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Master conversation with this bestselling French workbook!Practice Makes Perfect: French Conversation is the go-to guide for expanding your conversational fluency. Organized into 11 units, it presents realistic everyday dialogues, followed by helpful instruction on correct syntax and word usage, as well as lots of conversation-ready phrases. Each dialogue is also followed by a variety of exercises that give the opportunity to put new concepts into action and encourage you to construct your own personalized conversations. This updated edition features a new chapter focused on expressions for communicating virtually. You’ll learn how to:

Engage in dialogues that illustrate practical conversationsExpand your French vocabularyUnderstand new concepts with numerous realistic examplesOvercome common stumbling blocks to fluent speakingBuild new conversation skills through extensive practiceImprove your pronunciation skillsNEW: Communicate more effectively in person—and virtually via Skype and Zoom

Challenge yourself while learning French with this engaging workbook of fun activities from the bestselling and trusted Practice Makes Perfect series

French-language learning doesn't have to just be grammar-based drills and exercises! In Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary Games, units are organized around themes, then supported by different kinds of games. These can all easily be adapted for a classroom setting, but are designed for the independent self-study. Answer keys are provided as well as brief glossaries.

Organized thematically (for easier vocabulary retention) and in increasing difficultyA variety of games and puzzles: crosswords, word searches, word jumbles, etc.A break from traditional French language instruction that's fun but effective

Unravel the mystery of speaking in French!

Need a straightforward approach for fast and painless mastery of French speaking and comprehension skills? This easy-to-use guide from the popular Demystified series takes the mystery and menace out of speaking and understanding French by walking you step-by-step through the fundamentals of communicating in the language.

French Conversation Demystified lets you work at your own pace and arms you with the essentials of communicating in French in an unintimidating format. Organized around everyday scenarios such as meeting people, talking about yourself, and eating out, each chapter features:

An in-depth dialog presented both in the book and on the audio.Coverage of essential communication skills (such as asking a question or making comparisons).Review of key grammar points.Written and verbal activities to reinforce new communication skills.

Each chapter concludes with a written and audio quiz that allows you to track your progress, and a comprehensive final exam at the end of the book gives instant feedback on new language skills.

Master the words and phrases necessary for handling everyday situations

Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary helps you develop your vocabulary by providing practice in word-building and encouraging you to analyze new words for an ever-increasing vocabulary. Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for an increasing vocabulary, you are able to perfect your new words with plenty of exercises and gain the confidence to communicate well in French.

Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary offers you:

More than 120 exercises Concise grammatical explanations A new chapter on contemporary vocabularyAn answer key to gauge your comprehension

With help from this book, you can easily speak or write in French about:Different occupations and jobs * French holidays and traditions * Taking the train * Growing your own garden * Where it hurts on your body * Your house * Your family and friends * What you studied in school * Your favorite TV show * Your family's background . . . and much more!

Master French grammar through hands-on exercises and practice, practice, practice!

Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate French Grammar helps you take your grammar skills to a higher level and gives you the confidence to speak and writein your new language. This workbook leads you through French grammar using concise, easy-to-understand language, keeping you focused on achieving your goal of total fluency.

Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate French Grammar is packed with:

Example sentences that illustrate and clarify each grammatical pointHundreds of exercises in formats suited to your learning stylePractical and high-frequency French vocabulary

Master these tricky subjects:Prepositions and prepositional phrases * Idiomatic uses of irregular verbs * Negative and interrogative structures * Imparfait and passe compose * The subjunctive mood * Relative pronouns

Harness the power of suffixes and prefixes while addingmore than 4,000 words to your French vocabulary!

How do you turn Scotland into a Scottish citizen? Or change your brother into a colleague?* It isn't magic, it's suffixes and prefixes. When attached to base words, they have the ability to change meanings to indicate quantity, profession, gender, size, status, relationship, style, and much more. Mastering these word parts will enable you to increase your vocabulary greatly. Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary Building with Suffixes and Prefixes presents 100 suffixes and 60 prefixes accompanied by their meanings, English equivalent when applicable, part of speech, and gender. Grouped by difficulty level, each prefix or suffix is fully explained and followed by a list of terms using the added word part.Like all Practice Makes Perfect workbooks, you will get plenty of practice, practice, practice using your newly acquired skills. And for convenient study on the go, download the free companion app that features hundreds of words in a flashcard format. Whether you are learning on your own or taking an advanced beginning or intermediate French class, Practice Makes Perfect: French VocabularyBuilding with Suffixes and Prefixes will help build your confidence in using your new language.

*Ecosse (Scotland) becomes Ecossais (Scot); frere (brother) becomes confrere (colleague)

This workbook helps you:

Learn how to use suffixes and prefixes to expand your French vocabularyDetermine the meanings of unfamiliar terms by recognizing their word beginnings and endingsBecome more comfortable communicating in French

Gain the language skills you want with this bestselling French workbook! Practice Makes Perfect: Basic French is the proven companion to your French-learning experience. In each bite-sized lesson, the author explains one—and only one—grammar concept and illustrates it with clear examples. These lessons are purposefully short, so you can complete them in twenty minutes or less, and go at a pace that works for you.You will, of course, get plenty of practice, practice, practice using your new skills. This new edition is accompanied by flashcards and new audio recordings, available online and via app, that will provide a new dimension and flexibility to your study. Whether you are learning on your own or taking a beginning class, this book will build your confidence in French.Practice Makes Perfect: Basic French features:

Hundreds of engaging exercises enhanced with digital support through iOS, Android, and a desktop application, featuring vocabulary flashcards, exercise answer keys, and self-testing recording and replaying functionsStreaming audio recordings for all exercise answers in FrenchRecord yourself and replay function to compare against native speakersNEW: Full chapter of review exercisesNEW: Audio practice focused on French sounds that learners find difficult to pronounce correctly

The go-to guide to helping you make the leap from French language basics to composing well-structured sentences—now with new streaming audio recordings via the McGraw Hill Language Lab app.

Once you’ve learned the rudiments of French grammar and a core vocabulary, the next challenge is to put together well-structured sentences. In Practice Makes Perfect: French Sentence Builder, you’ll find everything you need to help you break out of a compartmentalized understanding of the language and build your confidence in writing and speaking French.

Progressing gradually from putting words together into clauses through writing your own sentences and eventually entire paragraphs, Practice Makes Perfect: French Sentence Builder presents clear explanations on how to apply grammar, numerous examples that demonstrate correct word order, and helpful exercises to practice. With new audio recordings of the answer key to more than 50 exercises, you’ll gain the skills you need to be able to speak, understand, and write French with confidence.

Features

Presents grammar elements in the context of sentence building, supported by numerous examplesIncludes numerous exercises in a variety of formats to build writing skillsA review chapter tests your comprehension of everything covered in the bookAn answer key provides correct responses to closed exercises and example answers for creative questionsNEW: Audio recordings of the answer key to more than 50 exercises, available via the McGraw Hill Language Lab app