Intermediate Grammar view all

1 Clauses  view unit

1 Clauses • 2 Subjects and objects

2 Parts of speech  view unit

1 Why know about parts of speech? • 2 The major parts of speech

3 Accents and pronunciation  view unit

1 Accents • 2 Pronunciation • 3 Liaison • 4 Elision

4 Verbs  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Tenses • 3 Moods • 4 Simple, compound tenses • 5 Infinitive, conjugation • 6 Voice

5 The present - regulars  view unit

1. -er verbs • 2. -ir verbs • 3. -re verbs

6 The present - semi-irregulars  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Formations

7 The present - irregulars  view unit

1 Irregular verbs • 2 Etre, avoir, aller • 3 Venir, vouloir, faire • 4 Voir, mettre, sortir • 5 Other irregulars

8 The present - use  view unit

1 Action being accomplished • 2 Habitual action • 3 General observation • 4 Continuing action • 5 Timetabled action • 6 Narrating actions in the past

9 Past participles  view unit

1 Formation of past participles • 2 Use of past participles

10 The perfect  view unit

1 Formation of the perfect • 2 Use of the perfect

11 Preceding direct objects  view unit

12 The imperfect  view unit

1 Formation of the imperfect • 2 Use of the imperfect

13 The future  view unit

1 Formation of future • 2 Use of future

14 The conditional  view unit

1 Formation of conditional • 2 Use of conditional

15 The passive  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Formation • 3 Agreement • 4 Alternatives to passive

16 Semi-auxiliaries  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Semi-auxiliaries of time • 3 Modals

17 Other tenses  view unit

1 The pluperfect • 2 The past historic

18 Infinitives  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Tense • 3 Uses

19 Pronominal verbs  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Word-order • 3 Uses

20 Present participles  view unit

1 Formation • 2 Use

21 Impersonal pronouns (1)  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Constructions taking il

22 Impersonal pronouns (2)  view unit

1 Etre + adjective • 2 Etre + other words • 3 Ce v il / elle

23 The subjunctive - regulars  view unit

1 -er, -ir verbs • 2 Semi-irregular verbs • 3 Other -ir and -re, -oir verbs

24 The subjunctive - irregulars  view unit

1 Partially irregular verbs • 2 Wholly irregular verbs

25 The subjunctive - que clauses  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Use in que clauses

26 The subjunctive - conjunctions  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Taking the subjunctive • 3 Taking the indicative

27 The subjunctive - other uses  view unit

1 Use in relative clauses • 2 Whoever, whatever clauses

28 Gender of nouns  view unit

1 Definitions • 2 Gender by category • 3 Gender by word ending

29 Nouns - plurals  view unit

30 Nouns - small / capital letters  view unit

1 Days of the week etc. • 2 Names of streets • 3 Personal titles • 4 Languages

31 Adjectives - agreement  view unit

1 Definitions • 2 Agreements

32 Adjectives - placement  view unit

33 Articles - the definite article  view unit

1 Definitions • 2 The definite article le, la, les

34 Articles - indefinite and partitive  view unit

1 Indefinite article un, une, des • 2 Partitive article du, de la

35 Articles - omission of articles  view unit

1 After negatives • 2 Before names of professions • 3 Before identifying nouns • 4 Before preceding adjective • 5 Before describing nouns • 6 After de • 7 In lists, headlines, titles

36 Personal pronouns - subject pronouns  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Personal subject pronouns • 3 Impersonal subject pronouns

37 Personal pronouns - Object pronouns  view unit

1 Direct object pronouns • 2 Indirect object pronouns

38 Personal pronouns - y, en  view unit

1 Y, en • 2 Y • 3 En

39 Personal pronouns - Order of pronouns  view unit

1 General • 2 Two pronouns • 3 Use before infinitives • 4 Use in imperative

40 Personal pronouns - le as neutral pronoun  view unit

1 Referring back to sentence elements • 2 Anticipating facts, ideas etc.

41 Personal pronouns - Disjunctive pronouns  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Use

42 Possessive adjectives  view unit

1 Definitions • 2 Use

43 Possessive pronouns  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Use • 3 Other structures

44 Demonstrative adjectives  view unit

1 Definitions • 2 Use

45 Demonstrative pronouns  view unit

1 Definitions • 2 Forms

46 Relative pronouns - qui, que  view unit

1 Definitions • 2 Qui • 3 Que

47 Relative pronouns - after prepositions  view unit

1 Dont • 2 The structure of dont clauses • 3 After prepositions except de

48 Relative pronouns - other aspects  view unit

1 De qui / duquel • 2 Où • 3 Ce qui, ce que, ce dont

49 Prepositions (general)  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Linking two words / phrases • 3 Expressing relationships

50 Prepositions of time  view unit

51 Prepositions of place  view unit

52 Adverbs  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Adverbs formed using -ment • 3 Adjectives used as adverbs • 4 Other formations

53 Indefinites  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Autre • 3 Tel • 4 Plusieurs • 5 Quelque(s) • 6 Chaque, chacun(e) • 7 Tout

54 Conjunctions (general)  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Coordinating conjunctions • 3 Subordinating conjunctions

55 Conjunctions of time  view unit

1 When • 2 After • 3 Before • 4 Until • 5 Other

56 Negative constructions  view unit

1 General • 2 Word order • 3 Negative adverbs as subject of sentence

57 Other points about negatives  view unit

1 Negating nouns, phrases • 2 Ne ... que • 3 Ne with no negative meaning

58 Questions - yes / no questions  view unit

1 Formation • 2 Intonation / question mark • 3 Est-ce que • 4 Inversion • 5 Si

59 Questions - information questions  view unit

1 Question words • 2 Intonation / question mark • 3 Est-ce que and inversion

60 Using comparatives  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Formation • 3 Other points

61 Using superlatives  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Formation • 3 Other points

62 Making commands (the imperative)  view unit

1 Definition • 2 Formation and use

63 Expressing quantity  view unit

1 Definitions • 2 Cardinal numbers • 3 Ordinal numbers • 4 Fractions • 5 Numerals • 6 Distance • 7 Price

64 Depuis / pendant  view unit

1 Depuis • 2 Pendant