French Grammar

Paper Code: 
FRN-131
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
18.00
Unit I: 

Tu ou vous?; masculin/feminin; the numbers from 0 to 16; alphabets,some signs.

The definite articles : le,la les ; je,tu,il/elle,vous ; interrogation by intonation ; quel, quelle (age, adress, telephone number) ; verbs : être, avoir,habiter, s’appeler,travailler, apprendre ; adjectives of  nationality, numbers from 17 to 69 ; language of internet, sports, professions 

 

18.00
Unit II: 

c’est/il est ; possessive adjective (1) ; partitive article ; on = nous; negation : ne….pas; yes/no/of course ; conjugations of verbs ending in-er; numbers after 69. near future = aller+verb; imperative mood : écoute!allez!; indicators of time(1);

 

 

18.00
Unit III: 

plural of nouns; there is/are; nous,ils/elles; verb s: pouvoir vouloir, aller; months of the year; expressions with the verb avoir. Interrogation with est-ce que. pronouns after a preposition; prepositions of place ; complete conjugation with verbs ending in-er; date; days of the week; quantity

pronoun(en), questions : what is/how much? The direct complement pronouns;

 

18.00
Unit IV: 

vocabulary related to food;, contracted articles : au,du…; verbs of irregular group/ 3rd group verbs; ordinal numbers; indirect pronouns; negation with quelque chose/rien, quelqu’un/personne; colours, names of cities, counties and continents; pronoun “y”; demonstrative adjectives

 

 

18.00
Unit V: 

Interrogation with inversion; interrogative adjectives, pronominal verbs; seasons, parts of body; past tense and its simple accord (avoir/être) description of a person, Indicators of time (il y a/depuis/pendant,en,dans); negation with ne...plus, ne…jamais; simple future; t subjonctif present ( a hint), five senses, description of a person (continued…)

 

 

Essential Readings: 

                                          1)CONNEXIONS-1.

                                          2) Audio CD (CONNEXIONS-1).

                                           

                                                                                

References: 

                                         1)Larousse compact dictionary : Fre->Eng./Eng.->Fre

                                      2) Conjugaison – Le Robert & Nathan

                                         3) Larousse grammaire francaise

                                         4) Grammaire collection “Le Nouvel Entrainez-Vous”, level debutant.

                                         

 

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