Modern French Grammar

Modern

FRENCH
Grammar

WORKBOOK
Second Edition

Routledge Modern Grammars
Series concept and development – Sarah Butler

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Modern

FRENCH Grammar WORKBOOK
Second Edition
Margaret Lang and Isabelle Perez

First published 1997 by Routledge This edition first published 2004 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, NewYork, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction vii ix 1 3 13 37 39 53 57 68 93 95 97

Section A Structures
I II The noun group The verb group

Section B Functions
IIIExposition IV Attitude V Argumentation

Answer key Cross-references to Modern French Grammar Index of grammar structures Index of functions

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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the following for their permission to reproduce extracts from copyright material: L’Evénement du jeudi no. 560, 27.7–2.8.95 (p. 41 ex.81); Office des publications officielles des CommunautésEuropéennes for Le Marché unique européen, L’Europe en mouvement (p. 5 ex.5) and Notre Avenir agricole (pp. 34–5 ex.73), Luxembourg 1993; also for Eurobaromètre 40 in L’Intégration européenne, ‘Les Origines et la croissance de I’UE’ (p. 46 ex.91), Luxembourg 1995; La Communauté Européenne – 1992 et au-delà (p. 65 ex.135), Luxembourg 1991; La Recherche socioéconomique (p. 35 ex.74), Luxembourg 2002;L’Aéronautique en Europe (p. 35 ex.74), Luxembourg 2002; Surveillance planétaire de la sûreté environnementale (p. 36 ex.74), Luxembourg 2003; Journal Officiel des Communautés Européennes for Débats du Parlement européen 18.11.93 (p. 5 ex.6); Ambassade de France à Londres for ‘France, A journalist’s guide 1995’, 6th edition (pp. 48–9 ex.97); Fédération des Associations Françaises en Grande-Bretagne forFrançais de Grande-Bretagne, Eté 1995 (pp. 15–16 ex.27); © 1994 by Matt Groening. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of HarperPerennial (pp. 51–2 ex.103); PSA Peugeot Citroën for Rapports annuels 1991 and 1994 (p. 64 exs 129/130); C. Guiat, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh 1996 (p. 65 ex.133).

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Introduction
This workbook is designed to provide practice in the essentials of Frenchgrammar and in the application of grammar to functions. It will be of use to the student in the final year of school and the student in first, second and final years of higher education. Intermediate and advanced learners will find much that is useful for extending their knowledge of French, and for revision. Written initially as a companion volume to Modern French Grammar, the workbook has...