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About the Author
GAIL STEIN, M.A., is the author of several language textbooks. She taught in the New York City public schools for over thirty years and was included in Who's Who Among America's Teachers. She also assisted in revising the French curriculum for the New York City Board of Education and served as an adjunct professor to St. John's University in its Early Admission Extension Program.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Chapter 1: Pronouncing French.
Chapter 2: Daily Tools.
Chapter 3: Articles.
Chapter 4: Nouns.
Chapter 5: Possession.
Chapter 6: Pronouns.
Chapter 7: The Present Tense of Verbs.
Chapter 8: Negation.
Chapter 9: Interrrogatives and Exclamations.
Chapter 10: Adjectives.
Chapter 11: Adverbs.
Chapter 12: Comparisons.
Chapter 13: Prepositions.
Chapter 14: The Pass Compose.
Chapter 15: The Imperfect.
Chapter 16: The Future and the Conditional.
Chapter 17: Reflexive Verbs.
Chapter 18: The Subjunctive.
Appendix A: Synonyms and Antonyms.
Appendix B: Thematic Vocabulary.
Appendix C: Verb Charts.
CQR Review.
CQR Resource Center.
Glossary.
Index.