PREFACE

The object of the présent work is to supply the want, long felt by teachers and students, of a book with the double aim of thoroughly and practically teaching the French verbs and giving constant drill in conversation in the foreign language.

Many works hâve been published to Êicilitate the ac« quirement of this most difficult part of the French lan* goage, but it must be admitted that 'practically none sa Eu* has been an actual success*.

It has therefore been our aim to base this work on the conversation method, in such a way that the student^ without ever conjugating or memorizing verbs, will b<L thoroughly drilled in ail their correct forms and acquainted with many idioms which appear only in colloquial style.

The questions are combined so as to enable the teacher to start talk on every imaginable topic.

The book is divided into three parts. Tho First Part consists of easy exercises on the auxiliary and reguiar verbs. Advanced exercises on the auxiliary and ali the irregular verbs form the Second Part. Ail

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thèse exercises consist entirely of questions in the most simple form. In the Third, or theoretical Part, are explaîned the grammatical rules on the use of moods and tenses, with practical exercises.

As nearly every French teacher has felt difficulty itk training up the students sufficîently to speakKhe foreign tongue and making at the same time the drill of the verbal forms an agreeable exercise instead of a tedious one, we hope that this little work will prove a welcome supplément to ail the various text-books used for teaching French.