Practising French Grammar
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Practising French Grammar

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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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Publisher
Routledge
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2015
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9781317530480

1
Nouns

Le Prince est appelĂ© Ă  rĂ©gner. AraignĂ©e? ‘Quel drĂŽle de nom! Pourquoi pas Hirondelle ou Papillon?
Le Prince est appelĂ© Ă  rĂ©gner. AraignĂ©e? ‘Quel drĂŽle de nom! Pourquoi pas Hirondelle ou Papillon?

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:
  1. Complete the seven incomplete abstract nouns (e.g. d’un cur___ → d'un cursus)
  2. Find the abstract nouns (e.g. le savoir, la beauté) that have been turned into these anagrams: orumfle; estremes; tomnant; oticcloano
  3. Find two concrete nouns referring to possible accommodation (e.g. un appartement, une villa) in specific cities mentioned in the text
  4. 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)
  5. Find four examples each of proper nouns (e.g. Pierre, Paris)
  6. Find two different compound nouns of the type ‘noun + de + noun’, both plural and both corresponding to the English word ‘fees’
  7. 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
  8. Find two phrases of the type ‘à (le/la/l’)+ NOUN + (de/du/ des) + NOUN’ (e.g. à 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  l’étranger le temps d’un semestre ou d’une annĂ©e dans le cadre d’un cur___ français. L’étudiant effectue alors un Ă©ch___: il continue Ă  payer ses droits de scol____ en France et n’a rien Ă  payer dans l’institution qui l’accueille. Restent Ă  la charge de l’étudiant 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 d’obtenir des bourses, pour une part sans condi____ de ressources. Ces Ă©changes permettent d’expĂ©rimenter la vie et les conditions d’études Ă  l’étranger mais ne sont pas diplĂŽmants, Ă  l’inver___ des doubles diplĂŽmes. Mis en place avec certaines Ă©coles et universitĂ©s les doubles diplĂŽmes permettent d’étudier dans deux institutions en parallĂšle et d’obtenir deux diplĂŽmes distincts. Si certains proposent des bourses, pour d’autres, le coĂ»___ peut se rĂ©vĂ©ler consĂ©quent puisque l’étudiant doit en gĂ©nĂ©ral s’acquitter des frais de scolaritĂ© dans chacune des deux institutions. Dans le cadre d’un double diplĂŽme avec une universitĂ© amĂ©ricaine, le coĂ»t d’une annĂ©e d’études 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 d’or ‘Silence is golden’, but Il s’est produit un silence absolu ‘Absolute silence ensued.’
Translate the English phrases in the following sentences into French, making any other adjustments that might be necessary (e.g. changing de to d’).
  • e.g. DĂšs la fin de la guerre, la diffusion de _________ (television) dĂ©marre de façon foudroyante
  • DĂšs la fin de la guerre, la diffusion de la tĂ©lĂ©vision dĂ©marre 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
  1. __________(times) changent,_____________(universities) aussi.
  2. La bataille de__________(Higher Education) n’est pas encore gagnĂ©e.
  3. ___________(people) ne se rendent pas compte du travail que__________(teaching) exige.
  4. Ce livre est le résultat de_________(detailed research).
  5. Leurs publications jouissent de____________(international renown).
  6. ____________(television), comme____________(radio), est une invention de l’entre-deux-guerres.
  7. Les rĂ©seaux sociaux ont________________(increasing importance) dans le monde d’aujourd’hui.
  8. ___________(temperature) mesure l’agitation des atomes et des mo...

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