French Grammar Tips: Intermediate

Author: (French) Loiseau, Yves; (French) Merieux, Regine, translated and compiled by Zhang Guiqin
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Publishing Date: 2005-09-29
Features: This series of "French Grammar for French Learners" is divided into three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. It progresses from the grammatical functions of parts of speech and verb tenses to sentence structure and logical relationships, gradually deepening in complexity. At the same time, it maintains a self-contained system, with sentence patterns in the beginner level and parts of speech and verb tenses in the advanced level. However, each level has different emphases in grammar explanations, and the accompanying exercises vary in difficulty. This series has the following features:
1. Explanations are concise and easy to understand. The explanations of key and difficult grammar points are presented in an outline format, providing learners with a clear overview of a linguistic phenomenon.
2. Examples are practical and closely tied to the practicality of the language. Every grammar rule explained in this book is accompanied by examples to help learners grasp and apply the grammar point.
3. Exercises are innovative and rich in vocabulary. The exercises (with reference answers provided) are designed to focus on the key and difficult points of the summarized grammar rules, featuring diverse and lively formats with vocabulary that reflects contemporary French life.
4. "Notes" sections appear as needed. These are primarily used to supplement special usages of grammar points and unique linguistic phenomena. To make this book more suitable for Chinese learners, the translators made the following changes:
1. The original book used the new spelling rules adopted and recommended by the Collège de France, which involve the omission of diacritics in 20 basic French words. Considering that these new spelling rules have not yet been implemented in China, the translators restored the diacritics in the examples and exercises.
2. To make this series more concise, easier to understand, and better suited to the needs of Chinese learners, the translators made minor deletions or additions to the original text, examples, and exercises.