English Grammar for Students of French:
The Study Guide for Those Learning French
6th ed.
ISBN: 978-0-934034-37-1
Pp. 178
$19.95
Need help learning French grammar?
Supplement your textbook with the O&H French Study Guide — learn the English grammatical terms your French textbook assumes you know.
You will learn: see French Contents
Parts of speech — how to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions . . .
Question: Why learn parts of speech?
So you’ll choose the correct French equivalent
of an English word.
Example: Example: play is joue if it’s a verb, but pièce if it’s a noun.
Functions of words — how to identify subjects, direct and indirect objects . . .
Question: Why learn the functions of words?
So you’ll choose the correct French equivalent
of an English word.
Example: him is le if it’s a direct object, but lui if it’s an indirect object.
Grammatical terms — explanation of conjugation, gender, agreement . . .
Question: Why learn grammatical terms?
So you’ll understand these terms that play an
important role in French.
Example: "agreement" explains why big is grand if it describes a car, but grande if it describes a house.
Step-by-step analysis of examples — how to get from an English structure to an equivalent French structure, see French Chapter
Question: Why offer a step-by-step analysis of examples?
So you’ll know how to get from an English structure
to a French structure.
Example: Here is the boy I spoke to.
Voici le garçon à qui j’ai parlé.
(word-for-word: here is the boy to whom I spoke)
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Each chapter covers a grammar point
In English
- grammar explained as it relates to English, with examples
In French
- grammar explained as it relates to French
- examples with explanations of the rules applied
The O&H French Study Guide
also offers
Study Tips — How to memorize French vocabulary, declensions . . .
Correlations — Pages to be read in your O&H French Study Guide before each lesson in your textbook, see French Correlations.
Review Booklet — Test your comprehension, see French Review Booklet.
French Slang —
Speak French like the French, read more.