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Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammar (Practice Makes Perfect Series) 1st Edition

by Annie Heminway (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars 39 customer reviews
ISBN-13: 978-0071482844
ISBN-10: 0071482849
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Product Details

  • Series: Practice Makes Perfect Series
  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (October 9, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0071482849
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071482844
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.5 x 10.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,003,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starslean, smart, sort of fun, and it's grammar!
By E. Van Hook on March 30, 2008
Format: Paperback
If you're studying French grammar, it's usually because you have to ( student) or you enjoy French and want to improve your writing. I find this book exceptional because it provides the basics but won't bore the advanced student or teacher. This is a clear, concise, guide to basic grammar without the excessive prattle that fills pages and inflates the price of textbooks while boring students to distraction.
It had been years since I studied French. When I picked up this smartly organized volume, I not only quickly began to recall what I thought I'd forgotten, but I also learned new concepts for thinking about grammar. Painless and highly recommended!
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5.0 out of 5 starsBest grammar workbook I've found
By Alison Dundy on January 27, 2008
Format: Paperback
As a language teacher, I think this is the best grammar guide I've found for my students and for anyone seeking to improve their French skills. The explanations are clear, the exercises useful, and the tables and verb charts are an easy to use and invaluable aid to anyone trying to write in French.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHelpful grammar review
By A. Lovegren on February 23, 2008
Format: Paperback
I found this book well-organized and easy to proceed through. I have a lot of experience with French (studied in high school and college), but needed a review, so for me it was perfect. I really can't say how it would be for someone just starting out; I think most folks would want to be able to hear the words. But there are some great websites for that, so perhaps in conjunction with the web, this would be a good starter French grammar book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFrench grammar
By Kate on October 28, 2010
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
I like this workbook, but it is clearly not for beginners. I use it as a supplement with a reader for my French II class. I think its application is best for highschoolers who have a good base from French I with some reading experience, but the book does assume that the student either already can translate or is being taught every word in a standard classroom setting. It would frustrate a beginner, as it is not self-explanatory. And unless a parent is gifted, fluent or can spend a lot of time with their student, going through it on your would be tedious. It is thorough in teaching verb tenses & sentence structure. Vocab. is included in the sections. I like the sentence translation exercises, but again this is definitely an intermediate program. Excellent investment.
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2.0 out of 5 starsEh
By J. Larson on June 5, 2010
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
I bought this initially based on the high reviews and a quick glance through the book. I wish I'd passed on it, though. It's not horrible, but it's not for the complete beginner -- maybe not even for the intermediate beginner. The exercises are straightforward if a bit tedious. There are lists of words but no context -- no narratives or vignettes -- which I think makes it harder to remember the words. It's easier to recall the meaning of a word when you think of it in the context in which you saw or used it, such as in a brief passage or story. Or at least it is for me. The other problem with the exercises is that there's a lot of unglossed vocabulary thrown in, not just the words you've encountered already. There's a dictionary in the back, but not all the words used are in it. There's also some ambiguity when they ask you to write an English sentence in French, and (so you think) there are several ways of wording it, but only once answer is given in the key in the back of the book. Overall I guess it's okay if you're a bit further along, but I would go with something more narrative and less by rote if you're just starting out.
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5.0 out of 5 starsComplete, concise & clear : no Fuss
By F. Bali on October 22, 2007
Format: Paperback
I am happy I got this book. It's filled with practicable exercises covering every important aspect of the French grammar. This book is a must have for everyone who wants to improve and supplement the skills without the fuss of many French book. I recommnand it to anyone who wants to have a complete, concise & clear learning experience.
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1.0 out of 5 starsNo quality control
By Reviewer from Palo Alto on December 2, 2010
Format: Kindle Edition
This review refers to the Kindle edition. Unfortunately, Amazon and/or the publisher provide no quality control. The exercises and many of the examples are in a tiny unreadable font. The size of these cannot be increased using the Aa menu. Obviously, they were imported as graphic objects rather than as text. This leaves the Kindle edition of the book useless. The lesson: never buy a Kindle book without trying a sample first.
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1.0 out of 5 starsKindle version is illegible
By Kit Mazzarella on July 18, 2011
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
This book may be all that users who love it claim, but on my Kindle I can't see it. Literally. All the charts and exercises in the book are written in fonts so small as to be illegible, and these charts do not respond to attempts to enlarge the font. While the text changes, the charts do not--which makes the Kindle version worthless and a rip-off. Does anyone actually review the Kindle versions of books for their viewability on the Kindle? If I bought a book in which half the text was illegible, I would return it. When I buy it on Kindle, it seems I'm stuck.
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