| Preface | p. ix |
| About This Book | |
| Acknowledgments | p. x |
| On Vous Presente a la Langue Francaise: Getting Acquainted with the French Language | p. 1 |
| French is no stranger | |
| French and English vocabulary: similarities and differences in spelling, meaning, and pronunciation | |
| French is spoken around the world | |
| Prononciation du Francais: French Pronunciation | p. 4 |
| French vowel sounds in familiar words | |
| Nasal vowel sounds | |
| French consonants | |
| Liaison | |
| Elision | |
| Stress in French words and sentences | |
| Useful words and expressions for the traveler | |
| Qui Est Monsieur Brown?: Who is Mr. Brown? | p. 15 |
| Members of the family | |
| Rooms of the house | |
| Gender of nouns | |
| Plural of nouns | |
| Definite and indefinite articles | |
| Some common verbs | |
| Pourquoi Est-Ce Que M. Brown Etudie le Francais? Why is Mr. Brown Studying French? | p. 24 |
| Saying hello and good-bye in French | |
| More useful vocabulary: professions, nationalities, languages | |
| Common modifiers and verbs | |
| Introduction to negative and interrogative forms | |
| Dans le Salon de Monsieur Brown: In Mr. Brown's Living Room | p. 31 |
| Furniture and objects in the living room | |
| Some common prepositions | |
| Using the contractions du, des, au, aux | |
| Expressing possession in French with de or a | |
| Review of Chapters 1-5 | p. 36 |
| Les Verbes Sont Importants Aussi: Verbs are Important too | p. 44 |
| Countries of Europe and North America | |
| Infinitive form of verbs | |
| Present tense of regular -er verbs, like parler, to speak | |
| Interrogative and negative forms | |
| Verbs like parler | |
| Two verbs in a row | |
| La Famille de M. Brown: Mr. Brown's Family | p. 52 |
| French words that end in -tion and -sion | |
| Correspondence between the French ending -ment and the English ending -ly | |
| Present tense of etre, to be, avoir, to have, aller, to go | |
| Au Bureau de M. Brown: At Mr. Brown's Office | p. 59 |
| Adjectives of color, size, beauty, and other characteristics | |
| Agreement of adjectives | |
| Position of adjectives | |
| tout, all, every | |
| quel, which, what | |
| M. Brown Salue un Ami: Mr. Brown Greets a Friend | p. 65 |
| Present tense of regular -re verbs like vendre, to sell | |
| Three irregular-re verbs: prendre, to take, lire, to read, ecrire, to write | |
| Review of Chapters 6-9 | p. 71 |
| Dans la Salle a Manger: In the Dining Room | p. 80 |
| Table settings | |
| French porcelain industry | |
| Irregular verbs dire, to say, and voir, to see | |
| Demonstrative adjective ce, this, that | |
| Use of -ci and -la | |
| Use of c'est, this is, it is, instead of il est or elle est | |
| Les Nombres, Toujours les Nombres: Numbers, Always Numbers | p. 87 |
| Basic mathematical terms | |
| Numbers 0-69 | |
| Present tense of the verbs vouloir, to want, pouvoir, to be able | |
| Le Systeme Monetaire en France: French Money, Past and Present | p. 93 |
| Vocabulary related to money | |
| The Euro | |
| Before the Euro: francs and centimes | |
| Present tense of faire, to make, to do, croire, to believe, valoir, to be worth | |
| Les Nombres dans la Vie Quotidienne: Numbers in Everyday Life | p. 99 |
| Weights and measures | |
| Present tense of savoir, to know (how), connaitre, to know, to be acquainted with | |
| Possessive adjectives | |
| Quelle Heure Est-II?: What Time Is It? | p. 105 |
| Telling time | |
| Buying tickets for the train and for the movies | |
| Expressing praise and approval | |
| Present tense of partir, to leave, sortir, to go out | |
| Review of Chapters 10-14 | p. 112 |
| Le Cinema: The Movies | p. 120 |
| Words associated with films and movie theaters | |
| Present tense of venir, to come | |
| Direct object pronouns | |
| Use of y, there | |
| Quelques Dates de l'Histoire Moderne de France: Some Dates in Modern French History | p. 126 |
| Months of the year | |
| Present tense of regular -ir verbs, like finir, to finish | |
| Other regular -ir verbs | |
| Ordinal numbers | |
| Telling the date | |
| Questions sur la Geographie de France: Questions about French Geography | p. 132 |
| Using adjectives and adverbs to compare geographical features of France and America | |
| Present tense of mettre, to put | |
| More expressions of comparison | |
| La Journee de M. Brown: Mr. Brown's Day | p. 139 |
| Meals | |
| Foods | |
| Present tense of reflexive verbs like se laver, to wash oneself | |
| Imperative forms of reflexive verbs | |
| Some reflexive French verbs that are not translated by reflexive verbs in English | |
| La Vie dans la Banlieue: Life in the Suburbs | p. 145 |
| Fruits and vegetables | |
| Some idiomatic expressions | |
| Using the partitive to express some or any | |
| The partitive pronoun en, of it, of them | |
| Review of Chapters 15-19 | p. 151 |
| Quel Mauvais Temps!: What Bad Weather! | p. 158 |
| Weather expressions | |
| Direct and indirect object pronouns | |
| Present tense of verbs like ouvrir, to open | |
| Le Climat en France: The Climate in France | p. 163 |
| The four seasons | |
| Present tense of devoir, to owe, to have to, recevoir, to receive | |
| Variations of ne ... pas | |
| Le Climat en France (Suite): The Climate in France (Cont'd) | p. 169 |
| Common adverbs and prepositions | |
| Demonstrative adjectives: ce, cette, ces and pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles, ceci, cela | |
| Adding -ci or -la to indicate this one or that one | |
| La Bonne Cuisine Francaise: Good French Cooking | p. 174 |
| French specialties | |
| French cooking terms adopted into English | |
| Present tense of envoyer, to send | |
| More prepositions | |
| Disjunctive pronouns used with prepositions | |
| Disjunctive pronouns used with a to indicate possession | |
| Review of Chapters 20-23 | p. 180 |
| Les Francais: The French People | p. 187 |
| Points of the compass | |
| Words associated with smoking | |
| Tradesmen and women | |
| Reflexive verbs indicating reciprocal actions | |
| Present participle: form and use | |
| L'Art et la Mode: Art and Fashion | p. 193 |
| Venir de + infinitive: How to specify an action that has just taken place | |
| Etre en train de: to specify an ongoing action | |
| Examples of verbs with internal spelling changes: acheter, to buy, preferer, to prefer, appeler, to call | |
| Les Jours de Fete en France: French Holidays | p. 198 |
| French names of holidays and associated expressions | |
| Verbs like tenir, to hold, venir, to come | |
| Spelling changes in verbs like commencer, to begin, manger, to eat | |
| Quels Endroits Voulez-Vous Visiter?: What Places do You Wish to Visit? | p. 203 |
| Future tense of regular verbs parler (-er), finir (-ir), vendre (-re) | |
| Stems in common irregular verbs | |
| Review of Chapters 24-27 | p. 209 |
| M. Brown Ecrit une Lettre a Sa Representante: Mr. Brown Writes a Letter to His Agent | p. 215 |
| Travel plans | |
| Present tense of suivre, to follow, traduire, to translate | |
| Additional verbs with irregular stems in the future tense | |
| Depuis, il y a, since, for, pendant, during, in combination with expressions of date and time | |
| M. Brown Recoit une Lettre: Mr. Brown Receives a Letter | p. 221 |
| Words and phrases referring to the past | |
| Salutations, closings of business letters | |
| Le passe compose: how to form the past tense in French | |
| Regular and irregular past participles | |
| Les Derniers Conseils de M. Picard: Mr. Picard's Final Words of Advice | p. 228 |
| "False friends" or false cognates | |
| More irregular past participles | |
| Agreement of the past participle | |
| M. Brown Part pour la France: Mr. Brown Leaves for France | p. 234 |
| Preparations for his flight | |
| Even more irregular past participles | |
| Use of past participles as adjectives | |
| Review of Chapters 28-31 | p. 240 |
| Usage Rend Maitre: Practice Makes Perfect | p. 246 |
| From the airport to the city | |
| Greetings, introductions, leavetakings | |
| Verbs with the auxiliary etre in the passe compose | |
| Agreement of the past participle with the subject of the verb | |
| M. Brown Rend Visite a la Famille Parmentier: Mr. Brown Visits the Parmentier Family | p. 253 |
| A house and life of high style | |
| Some professions | |
| Passe compose of reflexive verbs | |
| Present and past tenses of the verb s'asseoir, to sit down | |
| Reflexive verbs found in the dialogues | |
| Une Belle Promenade: A Lovely Stroll | p. 259 |
| Discovering Paris | |
| Relative pronouns: qui, que, who, that, ce qui, what, lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles, which one(s), dont, whose, of which | |
| Le Mont-Saint-Michel: Mont-Saint-Michel | p. 265 |
| Travelling to the site | |
| Features of the village and the abbey | |
| Vocabulary: parts of the body | |
| Introduction to l'imparfait, the imperfect (past) tense | |
| Le Grand Guignol: Puppet Show | p. 271 |
| Words and phrases describing feelings | |
| Present and past tenses of rire, to laugh, vivre, to live | |
| The past infinitive: how to form it, when to use it | |
| Review of Chapters 32-36 | p. 276 |
| La Grande Rue du Village: Main Street | p. 282 |
| Shops and shopkeepers | |
| Overview of object pronouns | |
| Placement of object pronouns in a sentence | |
| Order of object pronouns | |
| Une Excursion a Chartres: A Trip to Chartres | p. 288 |
| Vocabulary associated with automobiles and driving | |
| The past perfect, or pluperfect, tense | |
| Rules for using possessive pronouns: le mien, mine, la notre, ours, etcet. | |
| M. Brown Achete un Billet de Loterie: Mr. Brown Buys a Lottery Ticket | p. 295 |
| Le conditionnel, the conditional, formation | |
| Stems for the future tense are also used in the conditional | |
| M. Brown s'en Va: Mr. Brown Goes Away | p. 300 |
| Le conditionnel passe, the past conditional | |
| Si clauses: pairing different tenses to express hypothetical situations | |
| Review of Chapters 37-40 | p. 304 |
| English-French Dictionary | p. 309 |
| Dictionnaire Francais-Anglais | p. 329 |
| Answer Key | p. 345 |
| Summary of Verb Conjugations | p. 385 |
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