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 facilitate the acquirement of this most difficult part of the French language, but it must be admitted that practically none so far 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 be thoroughly drilled in ail their correct forms and acquainted with many idioms which appear only in coUoquial 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. The First Part consists of easy exercises on the auxiliary and regular verbs. Advanced exercises on the auxiliary and ail the irregular verbs form the Second Part. Ail