Master the Basics French

by Christopher Kendris

Both books make fine supplements to high school or college texts. The new French Grammar--a smaller edition of Master the Basics--doesn't include the "Test Yourself" and "Diagnostic Analysis" sections... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812090004
• ISBN13: 9780812090000
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 0.7" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

You'd better know your grammar

This book is heavy on self-testing, including reading comprehension and writing, a nice feature that many Spanish books don't have. It also has special sections on idioms, synonyms and antonyms, and definitions of basic grammatical terms. That's the good part. To make sense of the grammar section, the student had better have an excellent handle on grammar and grammatical terms. This is an excerpt from the "Position of Double Object Pronouns: A Summary" section. "With a verb in a simple tense or in a compound tense in the interrogative: The indirect object pronoun remains in front of the direct object and both remain in front of the verb form. The subject (whether a noun or a pronoun) is placed after the verb form." Then, ONE example is given. If the learner can handle this type of instruction, the book is great. For people who are a little light on grammar, Dorothy D Richmond is a better choice.

Great resource - one I will continue to use!

The contents are structured well, and offer useful tips on remembering Spanish. The tests at the end as well as the synonyms/antonyms vocabulary list are a terrific bonus. I would recommend this book for any beginner or someone hoping to refresh their Spanish.