) and write their plural forms. a _____ coffre-fort des __ ...

13 Articles and quantifiers TOUR DU MONDE Mon cher Guillaume, Tu me demandes, à moi qui ai bourlingué dans tous les pays, ce que ...

Articles and quantifiers 81 Articles and quantifiers in the text 1 THE DEFINITE ARTICLE a There are two main uses of the definit ...

2 THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE a Un and une correspond to English ‘a/an’, e.g. un métier (line 27). They introduce a singular noun as ...

Articles and quantifiers 83 5 QUANTIFIERS aTous/toutes+ les+ noun translates not only ‘all the.. .’ but also ‘every.. ., e.g. to ...

3 THE PARTITIVE ARTICLE a The partitive article (and the plural indefinite article des) are always omitted after the preposition ...

Articles and quantifiers 85 L’Huillier, pp. 303–35 Price, pp. 23–38, 201, 234–48 Turk and Vandaele, pp. 13–20 EXERCISES 1 Class ...