(3) Agreement of the Verb

(4) Agreement of the Present Participle and
Verbal Adjective

(5) Agreement of the Past Participle

(1) Elements of the Sentence

(2) Classification of Sentences and Logical

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3. IDIOMS AND PHRASES

B.-Remarks and Observations:

1. ON AGREEMENT:

(1) On the Agreement of the Adjective.
(2) On the Agreement of the Pronoun

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(3) On the Agreement of the Verb

(4) On the Agreement of the Present Par

ticiple

(5) On the Agreement of the Past Participle .

2. ON GOVERNMENT:

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(1) On the Government of Prepositions.

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(2) On the Government of Verbs and Adjectives 47-48

3. ON MOODS AND TENSES:

(1) On the Peculiar Use of Moods and Tenses
(2) On the Use of 'Ne' in a Subordinate Sen-

tence

4. ON THE PECULIAR CONSTRUCTION OR MEANING OF SOME WORDS AND PHRASES:

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(4) On Prepositions, Conjunctions, and the
Peculiar Use of some Words and
Phrases

(5) On the Repetition or Ellipsis of some
Parts of Speech

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Supplement to §§ 20, 21, and 23

58-60

CAUTION.

Short and Complete Answers to the Grammatical Questions will be found in GUESDON's 'French Grammar' (a new edition), Longmans, price 3s. 6d.

FRENCH GRAMMATICAL QUESTIONS.

INTRODUCTION.

§ 1.

1. What is a Word? a Sentence? a Letter? Language? Grammar? Orthography? Etymology? Syntax? (Gr. p. vi.) [2. What is an Idea, and how can a sound become its symbol ? 3. How can a letter become the symbol of a sound?—4. What is a thought? (GUESDON's French Gr. pp. vi.-viii.)]

ORTHOGRAPHY.
§ 2.

Letters and Pronunciation. 1. How many letters are there in the French Alphabet? (Gr. p. 1, § 1.) Read (in French): a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, x, y, z. Which of these letters are VOWELS ? * Which are CONSONANTS?-2. How many French vowel sounds do we reckon, whether represented by one letter (simple vowel) or more than one letter (compound vowel) ? (and remark on their pronunciation):

é..

..: Dé, et, parler, parlez.

Read the following

parlait, je parlerai, il parlerait; 2. dès, des, tete, mes, tes, ses, les, il est, je parlais, ils parlaient, ils parleraient, raie, reine.

è ..: 1. Mèche, complet, ili..: 1. Ici, style; 2. gîte,

* What is a VOWEL? (Gr. p. 1, foot-note '*.')

What is a CONSONANT? (Gr. p. 1, foot-note.')

Is 'ent' silent when it is not the ending of the third pers. plur. of a verb? Read: Un président, négligent, souvent on pressent un malheur (Gr. p. 1, foot-note‡').

§ 3.

i.. 1. Fiacre, acariâtre; 2. Viande, audience; 3. Lié, lier, liez; 4. Pièce, miette, je liai; je liais, ils liaient, ils lièrent, bière; 5. Mien, tien, sien, bien; 6. Fiole, miauler; 7. Dieu, aïeul; relieur; dieux, aïeux, lieux, mieux; 8. Reliure; 9. Chi

ourme.

:

*

are there in French, and how Read:

ou.. 1. Rouage, moi, toi, soi;

§ 4.

:

mois, équation; 2. Jouant, Rouen; 3. Joué, jouer, jouez; 4. Jouet, je jouai, il jouait; je jouais, ils jouaient, ils jouerent; 5. Marsouin, soin, moins; 6. Louons.

u. . : 1. Il tua, tu tuas; 2.

Tuant; 3. Tué, tuer, tuez; 4. Ruelle, je tuai; je tuais, ils tuaient, ils tuèrent; 5. Juin; 6. Impétuosité; 7. Tuons; 8. Leur, impétueur; 9. Il luit.

1. What do you remark as to the pronunciation of initial and medial French CONSONANTS? (Gr. p. 1.) Read and translate the following (and remark on the pronunciation of the letters in italics):-(1) Combat, commandant; (2) Social, charité, cordial, général, journal, héros, détail, occasion, pension, passion, conscience, nation, nature, théologie, arithmétique, luxure, luxurieux, azur.

2. (a) Are not final consonants sounded with the next word, when it begins with a vowel or h mute? (Gr. p. 96, § 126.) How are 's, x, d, g, f,' pronounced when carried over to the next word? (b) Is the final consonant carried Over- (1) when a word ends with one of the nasal vowels? (2) when the sound would be disagreeable to the ear? (3)

* What is a DIPHTHONG? (Gr. p. 1, foot-note '§.')