French Vocabulary

Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary is designed as a review and enrichment tool for the advanced beginner and intermediate learner of French.Th e book is divided into four major parts (Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs) and twenty four thematically organized units. Whether you are studying French in class, learning on your own, or reviewing, you can choose to follow the order of the units or study any of them independently from each other. Learning another language requires dedication, time, and, above all, frequent practice. Using prior knowledge, making connections with your fi rst language, and recognizing word families will enhance and facilitate the learning process. Th e vocabulary lists in this book are built to reinforce and facilitate the use of those techniques and make learning both interesting and easy. Th e accompanying examples provide as much context as possible for you to understand the meaning of the vocabulary as well as how they are used in sentences. Special notes alert you to words with multiple meanings such as la fi lle, which can mean daughter as well as girl. Th e book includes brief reviews of genders of nouns and corresponding articles, agreement of adjectives, and formation of adverbs. Structures such as comparative adverbial phrases are explained and illustrated. More than a hundred exercises provide ample practice of the material. The exercises have French titles that allow you to anticipate the task. Th e exercises are varied enough to accommodate various learning styles and levels of ability. Some exercises merely test your memory and recognition. Others require you to show understanding of complex sentences and the ability to use context to derive meaning.
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