French Grammar in Context presents a unique and exciting approach to learning grammar and this revised sixth edition includes new chapters on language registers and regional varieties, as well as three additional revision texts.
Authentic texts from a rich variety of sources, literary and journalistic, are used as the starting point for the illustration and explanation of key areas of French grammar, with each point consolidated with a wide range of written and spoken exercises. Grammar is presented not as an end in itself, but as a tool essential to enjoying French, understanding native speakers, and communicating effectively with them.
Literary texts and poems are taken from renowned French and Francophone authors such as Albert Camus, Émile Zola, Leïla Slimani, André Malraux, Amélie Nothomb, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Stendhal, Jacques Prévert, and Maryse Condé. News sources include Libération, Le Point, Marianne, and Le Monde Diplomatique, in addition to articles from regional papers such as Ouest-France and La Voix du Nord. Lifestyle articles are included from magazines such as Elle.
French Grammar in Context is aimed at intermediate and advanced students and is ideal for both independent and class-based study.
1. The present tense 2. The passé composé 3. The imperfect 4. The pluperfect 5. The past historic and past anterior 6. The future and future perfect 7. The conditional (present and past) 8. The negative 9. Interrogatives 10. Personal pronouns 11. Relative pronouns 12. Nouns 13. Articles and quantifiers 14. Demonstratives 15. Possessives 16. Adjectives 17. Adverbs and adverbial phrases 18. Comparatives and superlatives 19. The imperative 20. Pronominal verbs 21. The passive 22. The infinitive and present participle 23. Verbs with à and de 24. Devoir, pouvoir, vouloir, savoir 25. Impersonal verbs 26. The subjunctive (present and perfect) 27. The subjunctive (imperfect and pluperfect) 28. Prepositions 29. Conjunctions 30. Word order 31. Registers of Language 32. Regional Varieties of French
Margaret Jubb is Emeritus Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Annie Rouxeville was previously Senior Lecturer in French and Tutor at TILL, University of Sheffield, UK. Michaël Abecassis is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Oxford, UK.
