x, 644 pages ; 28 cm A workbook that presents instruction and skill-building exercises for learning French language vocabulary, grammar, conversation, rules for sentence structure, spelling and punctuation, and how to properly use different verb tenses "Seven books in one"--Cover "LanguageLab, McGraw-Hill, Free practice app. www.mhlanguagelab.com"--Page 4 of cover "Portions of this book were previously published under the titles of Practice makes perfect: complete French grammar, Practice makes perfect: French nouns and their genders up close, Practice makes perfect: French problem solver, Practice makes perfect: French pronouns and prepositions, Practice makes perfect: French verb tenses, Practice makes perfect: French vocabulary, and Practice makes perfect: French sentence builder"--Title page verso Articles -- Basic gender endings: masculin and féminin -- More French nouns and their gender -- Numbers -- Vocabulary: thoughts, feelings, communicating, home, travel, science, leisure, and technology -- Building sentences -- Asking questions -- Exclamations and commands -- Independent clauses and subordinate clauses -- The present tense of -er verbs -- The present of -ir and -re verbs -- Être, avoir, and other irregular verbs -- The immediate future, the immediate past, and the causative form -- Pronominal verbs -- The passé composé -- The imparfait and the plus-que-parfait -- The simple future and the past future -- The present conditional and the past conditional -- Could, should, would? -- The present subjunctive and the past subjunctive -- Prepositions -- The infinitive mood -- The imperative mood -- The present participle and gerund -- The simple past, the passive voice, and indirect speech -- Pronouns -- Relative pronouns -- Adjectives -- Adverbs -- Written French: making transitions and written correspondence -- Verb transfers and confusing verbs -- Whatever, whenever, wherever: French oddities and fun with prepositions -- French in conversation: meeting people -- French in conversation: making conversation and making plans -- French in conversation: discussing current events -- French in conversation: asking for help -- A taste of French literature -- Appendix A: French pronunciation -- Appendix B: grammatical terminology for verbs -- Appendix C: French verb tables -- Appendix D: French-English/English-French glossary -- Answer key -- Translations