French Course Part 3 Horan & Wheeler

CONTENTS

Un métier intéressant.

Countries. To, in, from with Countries, Towns. Adjectives of Nationality. Peoples.

The pronoun on. Provinces. Interrogative Adjective quel. Dire. Apprendre.

Dans l’autobus.

Imperfect tense of Regular and Irregular verbs. Distinction between the Perfect and Imperfect. Methods of Travel. Lire. Pleuvoir.

3. Le goûter.

Verbs followed by the Simple Infinitive. Pouvoir and savoir. Falloir. Vouloir. Interrogative pronoun what. Courir.

Un accident d’automobile.

Preterite tense of Regular and Irregular verbs. Summary of the Past tenses. Formation of Adverbs. Ecrire. Envoyer. Acheter.

Ce que je fais le matin. Ce que j’ ai fait hier matin. Au bord de la mer.

Perfect tense of Verbs used Reflexively. Negative and Interrogative. Use of the Definite Article with Parts of the Body. S’asseoir and être assis. Passérécent-venir de. Appeler and jeter.

L’arrivee de Jacques Ravel.

Pronoun Objects. Positive Command. Negative Command. En; y. Distinction between yand là. Ce livre-ci, ce livre-Ja. Par mois, par semaine, etc. Croire. Esperer.

Une panne inattendue.

Negative Adverbs. Omission of ne. Personneand rien as Subject. Ne … que.Speed, price. Imperative of étre. Conduire. Tenir. Nettoyer. Payer.

La chasse. Le Jour de l’An.

Disjunctive Pronouns. Etre à. Use of c’est+ Disjunctive Pronoun for Emphasis. Emphatic Pronouns. Each. Future tense in Time Clauses. Noun stress. Ouvrir. Cueillir.

La rentrée des classes.

Conditional tense. Would, would like. The preposition a with the Infinitive. Jouer à, jouer de. Connaître. Recevoir.

Avec les bergers.

Present Participles. En+ Present Participle. Present Participle used as an Adjective. Expressions like danser de joie. Interrogative Pronoun who, whom. Dormir.

Au zoo.

The preposition de with the Infinitive. Negative Infinitive. Verbs like demander. Use of c’est for Emphasis. Suivre.

Sur !es quais du port.

Pluperfect tense. Present tense with depuis. Difference between depuis and pendant. Imperfect tense with depuis. Rire. Inversion afterf Direct Speech. First Person Singular Interregotive.

Vacances au Canada.

Use of pour, sans, avant de, au lieu de with Infinitive. Use of après with the Perfect Infinitive. Past Participle + de (with, by). Boire.

Montmartre.

Comparison of Adjectives. Some Special Adjectives. Agreement of Past Participle with Preceding Direct Object. Summary of Agreement of Past Participle. Use of Defin.ite Article in Titles. Measurement.

La Corse. Vacances en Provence.

Si+ Present tense. Si + Imperfect tense. Conditional of vouloir, devoir, pouvoir.

Additional reading material.

Appendix 1 Conjugation or -er, -ir and -re verbs; the être verbs
Appendix 2 Infinitive government
Appendix 3 Verb construction after prepositions
Appendix 4 Grammar summary (alphabetical listing)
Appendix 5 Numbers
Appendix 6 The French alphabet; punctuation marks
Appendix 7 Irregular verb reference
Appendix 8 French vowels

French-English Vocabulary

English-French Vocabulary

General Index

Irregular Verb Reference

Songs and Poems

Le petit prince
Sur la route de Louviers
Cadet Rousselle
Chanson a boire
Sagesse
Le corbeau et le renard
En roulanl ma boule

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Description

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Those familiar with earlier editions of Part 3 of “A New French Course” will realise that this edition is different in two principal ways. Firstly, the size of the book has been reduced from twenty lessons to fifteen. The reduction in content will now enable an average class to complete the book in one year. The more advanced material which has been dispensed with is presented in Part 4. Secondly, whilst nearly all the sets of exercises have been retained, some have been shortened to allow more rapid treatment of the lessons and 10 provide space for new enrichment material (photographs and drawings) which, we hope, the student will find stimulating and informative. Whilst therefore the book has been ‘updated’, it retains all the main features of previous editions.

In respect to the vocabulary, every word in the official basic list drawn up by the Commission du Français élémentaire is introduced in this book. A sound practical basis for wide reading in French is thus afforded.

The lessons contain reading passages, vocabulary, phrase lists. sets of questions on the passages, grammar exposition, driU exercises, dictees, verb practice, simple dialogues, controlled compositions, pronunciation exercises, revision sets, songs and poems. Tn general. for ease of reference, the material of the lessons is presented i.Ji a fixed order. However, it is not intended that the exercises should be done strictly in their order of appearance in the lesson. Many of the exercises are designed for rapid oral drill. Once the material is drilled tn a variety of forms. a written exercise should be used principally as a check. The basic language patterns, introduced in Parts I and II, are constantly revised in the revision exercises. A comprehensive set of appendices provides the student with a valuable reference and the vocabulary in the back embraces every word presented in the three books.

lt is stressed that oral techniques should form a large part of each lesson. Opportunity is given in this book for frequent aural-oral practice and it is trusted that French wiJI be used as much as possible in the conduct of every lesson in order that the study of the language will be a living experience.

We would like to thank Monsieur M. Chicoteau, Senior Lecturer in rrench in the University of Queensland, and Dr E. Goldstein, for their valuable comments un the text of the book.

R. S. HORAN

J. R. WHEELER

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