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Practice Makes Perfect: French Pronouns and Prepositions (Practice Makes Perfect Series) 1st Edition

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ISBN-10: 0071453911
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Product Details

  • Series: Practice Makes Perfect Series
  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (August 7, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0071453911
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071453912
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.4 x 10.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,339,558 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 starsUseful Though Not Perfect
By Voiceguy on October 12, 2008
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Working through this book brings back memories of junior high school when I first struggled with many of the concepts covered here. I wish that resources like this had been available back then -- my life would have been easier.

I only have a couple of qualms about this volume, which is why I assigned only four stars.

First, it has errors that should have been caught before publication, such as this example sentence on page 11:

"Je ne n'ai pas ceux dont tu as besoin."

A native French proofreader would instantly have spotted the superfluous "ne" above.

Second, some of the examples, while technically correct, sound awkward and not at all like any actual French person would speak or write. Thus, from page 76:

"Les lui avons-nous communiqués?"

But the pronoun information is generally helpful, and I understand that it's necessary to contrive examples to illustrate various rules.

The second part of the book, addressing prepositions, is competent, and acknowledges with refreshing candor that much of the material simply must be memorized -- there is no particular logic, for instance, to why certain verbs normally are followed by "à" whereas others are followed by "de" and still others by no preposition at all.

There are a number of exercises throughout with answer keys in the back.

All in all, a fairly inexpensive tool that offers useful help with two of the more significant bêtes noires of students of French.
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4.0 out of 5 starsfilling in the spaces
By S. Mishler on June 4, 2008
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I've found this book very useful. I'm fluent in both English and Spanish so I understand verb conjugation and have a fairly broad vocab. Yet I felt like a three year old grasping to make sentences. This book helps fill in the spaces, making you sound more fluent and boosting confidence. The workbook style is effective in helping you to remember. I would definitely recommend to anyone willing to put in the effort needed to learn french. It's well worth it.
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3.0 out of 5 starsUseful but could definitely be better
By Andrea N. on May 19, 2010
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When pronouns and prepositions were introduced in my second semester of Intro French I didn't feel like they were explained thoroughly enough in class or in the textbook and most importantly there weren't enough exercises - we didn't do a whole lot of practice. This is the reason I decided to start going through Practice Makes Perfect: French Pronouns and Prepositions - to get myself more comfortable and confident with this aspect of French grammar. I had already gone through the Spanish version of this book and it was VERY helpful. (I was at about the same high-beginner level in Spanish as I was with French when I picked up the French version) So I expected this to be just as good. (I've actually gone through maybe 4 or 5 other Practice Makes Perfect Books, all Spanish- and I rated them all 5 stars- this is the first time I'm a bit disappointed with a book in the series).

One of the biggest issues I had was the fact that although there's a French to English glossary (which isn't that great) there isn't an English to French glossary. Although the Spanish version of the book didn't have glossaries at the back, there were many words translated throughout the book in brackets - words that aren't the most common. This was done on almost every page of exercises. This is much more helpful than the glossary that was in this book. You'll find many basic words in the glossary, but often less common words are not included (for example, I'd rather see words like "périmé" (out-of-date), "partager" (to share) and "persil" (parsley) [these were in the exercises but not the glossary] under "P" in the glossary than the more common words like "porte" (door) and "plus" (more). There are many many examples though, I wrote down several words that I had to look up.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starstoo superficial to be useful
By A. Rosenberg on December 30, 2008
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I'm an intermediate speaker of French (native English speaker). While I wouldn't normally buy a book written in English to learn French, I thought it might show me where I was erroneously applying English sentence structures to French sentences. I was wrong.

My main issue is that this book does not delve very deep. If you know enough French vocabulary to complete the exercises, you already know the basics of French prepositions, which is what this book will give you in the preposition section. But it's more a set of lists than an explanation of the logic underlying preposition choice. Consider this bizarre excerpt:

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To describe how to do something, with is translated by de:

Jé l'ai remercié d'un sourire.
I thanked him with a smile.

Il a quitté la salle d'un air triste.
He left the room with a sad look.

D'un geste, elle lui indiqua la porte.
With a gesture, she showed him the door.

The preposition with is left untranslated when describing a way of doing things or carrying oneself.

Il avance vers eux, les manches retroussées.
He is walking toward them with his sleeves rolled up.

Elle le regarde, les yeux écarquillés.
She is looking at him with wide eyes.

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So, if you're describing a way of doing things, do you use the preposition "de" or no preposition at all? Are both always grammatically correct? If not, what makes "with wide eyes" a no-preposition expression whereas "with a smile" merits a "de?" Annie Hemmingway and her editors at McGraw Hill obviously didn't think it was very important, because you won't find the answer in this book.Read more ›
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