French Verbs Made Simple(r)

French Verbs Made Simple(r) has many helpful features that you won't find in any other verb guide:

• Clear explanations of all verb tenses and forms.

• The simple patterns and rules that govern the conjugation of all verbs—including those verbs whose irregularities follow patterns that can be easily learned.

• A detailed discussion of how each verb form is used, with numerous examples.

• A full explanation of whether a verb should be conjugated with avoir or tre, and the conditions under which the past participle is variable—two of the thorniest problems for students of French.

• An extended treatment of the subjunctive that will help you understand why it is used in some situations but not others.

• Complete conjugations for 57 basic model verbs (along with 27 "variants") and a comprehensive listing of some 6,200 verbs that indicates which of the models each verb follows.

Going well beyond any other guide in the clarity and detail of its explanations—as well as the innovative manner in which individual verbs are linked to model conjugations—French Verbs Made Simple(r) is the only guide to French verbs a learner needs.