Declarative sentences and word order -- Interrogative sentences and word order -- Precise questions -- Exclamatory sentences -- Imperative clauses -- Independent clauses -- Dependent clauses and the indicative mood -- Dependent clauses and the subjunctive mood -- Relative clauses -- Infinitive and past infinitive clauses -- Using nouns -- Using personal nouns -- Special uses of pronouns -- Using adverbs and adverbial phrases -- Using prepositions and prepositional phrases -- Using present and past participles -- Making transitions -- Letter writing and messaging -- Using colloquial expressions and structures -- Writing -- Review and extension -- Answer key

"Get your message across in written French! You may have a grasp of the rules of French grammar, and you may know essential French vocabulary --but how confident are you at writing a text, an email, a letter, or an essay in French? Practice Makes Perfect: French Sentence Builder shows you how to combine your knowledge of various aspects of the French language to create well-structured sentences and communicate effectively in writing. Like other Practice Makes Perfect books, you will have many opportunities to practice, practice, practice. You'll progress gradually from putting words together into clauses to writing original sentences until you have the confidence to create whole paragraphs. Once you complete these exercises, you will have the know-how to write in French and get your ideas across clearly"--Page 4 of cover