Developing on the success of Byrne and Churchill's
Comprehensive French Grammar , revised and rewritten by Glanville Price, this book is designed to be used either as a companion volume to the reference grammar or independentlyPreface and acknowledgements.
Part I: Introduction: .
1. Phonetic Transription (1-3).
2. Use of Capital letters.
3. Syllabic Division and Pronunciation.
Hyphens, Accents, the Cedilla.
5. Elision.
Part II: Basic Concepts and Technical Terms:.
6. Parts of Speech.
7. Phrases and Clauses.
8. Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences and their Functions.
Part III: Articles: .
9. The Definite Article.
10. Different uses of the Article in French and English.
11. Geographical Nmaes.
The Indefinite.
13. The Partitive Article.
14. De after Expressions of Quantity, Certain Verbs, Adjectives and Prepositions.
Part IV: Gender:.
15. Gender and Sex.
16. Gender By Category.
17. Place Names.
18. Gender by Ending.
19. Gender of Compound Nouns.
20. Same Form, Different Gender, Different Meaning.
21. Review.
Part V: Nouns and Adjectives: Feminine and Plural: .
22. The Feminine of Adjectives and the Plurals of Nouns + Adjectives.
23. Agreement of Adjectives.
24. Position of Adjectives.
Part VI: Adjectives and Adverbs: .
25. Adverbial Forms.
26. The lƒA