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Practice makes perfect, French sentence builder, Eliane Kurbegov

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Practice makes perfect

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Eliane Kurbegov

Practice makes perfect

French sentence builder

The go-to guide to helping you make the leap from French language basics to composing well-structured sentences--now with new streaming audio recordings via the McGraw Hill Language Lab app. Once you've learned the rudiments of French grammar and a core vocabulary, the next challenge is to put together well-structured sentences. You'll find everything you need to help you break out of a compartmentalized understanding of the language and build your confidence in writing and speaking French. Progressing gradually from putting words together into clauses through writing your own sentences and eventually entire paragraphs, Kurbegov presents clear explanations on how to apply grammar, numerous examples that demonstrate correct word order, and helpful exercises to practice. With new audio recordings of the answer key to more than 50 exercises, you'll gain the skills you need to be able to speak, understand, and write French with confidence. Features > Presents grammar elements in the context of sentence building, supported by numerous examples > Includes numerous exercises in a variety of formats to build writing skills > A review chapter tests your comprehension of everything covered in the book > An answer key provides correct responses to closed exercises and example answers for creative questions NEW: Audio recordings of the answer key to more than 50 exercises, available via the McGraw Hill Language Lab app

Declarative sentences and word order -- Interrogative sentences and word order -- Precise questions -- Exclamatory sentences -- Imperative clauses -- Independent clauses -- Dependent clauses and the indicative mood -- Dependent clauses and the subjunctive mood -- Relative clauses -- Infinitive and past infinitive clauses -- Using nouns -- Using personal pronouns -- Special uses of pronouns -- Using adverbs and adverbial phrases -- Using prepositions and prepositional phrases -- Using present and past participles -- Making transitions -- Letter writing and messaging -- Using colloquial expressions and structures -- Writing -- Review and extension -- Answer key

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French sentence builder