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Practising French Grammar
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Dr Roger Hawkins, Marie-Noelle Lamy, Richard Towell
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Dr Roger Hawkins, Marie-Noelle Lamy, Richard Towell
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This new edition of Practising French Grammar offers a set of varied and accessible exercises for developing a practical awareness of French as it is spoken and written today.
The lively examples and authentic texts and cartoons have been updated to reflect current usage. A new companion website provides a wealth of additional interactive exercises to help consolidate challenging grammar points.
Practising French Grammar provides concise summaries of key grammatical points at the beginning of each exercise, as well as model answers to the exercises and translations of difficult words, making it ideal for both in-class use and independent study. It can be used alone or as the ideal companion to the fourth edition of French Grammar and Usage.
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Nouns
1. Abstract, concrete and proper nouns (FGU sections 1.1.1, 1.1.3 and 1.1.4)
The aim of the exercises in this section is to ensure that you know what nouns are, and that you are able to recognise different types of noun.
(a) Fill in the blanks and find the nouns
Read the passage below right through once and then:
- Complete the seven incomplete abstract nouns (e.g. dâun cur___ â d'un cursus)
- Find the abstract nouns (e.g. le savoir, la beauté) that have been turned into these anagrams: orumfle; estremes; tomnant; oticcloano
- Find two concrete nouns referring to possible accommodation (e.g. un appartement, une villa) in specific cities mentioned in the text
- Find a noun which has an abstract meaning in the text but can have a concrete meaning elsewhere, both in the context of money (e.g. une addition meaning a sum versus meaning the cost of a meal in a restaurant)
- Find four examples each of proper nouns (e.g. Pierre, Paris)
- Find two different compound nouns of the type ânoun + de + nounâ, both plural and both corresponding to the English word âfeesâ
- Find the only noun in the text which changes form when it refers to males or to females (e.g. un candidat, une candidate) and give the form that is not in the text
- Find two phrases of the type âĂ (le/la/lâ)+ NOUN + (de/du/ des) + NOUNâ (e.g. Ă la demande des participants ) and translate them into English
Keywords
dans le cadre de | as part of |
une colocation | a flat share |
sans condition de ressources | without means-testing |
dilplĂŽmant(e) | award bearing |
conséquent(e) | high |
Financer les Ă©tudes a l'Ă©tranger
La formule la plus simple, et souvent la moins coĂ»teuse, consiste Ă partir Ă lâĂ©tranger le temps dâun semestre ou dâune annĂ©e dans le cadre dâun cur___ français. LâĂ©tudiant effectue alors un Ă©ch___: il continue Ă payer ses droits de scol____ en France et nâa rien Ă payer dans lâinstitution qui lâaccueille. Restent Ă la charge de lâĂ©tudiant le logement et la vie quotidienne sur place. Un montant qui dĂ©pend de la ville oĂč se dĂ©roulent les Ă©tudes. Par exemple, pour un studio Ă Londres, il faut compter au moins 800 euros par mois. En revanche, il est possible de trouver une chambre en colocation Ă Berlin pour moins de 300 euros par mois. En Europe le progr____ Erasmus encadre et facilite ces Ă©changes. Il permet notamment dâobtenir des bourses, pour une part sans condi____ de ressources. Ces Ă©changes permettent dâexpĂ©rimenter la vie et les conditions dâĂ©tudes Ă lâĂ©tranger mais ne sont pas diplĂŽmants, Ă lâinver___ des doubles diplĂŽmes. Mis en place avec certaines Ă©coles et universitĂ©s les doubles diplĂŽmes permettent dâĂ©tudier dans deux institutions en parallĂšle et dâobtenir deux diplĂŽmes distincts. Si certains proposent des bourses, pour dâautres, le coĂ»___ peut se rĂ©vĂ©ler consĂ©quent puisque lâĂ©tudiant doit en gĂ©nĂ©ral sâacquitter des frais de scolaritĂ© dans chacune des deux institutions. Dans le cadre dâun double diplĂŽme avec une universitĂ© amĂ©ricaine, le coĂ»t dâune annĂ©e dâĂ©tudes peut ainsi avoisiner les 40 000 euros.
Le Figaro/Figaro Plus 4.06.2014 Julie-Anne de Queiroz
(b) What do you remember?
Translate the following into French.
a costly formula | ________________________ |
to pay one's (university) fees | ________________________ |
everyday living | ________________________ |
a grant obtained without means-testing | ________________________ |
to study in two institutions simultaneously | ________________________ |
the cost may turn out to be significant | ________________________ |
the cost may be close to 40 000 euros | ________________________ |
2. Use of articles with nouns describing a general class, unique phenomenon or abstract quality (FGU sections 1.1.1, 2.2 and 2.3)
Nouns describing a general class, unique phenomenon or abstract quality are usually accompanied by a definite article (le, la, les), unless they refer to a specific example of the quality in question, when an indefinite article (un, une, des) is used: Le silence est dâor âSilence is goldenâ, but Il sâest produit un silence absolu âAbsolute silence ensued.â
Translate the English phrases in the following sentences into French, making any other adjustments that might be necessary (e.g. changing de to dâ).
- e.g. DÚs la fin de la guerre, la diffusion de _________ (television) démarre de façon foudroyante
- DÚs la fin de la guerre, la diffusion de la télévision démarre de façon foudroyante
Keywords
l'enseignement (m) supérieur | Higher Education |
l'enseignement | teaching |
les réseaux sociaux | social networking |
l'agitation (f) | (in this context) the level of activity |
Ă la pointe | at the leading edge |
l'aéronautique (f) | aeronautical engineering |
l'au-delĂ (m) | the after-life |
le sens de l'existence (f) | the meaning of life |
le classement des livres sur la liste meilleures ventes | des the list of best-sellers |
- __________(times) changent,_____________(universities) aussi.
- La bataille de__________(Higher Education) nâest pas encore gagnĂ©e.
- ___________(people) ne se rendent pas compte du travail que__________(teaching) exige.
- Ce livre est le résultat de_________(detailed research).
- Leurs publications jouissent de____________(international renown).
- ____________(television), comme____________(radio), est une invention de lâentre-deux-guerres.
- Les rĂ©seaux sociaux ont________________(increasing importance) dans le monde dâaujourdâhui.
- ___________(temperature) mesure lâagitation des atomes et des mo...