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This section contains an exhaustive description of French grammar, aimed at advanced college or university learners, or teachers and other language professionals.

9 Written v spoken French view unit

Introduction • Grammatical forms • Pronunciation • Vocabulary

10 Verb forms view unit

1 Time • 2 Mood • 3 Voice

11 The present indicative view unit

1 Formation • 2 Use

12 Past participles view unit

1 Formation • 2 Use • 3 Preceding direct object rule with avoir verbs • 4 Exceptions to p.d.o. agreement rule • 5 Verbs taking être • 6 Pronominal verbs • 7 Use in the passive • 8 Agreement with subject pronoun

13 Using past tenses view unit

1 Formation of the perfect • 2 Formation of the past historic • 3 Formation of the imperfect and pluperfect • 4 Use of perfect tenses : the perfect and past historic • 5 Use of the imperfect • 6 Use of the pluperfect • 7 The past anterior

14 The future and conditional view unit

1 Formation of the future • 2 Formation of the conditional • 3 Use of future tenses • 4 Use of the conditional

15 The passive and alternatives view unit

1 Formation • 2 On constructions • 3 Pronominal verbs and faire • 4 The impersonal passive

16 Infinitives view unit

1 Definitions • 2 Tense • 3 Uses