Answer the following questions

(a) Why is it necessary to double the consonant n of the verbal*

stem pren-, before mute é endings? Consult p. 10, No. 146; also p. 19, No. 16, and p. 9, No. 12b.

(b) Why does the verbal stem lev- require the grave accent over

the vowel e when used with mute e endings?

Why is the grave accent required over that same vowel e in the Infinitive of that verb, in connection with the Future and Conditional endings? Consult références under question (a), on p. 225, concerning acheter.

(c) Which sound do the Infinitives apercevoir and recevoir drop

before the endings of the Future and Conditional?

(d) Is the sound eu the same in both verbal stems veu- and veul-?

Before which endings does the sound eu (0) change into (œ)?

(e) What is a French reflexive verb? Consult p. 336, No. 143.

(/) To which group of French pronouns does the reflexive pronoun belong? See p. 318, No. 101.

(g) Do French conjunctive pronouns follow or précède the verb?

Consult p. 319, No. (3).

(h) What happens to the reflexive pronoun when used with an

Imperative in the affirmative? Consult p. 336, No. 143.

10. Memorize the pronunciation and spelling of the following vocabulary:

(a) P. 303-304, mimerais (cardinals and ordinals), from 21 to 100;

(b) P. 62, the Présent Indicative, Imperfect and Future of the

verb être (to be);

(c) P. 319, No. 104 (a), interrogative pronoun who (shorter and

longer form).

ASSIGNMENTS

The work in connection with the Forty Lessons provided in Scènes Canadiennes is not intended for translation. Only the head paragraph of each lesson (i.e.} the text preceding the exercises) is to be rendered in idiomatic English, by the teacher. The students7 work is expected to be in French throughout, orally and in writing.