French Grammar in Context

c When the affirmative imperative is followed by more than one pronoun, the order is: verb + direct object + indirect object + y ...

5 Translate the following sentences into French. a Look for your shoes! b Don’t eat from the dog’s bowl! c Look at me when I spe ...

20 Pronominal verbs Atlas Air France Toulouse, à mi-chemin entre l’Atlantique et la Méditerranée, proche des Pyrénées qu’on aper ...

Pronominal verbs in the text 1 USAGE aPronominal verbs are used to indicate an action where the subject and the object are the s ...

Discover more about pronominal verbs 1 USAGE aPronominal verbs may be used reciprocallyin the pluralto describe a situation wher ...

With verbs like se souvenir,however, the past participle agrees with the subject (see Chapter 2). Note that in the case of compo ...

puis le général de Gaulle, son empire a disparu. Notre pays progressivement ____________ (s’intégrer) dans l’Europe et son écono ...

21 The passive «L’ Île noire» a connu trois versions: en noir et blanc (1937), en couleur (1943), puis en 1965, où des modificat ...

The passive in the text 1 USAGE The use of the passive is far less widespread in French than it is in English. French, however, ...

the passé composé (lines 18–19) the past participle (lines 15, 17, 20, 25, 36, 56, 57, 64). b The past participles agree in gend ...

A number of French verbs take both a direct and an indirect object. Only the direct object can become the subject of a sentence ...

e Se may be used with a verb as an alternative to an English passive. e.g.Le champagne se consomme très frais Le vieux Montpelli ...

le nombre d’inscrits minimum, nous vous adressons la confirmation définitive. Choisissez bien votre randonnée en fonction de vot ...

6 Translate the following sentences into French using the passive or an appropriate alternative. a The mail has been delivered. ...

22 The infinitive and present participle Pour un enfant de moins de 6 ans, une langue est liée à une personne. Tous les enfants ...

The infinitive in the text 1 USAGE a Used independently after a question word, e.g. Comment mieux parler?(title); que dire à un ...

Other points to note in the text Demonstratives – pronouns: celle(line 39); cela(line 49); and adjectives: ce(line 25); cette(l ...

2 FORM a The past (or perfect) infinitive is formed from the infinitive of avoiror êtreas appropriate, past participle, e.g. av ...

k I don’t understand your way of working. l I am inclined to think that she is right. mShe had her hair cut yesterday. n After I ...

The present participle and the gerund in the text 1 USAGE Present participle a The verb form ending in -antmay be used as an adj ...