Contents

Introduction v

I 1 Definite articles · Family 3

2 Indefinite articles · Around the house 6
3 J’ai and je veux · Animals 10
4 Il y a · The classroom 14
5 Subject pronouns · Common -er verbs · Regular -er verbs · Days of
the week 17
Révision 1 Leçons 1–5 22

II 6 Clothing · -Er verb endings 29

7 -Ir verbs · Food and beverages 33
8 -Ir verb endings · Common -ir verbs 37
9 Adjectives · Colors · Likes and dislikes 40
10 Descriptive adjectives · More than 44
Révision 2 Leçons 6–10 48

III 11 Regular -re verbs · Common -re verbs 55

12 Asking questions · Interrogatives 58
13 The verb être · Occupations 63
14 Possessive adjectives · Using the verb être 67
15 The verb avoir · Inside the house 70
Révision 3 Leçons 11–15 73

IV 16 BAGS adjectives · Locations 79

17 Moods and emotions 82
18 Comment ça va? · Health and fitness · Contractions with à 84
19 Vouloir · More clothes 88
20 Numbers · Age · Expressions with avoir 90
Révision 4 Leçons 16–20 94

V 21 Faire · Weather · Seasons 99

22 Expressions with faire · Sports · Games · Music · Contractions with
de 102
23 Telling time 106
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 24 Aller · Transportation 110
25 Dire · Écrire · Lire · Things to tell, write, and read 113
Révision 5 Leçons 21–25 116

VI 26 Pouvoir · Adverbs 123

27 Devoir · Two-verb constructions · Adverbs of time 127
28 Two-verb questions · More food 131
29 Comparative adverbs and adjectives · Comparisons 134
30 Prepositions + verb · Il faut · More things in the house 137
Révision 6 Leçons 26–30 142

VII 31 Demonstrative adjectives · Common stem-changing -er verbs · Expressions

of time 147
32 Jeter · Appeler · The forms of vieux, beau, nouveau · Friends 150
33 -Er verbs with e→è stem change · Prepositions: location of things and people 153
34 -Er verbs with é→è stem change · More prepositions (place, time, and people)
· Parts of the day 156
35 -Er verbs with y→i stem change · Near future: aller + infinitive · Near past:
venir de + infinitive 159
Révision 7 Leçons 31–35 163

VIII 36 Direct object pronouns · Gifts 167

37 Savoir · Hobbies · Ne... pas 171
38 Connaître · The neighborhood · Countries and states 175
39 Savoir and connaître 178
40 Using de and à plus noun · Adverbs of negation 181
Révision 8 Leçons 36–40 185

IX 41 191
Irregular -ir verbs: sentir, sortir, partir, dormir · Adverbial phrases
42 Reflexive pronouns · Reflexive verbs · Parts of the body · Feelings 193
43 Reflexive -er verbs · Toiletries 197
44 Venir · Se souvenir · The object pronoun en 200
45 Offrir · Personal object pronouns: me, te, nous, vous, lui, leur 204
Révision 9 Leçons 41–45 207

X 46 The family of prendre · Languages · Stress pronouns · Prepositional phrases 213

47 Near future · Expressions of future time · The pronoun y · Prepositions 216
48 Near past · Expressions of past time 219
49 Passé composé with avoir 222
50 Passé composé with être · Vacation locales 224
Révision 10 Leçons 46–50 228

Answer key 231

Fun facts translations 246

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