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Title: The Ultimate French Review and Practice: Mastering French Grammar for Confident Communication by McGraw-Hill ISBN: 0-658-00074-8 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.94 (17 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Exactly What I Needed
Comment: I bought this book to relearn all the grammar I used to know. Having had six years of French (last class was ten years ago), I needed something that would take me through grammar lessons fairly quickly. This book does that.

This is a handbook on grammar and conjugations. It follows a simple pattern for presenting material--it provides short lessons with examples, and then gives 8-12 practice exercises (with answers in the back of book), and so on.

This book emphasizes grammar over vocabulary, but translations are provided for the words that are used in examples and exercises. Translations also appear for idiomatic phrases.

I learned of this book by researching the materials used in upper level French composition classes at various universities. This one came up several times as a companion to the literature that students were required to obtain.

Here are the contents of Ultimate French Review and Practice:

Part I, Verbs--Basic Forms and Uses: 1. Present tense, 2. Present tense of irregular verbs, 3. Negative sentences, 4. Interrogative sentences, 5. Imperative, 6. Passe compose, 7. Imperfect; imperfect versus passe compose, 8. Reflexive verbs, 9. Future and conditional; conditional sentences, 10. Pluperperfect, future perfect, and past conditional; conditional sentences, 11. Passe simple, 12. Present participles; uses of the infinitive.

Part II, Nouns and Their Modifiers Pronouns: 13. Nouns: gender, number, and articles; uses of articles, 14. Stress pronouns; subject-verb agreement, 15. Possessive and demonstrative adjectives and pronouns, 16. Interrogative adjectives and pronouns, 17. Adjectives; comparative and superlative, 18. Object pronouns.

Part III, Other Elements of the Sentence: 19. Numbers; time; dates, 20. Adverbs, 21. Negative and indefinites, 22. Prepositions; prepositions with geographical names.

Part IV, Verbs in Two-Clause Sentences: 23. Relative clauses, 24. The present subjunctive, 25. The past subjunctive; literary subjunctives, 26. The subjunctive (continued).

Part V, Idiomatic Usage: 27. The passive voice and substitutes for the passive, 28. Important idioms and proverbs.

Don't be fooled by the price. This is a great resource.

Rating: 5
Summary: Le plus meilleur!
Comment: I had French in college for 1 year, I was trying to find my class notes to review what I had learned. Since I couldn't find them, I searched for a reference book and this book is exactly what I was looking for!

It covers a lot of grammar rules (and their exceptions), the conjugation of verbs in all tenses (from passé composé to pluperperfect tense and more), rules for definite and indefinite articles, and lots of good examples and exercises (with answers on the back)! I specially liked the "note culturelle" sections. It even comes with a French idioms chapter. The authors did a great job on this book and the price is excellent!

I wish I had had this book back in college, but now that I have it, I know it will serve as a lifetime reference. I strongly recommend this book for anyone seriously studying French!

Rating: 5
Summary: A great learning tool!
Comment: This book is truly a great bargain. Great for review even if you're a little rusty on your french. It's superb for intermediate learners as well as beginners and experts. It covers practically everything.

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